Spring styles hit the boards and though patients are still price conscious, their desire for bold and colorful frames are on the rise.
Some independent brands had a strong showing with renewed interest from patients and customers after the holiday lull.
Two distinct trends emerge: Customers gravitating toward more affordable frames or luxury. There seemed to be very little in between.
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Customer spending contracts with an eye toward more practical and durable brands.
Attendees were immersed in cutting-edge advancements in lens technology, diagnostic tools, and practice management solutions.
Some well-known names once again dominated sales.
Sales across the board were a mixed bag with no real standouts but independent brands did come out on top.
Though a few (sun) brands still garner many mentions, ophthalmic frames sales seem to have gotten much more evenly spread.
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!
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