Chris Bennett: International reasons to fly the flag

Self-confidence isn’t a renowned British trait, and even less so in optics, so it’s nice this week to get a positive international perspective on the UK retail optical business.

The first opportunity comes via Arnaud Dupont, the incoming boss of Nikon UK. In a wide-ranging interview with Optician, Dupont provides an update on Nikon Optical and its plans to engage with optical practices. Dupont is a big hitter in Nikon’s global marketing team and it is telling that he should end up running the UK operation. It’s no accident; the UK is seen by the Nikon top brass in Japan as a region with prospects and Dupont has some good things to say about us Brits.