
New Glasgow dispensing practice Mika & Me has been inspired by optical practices in Japan, said its owners, brother and sister Barry Hutcheon and Wendy Bremner.
It offered high quality aspheric lenses as standard, with simple price structures, digital fitting and a fast turnaround, with sight testing not currently provided.
Hutcheon, who came from a family of opticians, used to live in Japan and was interested in why Britain and Japan differed in how they sold eyewear.
‘I enjoyed the experience of buying glasses in Japan and liked the simplicity of pricing and that the flat, thin lenses were sold as standard but as important was the speed which you got your glasses back. Single vision in 20 minutes is normal,’ Hutcheon told Optician.
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