While suns sales remained tight between a few regular characters, optical brand sales were all over the map!
Some high-end movers thanks to FSA spending!
Consumer spending is tightening and it was a very tight race for the top sun spot.
Some very familiar names lead the charge during the height of summer.
As Summer kicked off ophthalmic sales slowed while sunglass sales picked up. Evenso, there was one clear winner in the sun field.
Independent brands are staking a larger and larger claim in our hot brands mentions!
The usual suspects remain strong but indies are stongly represented.
Sun sales unsurprisingly sufffers, but brand variety in ophthalmics was refreshingly diverse.
The calm before the storm, suns sales slowed as did sales overall, while some brands remain as strong as ever.
Reports say that new styles in-store equal excited opticians and yeild more sales.
It seems the demand for quality is at an all time high!
Overall things slowed down with a more scattered representation of brands.
An increase in luxury brands have made the list.
After the holiday hustle, it seems customers played it conservative the first month of the new year.
Pleasant surprises all around as independent brands reign supreme.
It’s a pretty wide spread of brands with no runaway winner.
The old standbys seem to have been the safe bet.
Sunglass sales were hot and customers seemed more willing to spend.
It was a wide spread of brands with sunglasses — and sun Rxs — starting to pick up.
Independent brands generally outperformed the usual suspects.
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