Strategy Briefing
Feb 2021
2020 was a year that shook up the eyewear industry. While most key players will suffer in 2021, the severity of the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic will vary by exposure. Companies that stand out with a wider number of strongly positioned brands ...
Company Profile
Feb 2021
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Safilo’s sales and those of the global eyewear industry at large in 2020, Safilo had already been challenged by a changing competitive landscape for eyewear. To reinvigorate its business, Safilo is executing plans to ...
Strategy Briefing
Dec 2020
In early November 2020, Euromonitor International published revised forecasts for eyewear for 2020 to 2025 that considered the implications of Coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 has severely disrupted global demand for eyewear in 2020, but impacted ...
Strategy Briefing
Nov 2020
Rising consumer awareness of eye health, combined with ageing populations with myopia and presbyopia are driving value growth for eyewear globally, led by Asia Pacific. As a result of Coronavirus, more discretionary eyewear, mainly sunglasses, is ...
Strategy Briefing
Oct 2020
Worries about Coronavirus (COVID-19) and economic downturn have forced consumers to re-evaluate their life priorities and habits. With that the narrative in health, beauty and fashion has also changed to reflect newly emerged consumer priorities and ...
Strategy Briefing
Sep 2020
Ageing is one of the most important drivers of demand for the eyewear industry. This is especially the case in mature markets, many of which drive a sizeable share of global revenues, given their ageing demographic profile. Despite the combination of...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Demand for eyewear in South Africa was already slowing prior to the emergence of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown measures introduced by the government in an attempt to reduce the spread of the virus. The country had already been experiencing ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
The main reason for the expected strong decline in eyewear sales in 2020 is the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. The global pandemic has been resulting in falling growth due to certain macroeconomic factors occurring mostly as a result of COVID-19 and...
Country Report
Sep 2020
All eyewear categories in the Philippines have been negatively impacted by restrictions on store operations, disruptions to production, and enforced home seclusion as a result of COVID-19. However, demand for both spectacles and contact lenses has ...
Country Report
Aug 2020
Lockdown measures introduced by the government in March 2020 in response to COVID-19 had a significant impact on demand for eyewear in Switzerland in Q2, as local consumers were encouraged to remain at home and strict social distancing measures were ...
Country Report
Aug 2020
The Brazilian eyewear industry had been slowly developing in recent years, exploiting its massive consumption potential. However, in spite of the growth rates recorded in recent times, all the developments in the industry are still some way short of ...
Country Report
Aug 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 has been leading to a reduction in eyewear sales, across all categories, in 2020, as the Romanian government implemented quarantines and retail closures to try and contain the pandemic. If the pandemic is successfully ...
Country Report
Aug 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed the business environment in the eyewear industry. Even though Sweden adopted different measures to most other countries in fighting the virus, consumer habits and trends had to be adjusted, which ultimately ...
Country Report
Aug 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 is expected to lead to slower growth in eyewear value and volume sales in 2020 overall, as the United Arab Emirates government implemented necessary quarantines and social distancing measures to contain the pandemic in March....
Country Report
Aug 2020
While Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had an adverse impact on eyewear, consumers continued to buy contact lenses, spectacles and sunglasses during 2020. In particular, wearers of contact lenses and spectacles regard these products as essential. Moreover,...
Country Report
Aug 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing a multitude of challenges for eyewear, including store and optometrist closures, economic constraints and shifting consumer needs, sales of all eyewear products, including contact lenses and solutions, spectacles ...
Country Report
Aug 2020
The emergence of COVID-19 in Mexico and the subsequent lockdown measures introduced by the government resulted in many consumers being urged to remain at home wherever possible, including work-from-home strategies, restricted movement, and a focus on...
Country Report
Aug 2020
Even before mid-March, when COVID-19 and lockdown restrictions began to take hold in France, the performance of eyewear was weakening. First, changes to French legislation reduced reimbursement levels twice in a few years. Health insurances also ...
Country Report
Aug 2020
As a result of store and optometrist closures, economic constraints and shifting consumer needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, spectacles sales were seeing a strong decline in 2020. Although consumer needs for readymade reading glasses, spectacle ...
Country Report
Aug 2020
Current value and volume sales of eyewear are expected to fall in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19. The enforced closure of all non-essential retail outlets during early 2020, including many optical shops, halted a large proportion of eyewear ...
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