Contact Lenses and Solutions

Through its Alcon business unit, Novartis AG is the world’s second largest player in contact lenses and solutions. Despite growing global demand for vision correction, the company has seen sales growth falter in key markets as it loses share to key ...

Daily disposable lenses remain the fastest-growing products in contact lenses due to the products’ convenient-to-use features and new product innovations. Due to busy lifestyles, daily disposable lenses, which avoid the need for the daily routine of ...

The ageing of the German population as well as the increasing awareness among older people of vision problems and their treatment are working in favour of eyewear products. In 2019, value growth in contact lenses and solutions was positively impacted...

The daily disposable lenses (DD) category, and particularly cosmetic circle lenses, is seeing strong growth in the Japanese market, attracting increasing numbers of consumers away from conventional lenses. Increasingly busy consumers appreciate the ...

As consumers gain increased awareness about the latest fashion trends due to increased penetration of social media platforms such as Instagram, they are willing to experiment. Also, as disposable incomes rise in the country, consumers are willing to ...

Contact lenses and solutions recorded another year of rapid growth in Poland in 2019. This was driven by healthy increases in disposable incomes among Polish consumers who, thanks to the record low unemployment and higher purchasing power, are able ...

Internet retailing for contact lenses is expected to become increasingly prominent in Singapore over the forecast period. With the convenience of the internet, consumers are able to replenish their disposable contact lenses from the comfort of their ...

Daily disposable lenses enjoy consumer preference for reasons such as the wide availability of samples for customers to trial as well as through recommendations by opticians. In a climate such as the United Arab Emirates, where the wind blows sand ...

Price competition remains very high in contact lenses and solutions and this means that the leading companies and brands are focused on keeping unit prices as low as possible to stimulate demand. One strategy that was noted in the category during ...

Changing retailer strategies are driving an improved performance for contact lenses. Marginal growth in both value and volume terms was posted in 2019 following declines in the previous year. Industry sources report a change in priority among large ...

Contact lenses registered higher current value growth in 2019 tan seen in all other years of the review period. The category benefited from the increasing prevalence of eyesight problems and the rising adoption of contact lenses, along with consumers...

As the financial situations of Romanian households continue to improve, more people are becoming interested in being healthy and this includes taking care of their eyesight. Although this should ideally be very positive for sales of contact lenses ...

One of the main growth drivers of contact lenses is incomes, with consumers who tend to choose this option of vision correction mainly limited to mid- to upper-income South Africans. The latter income group in particular tends to have a more ...

In 2019, daily disposable lenses (DD) remained the most dynamic category within contact lenses and solutions, delivering the highest value and volume growth. Consumers continued to switch to daily disposable lenses for convenience, ease of use and ...

Frequent replacement lenses (FRP) recorded the fastest volume and value sales growth in 2019, followed by daily disposable lenses (DD). Growth derived mainly from consumers migrating from conventional to contact lenses for daily use. The main players...

Intense gadget usage in Indonesia and rising awareness of the potential dangers of blue ray is helping to boost spectacles sales. Consequently, this trend is negatively impacting demand for contact lenses, particularly clear brands. This can be ...

Contact lenses and solutions is forecast to continue seeing strong growth in the immediate future, attracting consumers with the convenience of use of the products and the possibility of being more mobile than with spectacles. Assortments of contact ...

A rising number of people in Switzerland require some form of vision correction from increasingly younger ages, with this believed to be linked to increasingly indoor lifestyles and the more widespread use of digital devices for hours on a daily ...

During the latter years of the review period, the penetration of electronic devices rose sharply in Spain, particularly following the country’s recovery from the severe economic crisis it faced at the beginning of the review period. This was ...

Contact lenses and solutions is set to see strong value and volume growth over the 2019-2024 forecast period, especially amongst teenagers and young generations that are increasingly active in sports. Consumers’ rising sophistication is expected to ...