Eyewear

In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…

In 2023, sunglasses sees robust growth as consumer spending has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. The recovery of travel and tourism play a vital role in driving sunglasses sales, as Canadians have resumed international travel following the easing of…

Spectacles, as a product area, demonstrated solid growth as it rebounded from the impact of the pandemic, returning to standard growth rates and drivers. Despite high inflation rates, industry sources noted that price increases, although higher than…

In 2023, eyewear takes a significant stride towards a "return to normal" as it transitions back to more typical growth rates. The previous year, 2022, witnessed strong growth driven by pandemic-related factors as consumers who had postponed purchases…

Contact lenses and solutions experienced robust growth in 2022 as the product area transitioned from the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 to reach normalised historical growth rates. Daily disposable lenses led the growth, although industry sources…

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…