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Spectacles in Western Europe
Jan 2019
Western Europe is the world’s largest spectacles market. An ageing population and frequent digital device use led to growth over the review period, although this was tempered by a marked increase in price competition. Sales through internet retailing...
Strategy Briefing
Contact Lenses and Solutions in Asia Pacific
Jan 2019
Asia Pacific is the second-largest region for contact lenses and solutions in the world. The growing middle-class population, rising income levels, the rapid development of the healthcare industry and investments in local marketing approach by ...
Strategy Briefing
Spotlight on Luxury Eyewear: Navigating its Complex Operating Environment
Dec 2018
Recent years saw some of the toughest ever trading conditions for luxury eyewear. New disruptive business models are evolving and more aggressive competition across distribution channels is evident. Whilst many leading luxury players are investing ...
Strategy Briefing
Sunglasses in Western Europe
Dec 2018
The world’s largest regional market for sunglasses, Western Europe is expected to see stable growth despite weak macroeconomic indicators in key markets. Led by early adopters in France and the Netherlands, internet retailing has seen rising uptake ...
Strategy Briefing
Contact Lenses and Solutions in Western Europe
Nov 2018
Despite volume growth across markets, the contact lenses and solutions market experienced a decline in value terms in 2018. This was primarily due to lower unit prices with the emergence of online stores and stiff competition between optical shops. ...
Company Profile
Novartis AG in Eyewear
Nov 2018
Novartis ranks second in the global contact lenses and solutions market. The company has established a strong foothold in North America and Western Europe, and is continuing to grow its presence in Asia Pacific. Novartis has recently expanded both ...
Company Profile
Hoya Corp in Eyewear
Oct 2018
Hoya Corp is increasing production capacity to expand within contact lenses, and aims to increase brand awareness and revenues within a category offering strong growth prospects. The company is looking at growing quickly in emerging markets with ...
Strategy Briefing
Spectacles in Asia Pacific
Oct 2018
Asia Pacific is witnessing the highest growth for spectacles globally with the region anticipated to overtake North America and become the second biggest market over the forecast period. Favourable demographics, rising aspiration levels among ...
Country Report
Eyewear in Australia
Jul 2018
In 2018, eyewear in Australia continues to post positive growth, with current value growth on a par with growth posted in 2017. Similar to 2017, contact lenses was the fastest growing category in volume terms, driven by the positive performance of ...
Country Report
Eyewear in South Korea
Jul 2018
Eyewear recorded marginal growth in 2018 with a healthy performance by sunglasses and daily disposable lenses (DD). Apart from a drop in conventional lenses, which is being experienced by many countries, eyewear in South Korea still has potential for...
Country Report
Eyewear in the United Arab Emirates
Jul 2018
Eyewear in the United Arab Emirates continued to witness low single-digit value growth due to the after effects of an economic downturn, which hit the market starting late 2014. Higher rental rates, the rising cost of living and education and the ...
Country Report
Eyewear in the United Kingdom
Jul 2018
Eyewear in the UK was continuing to record positive retail volume and current value growth in 2018, with spectacles, sunglasses and contact lenses all attracting new industry players and surging product innovations. The spectacles and sunglasses ...
Country Report
Eyewear in France
Jul 2018
France remains one of the strongest eyewear markets in Western Europe, despite a slight slowdown in value growth in 2018. Over the forecast period, new French legislation on the frequency of reimbursement and the cap on reimbursement are expected to ...
Country Report
Eyewear in Poland
Jul 2018
Eyewear in Poland saw a very good performance in the review period. In 2018 it witnessed single-digit current value and volume growth compared with 2017, with slightly higher volume than value growth. Aggressive promotions, especially in online ...
Country Report
Eyewear in Ukraine
Jul 2018
Consumer expenditure on eyewear continued to grow in Ukraine in 2018. While partly this was the result of the recovery of the industry to pre-crisis levels given the return of economic stabilisation, demand for such products was additionally boosted ...
Country Report
Eyewear in Sweden
Jul 2018
Eyewear displayed continuous growth in 2018, but the unit price of contact lenses declined as competition increased in that category and premiumisation was unable to attract as many consumers to luxury spectacle frames as it had in the previous year....
Country Report
Eyewear in Malaysia
Jul 2018
Different consumers’ lifestyles are constantly affecting purchasing decisions on different options of eyewear. Hygiene reasons became an important factor in Malaysia, which boosted demand for daily disposable lenses (DD) and frequent replacement ...
Country Report
Eyewear in Brazil
Jul 2018
After two years of retraction, in 2015 and 2016, eyewear resumed its value growth path in 2017 and 2018. This reversal after the crisis happened due to the recovery of consumer confidence in current and future economic situations. Data from ...
Country Report
Eyewear in Switzerland
Jul 2018
Eyewear in Switzerland experienced a good year of growth in 2018 with spectacles performing better than contact lenses and sunglasses seeing the highest growth amongst the three categories. Switzerland benefits from a strategic geographic position ...
Country Report
Eyewear in Germany
Jul 2018
In 2018, eyewear in Germany continued to register positive value growth. This can be ascribed to the strong performance of both spectacles and contact lenses, which are benefitting from growing demand for eyewear from all age groups in Germany....
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