Online retailer GetLenses has deemed contact lens sales as key to the optical industry making a profit in the future - after a sliding quarter for spectacles.
Market researcher GfK has reported that contact lens sales grew 4.3 per cent in the third quarter of last year, while sales of frames declined by 9.3 per cent. The overall optical market value in the UK decreased by 3.7 per cent
Michael Kraftman, MD of GetLenses.co.uk, said: 'Sales of contact lenses are giving our industry a much needed boost during a time when consumer confidence is low and unemployment is on the rise.
'But why the continued growth in this particular area? I believe it comes down to three things: more glasses wearers converting to contact lenses, the development of more comfortable lens technologies like silicone hydrogel, and the arrival of new channels for contact lens sales, such as supermarket retailers.'
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