The first half of 2012 has been generally positive with an increase in the sales volume of spectacles and financial indicators in line with 2011. Annual growth (which is the preceding 12 month comparison) is positive for all our benchmarks apart from new contact lens fits. The not so positive news is that total turnover and turnover per eye exam both fell in June from last month and failed to match the performance in June last year.
Total practice turnover (Figure 1), the graph shows the performance for the first five months of this year was comparable to last year but the June figure was 3 per cent lower than May at 168 Index points and 4 per cent lower than June 2011 and did not match the peak in June 2010. Annual growth, however, is positive at 1 per cent.
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