Eyewear

The eyewear market in South Africa has experienced slight current value growth in 2021 as the industry has resumed normal business activity. Consumer demand for eyewear increased in Q1 2021 as the government eased COVID-19 social distancing ...

2020 proved a difficult year for eyewear, marked by COVID-19 related restrictions on movement and closures of all non-essential retail outlets. However, sales of eyewear are set to recover, with current value growth expected in 2021. An initial ...

Although eyewear in Japan saw some recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, current value growth was not enough to reach 2019 levels prior to the pandemic. The third and the fourth waves of the pandemic hit Japan in the first and ...

Eyewear is set to recover moderately in 2021, from the impact of COVID-19. With growing mobility and easing social restrictions, contact lenses and sunglasses are expected to record stronger growth than spectacles. Firstly, spectacles were less ...

The vast potential of Brazilian’s eyewear industry is still far from being reached. The recent periods of crisis have been negatively impacting the development of eyewear, with access still not being significantly broadened. Furthermore, basic needs ...

In 2021, eyewear in Singapore is set to see a moderate recovery from the declines experienced in 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spectacles and contact lenses are expected to recover more strongly than sunglasses due to their ...

In 2021, eyewear began the first and strongest year of an expected two-year recovery to pre-pandemic sales levels, as sales of sunglasses, spectacles, and contact lenses and solutions contact lenses all registered growth following record low declines...

As a result of store and optometrist closures and other restrictions to in-person services, economic constraints, and shifting consumer needs amid the pandemic brought on by significantly increased time spent at home, spectacles recorded its sharpest...

The eyewear market has recovered well in 2021, as COVID-19 has been brought under relative control in China and bricks-and-mortar stores have resumed operations. Rising rates of myopia and presbyopia are another key growth driver. With the highest ...

The eyewear industry is experiencing a slight recovery during 2021, largely due to a good first quarter as the COVID-19 situation improved, resulting in consumers returning to physical stores. However, the second quarter has seen several states ...

The emergence of COVID-19 in Mexico and the subsequent lockdown measures introduced by the government in 2020 resulted in many consumers being urged to remain at home wherever possible, including work-from-home strategies, restricted movement, and a ...

The United Arab Emirates is essentially open for business in 2021. Recovery has been driven by pent-up demand, with significant easing of social distancing restrictions and a fast-paced vaccine roll-out helping to boost sales of eyewear in 2021 from ...

Even though eyewear is starting its recovery in 2021, set to post retail volume and current value growth, the fallout from the pandemic will continue to moderate sales. Indeed, Canadian consumers are still showing a general wariness towards ...

Eyewear is set to return to growth in Australia in 2021. The market experienced decline in the previous year as a result of measures introduced to limit the spread of COVID-19, including restrictions on the operations of store-based retailing. ...

Eyewear sales are expected to begin on the road to recovery in 2021 after suffering a substantial decline in volume and value sales in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, eyewear sales are expected to grow at a moderate pace, but this...

Having experienced a marked fall in sales in the previous year due to COVID-19 related restrictions and changes in consumer lifestyles, eyewear is set to return to growth in 2021. Eyewear sales had suffered markedly as a result of the closure of ...

Sales of eyewear saw a strong decline in the first year of the pandemic, as store closures, extended time inside the home, economic instability, and lack of travel and tourism shook the category. Consumers were largely fearful of the virus and ...

Thailand fared relatively well in terms of COVID-19 infection rates in 2020 but all the same its economy was hit hard and by April 2021, infection rates were picking up as the Delta variant took hold and lockdown restrictions were reimposed....

In 2021, COVID-19 continued to affect the lifestyles of South Korean consumers as vaccinations for adults in the 15-64 age group are only planned for roll out from the third quarter of the year. Although, schools have returned to offline courses, ...

Having declined marginally during 2020, retail current value sales of eyewear will rebound strongly during 2021. COVID-19 has had a differential effect on contact lenses and solutions, spectacles and sunglasses. The latter was particularly badly ...