'You can hardly open a newspaper without seeing doom and gloom headlines,' said Ian Davies, vice president EMEA at The Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Davies told practitioners in attendance that, despite this, contact lenses still offered an easy win.
'Contact lenses appear to be remarkably recession-free,' he added. 'If you're a patient wearing contact lenses in the world of disposability then you are going to want to carry on wearing them.'
Optometrist Peter Ivins, who made his name running Scottish independent Black & Lizars before its sale, said: 'It is tough out there. Optics is not so buoyant, but that is not bad considering it is a recession. And the contact lens sector is fairly good, which helps the sunglasses market.'
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