Vision from Venice

Eavan Kennedy, owner of EK Eyewear and Opticians; Marc Karbaron , owner of Optix of Broadgate; Priti Kotecha, director of Roger Pope Opticians; Scott Currie of Glasgow’s Currie & Quirk Opticians; Sheinman Opticians customer services manager Lynda Watts; David H Myers Opticians owner David Myers; and Silverberg Opticians managing director Ian Silverberg Group outside Marcolin’s Longarone factory

Independent practices have never had it so tough. What seems like decades spent under pressure from multiples is now compounded by additional forces from online retail, escalating costs and a new type of consumer-savvy patient who is not necessarily motivated by the health of their eyes.