Eye Care

Standard eye care experienced an upturn in demand in 2020 mainly linked to the home seclusion trend as a result of the pandemic-induced lockdown. In addition to general anxiety and fatigue from lack of sleep which can result in sore eyes, many ...

COVID-19 has had a wide reaching impact in South Africa beyond just the number of people who have caught the virus. For example, the measures taken to control COVID-19 have had a detrimental effect on the economy with businesses, jobs and wages all ...

While the pollen count in 2020 was relatively high, the impact of this on demand for allergy eye care was softened by the home seclusion seen throughout the year. With consumers remaining indoors more than usual in 2020 they were less exposed to ...

COVID-19 has had a big impact on the way consumers have lived their lives in Austria in 2020 with many consumers working from home, while also spending less time outdoors. This in turn has a negative impact on sales of eye care. Work from home ...

The positive growth trend experienced by eye care in Germany over the review period was further supported by the pandemic-induced lockdown in 2020, resulting in home seclusion, and therefore greater amounts of time spent in front of computers and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the unstable economic conditions already seen in Argentina, lowering demand for eye care products in 2020. As consumers face lower disposable incomes, they are expected to remain increasingly price sensitive as a...

In 2020, similar to all other years of the review period, eye care is expected to witness a healthy double-digit current value growth rate. However, the current value growth rate is expected to be marginally slower than in other years of the review ...

Demand for eye care products increased in 2020 as a result of COVID-19. The category saw higher growth than in 2019, due to the improved performance of standard eye care. Working from home increased across the country for most workers due to the ...

Eye care is expected to see slower current retail value growth in 2020 than in 2019, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a greater number of people stayed at home due to the lockdown to try and halt the spread of the virus, people became more aware of ...

Eye care is the second smallest product areas in terms of value sales in consumer health, with wound care being the smallest. Despite some price rises, eye care is expected to register lower value growth than 2019 and the lowest value growth among ...

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many consumers have turned to stockpiling of essential products. This is expected to result in a surge in demand and a strong increase in growth for eye care in 2020. In doing so, consumers were taking ...

Retail volume sales of eye care products are expected to rise slightly in Peru in 2020, as a result of the lockdown restrictions implemented across the country to halt the spread of COVID-19. This has caused greater numbers of people to suffer from ...

Eye care is expected to register the lowest value growth of all consumer health products in 2020 (along with wound care). It is expected to be largely unaffected by COVID-19, though with people going out less and being exposed to for example less ...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had some impact on eye care in Poland. The lockdown has informed a slowdown in retail volume and value growth due to reduced exposure to eye irritants. Consumers made less frequent exits outside the home, ...

At the end of the review period a significant part of the Ukrainian population suffered from eye health problems. Many people suffered from myopia and presbyopia, not to mention the increasing number of cases of dry eye, conjunctivitis and allergies....

Although COVID-19 is not expected to lead to any significant stockpiling of products in eye care, nor will the pandemic bring any further attention to the category, changing lifestyles in lockdown could have some minimal impact on consumers’ buying ...

COVID-19 had a limited impact on eye care in 2020. However, as a result of lockdown many consumers were less exposed to eye irritants than they normally would be due, for example, to the reduced exposure to pollutants and pollen outside and air ...

In 2020, there has been acceleration in the already fast-growing demand for eye drops in Turkey. This is due to home seclusion as a result of COVID-10, with consumers spending more time on their devices, including smartphones, tablets and laptops. ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 in South Korea led to consumers spending more time indoors, increasing their use of digital screens for entertainment purposes. This is set to support sales of standard eye care throughout the year; however, the bulk of sales...

Eye care is predicted to drive double-digit growth in 2020, with standard eye care being the key driver of both growth and sales, with allergy eye care set to record single-digit growth. This high level of growth is being driven by Norwegians ...