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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...
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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 ...
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Spectacles in Australia
Jul 2018
Spectacles is expected to post steady growth in value sales at constant 2018 prices over the forecast period, with all categories within spectacles set to perform positively. Overall category growth is being driven by Australia’s ageing population ...
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Spectacles in South Korea
Jul 2018
Blue light blocking spectacle lenses gained in popularity in 2017 and 2018. With long hours in front of PC monitors and using smartphones all day, consumers are wearing blue light blocking lenses to protect their eye health. Even those who do not ...
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Spectacles in the United Arab Emirates
Jul 2018
The high penetration of smartphones in the United Arab Emirates has led to most of the population having prolonged exposure to screens. This is one reason for the high rate of eye health-related problems leading to visiting ophthalmologists when ...
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Spectacles in the United Kingdom
Jul 2018
In 2018 the UK welcomed new players, with overseas eyewear brands recognising the category’s potential in the UK. As consumers increasingly perceive spectacles as a fashion accessory, they have been buying more spectacles to complement different ...
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Spectacles in France
Jul 2018
French legislation was extremely favourable for spectacles over recent years, which was one of the reasons why the category performed well. However, this is set to change over the forecast period. As new legislation has been passed, the reimbursement...
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Spectacles in Poland
Jul 2018
Presbyopia refers to the progressive inability to focus on nearby objects as a person ages. It applies to people with myopia and hyperopia, but also those who have not previously complained of vision problems. Most often it affects people aged over ...
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Spectacles in Sweden
Jul 2018
The ageing population in Sweden has been one of the main growth drivers in spectacles in Sweden in recent years; the other one is the screen habits of Swedish youths. The growth in these two population groups has contributed much of the category’s ...
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Spectacles in Malaysia
Jul 2018
According to the local government’s Individual and Household Survey Report, Malaysia’s internet penetration in 2017 had risen to 90% with households across Malaysia with computer and mobile phone access rising to 74% and 98% respectively. In ...
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Spectacles in Brazil
Jul 2018
Category growth is expected to be driven by the return of many consumers that postponed their eye health checks due to the economic crisis. Besides regaining consumers, spectacles manufacturers encourage consumers to increase their expenditure within...
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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 ...
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Spectacles in Switzerland
Jul 2018
Sales of spectacles have seen growing slowly but steadily in Switzerland, mostly driven by spectacle frames in 2018, and industry players are optimistic that the category will maintain a positive performance over the forecast period. As the Swiss ...
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Spectacles in Germany
Jul 2018
In 2018, demand for eyewear in Germany continued to increase at a high level. This was due to the growing rate of vision impairments within the population, which benefits the growth of spectacles in particular as the majority of consumers prefer ...
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Spectacles in Thailand
Jul 2018
Thailand already has an ageing population and the growing ageing society is expected to remain a solid supportive factor for overall spectacles growth. Older consumers tend to adopt a healthy lifestyle opting for prevention and thus they tend to take...
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Spectacles in the US
Jul 2018
The rising number of users of spectacles has continued to ensure good demand for spectacles. Changes in lifestyle mean that consumers are subject to longer hours of exposure to digital technology. Even children are diagnosed with myopia at a much ...
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Spectacles in Japan
Jul 2018
As the population in Japan is decreasing, the category of spectacles recorded a stagnant performance in 2018, with very few possibilities of significant growth. Despite the situation, manufacturers continued to introduce value-added spectacles that ...
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Spectacles in Indonesia
Jul 2018
Spectacle sales in Indonesia are highly influenced by style or fashion and beauty. Celebrities such as Christian Sugiono collaborate with brands such as Ray-Ban to promote the new spectacle frames and lenses. The majority of Indonesian consumers ...
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Spectacles in Turkey
Jul 2018
The rate of myopia in Turkey in 2018 was significant. As Turks continue to spend more time on computers and smartphones, it is expected to increase further over the forecast period supporting positive volume and value growth in spectacles. As ...
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Spectacles in Hong Kong, China
Jul 2018
In 2018, spectacle frames and lenses registered moderate sales, with the retail economy and consumer spending confidence slowly recovering. Mainland Chinese tourists are an important customer segment too, as they buy spectacles in Hong Kong at ...
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