Optics reports mixed results for December

Optical practices from around the country had a mixed trading period in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Some outperformed sales from the previous year, while for others business was sluggish, an Optician news poll has revealed.

Optician's findings come at a time when the UK high street has largely experienced a downturn during the festive period. Figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) published this week revealed that December sales across the entire British retail sector rose only 0.3 per cent on a like-for-like basis, compared with December 2006. This represented the weakest monthly performance for the British retail sector since the decline in March 2006.