Eyewear

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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 is predicted to make a partial recovery in 2021 following significant declines in demand the previous year as a result of the closure of key distribution channels due to pandemic-induced lockdown restrictions, reduced demand as a result of…

The eyewear market in Romania was significantly negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. However, most of the categories are showing signs of full recovery during 2021. Sunglasses is currently the best-performing area, being not only…

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…

Eyewear is seeing a healthy rebound in Poland in 2021, following a challenging year in 2020 when the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic placed downwards pressure on the category. Impacts ranged from the closure of shopping malls, which house many…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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 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…

Eyewear was strongly impacted by a decline in sales in 2020 due COVID-19. Extended store closures and the Dutch government asking citizens to remain at home influenced a fall in sales, as the lack of foreign tourism. However, the category was…

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 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…