Ecommerce plays key part in Covid-19 recovery
Online platforms and new product offerings have played a pivotal role in EssilorLuxottica’s pandemic recovery strategy. Simon Jones reports
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The only way is up
The only way is up
Simon Jones looks at some of the ways practices can give patients’ spectacle ...
The importance of recycling
The importance of recycling
Mike Hale speaks to Sam Angel of TerraCycle Europe about the innovative ...
Thinking outside the box
Thinking outside the box
Yiannis Kotoulas explores the eco-friendly business partnerships that practices ...
A powerful movement
A powerful movement
Danish eyewear brand MonkeyGlasses opened its first practice in Copenhagen in ...
Covid: Embracing change
Covid: Embracing change
Mike Hale interviews Specsavers director of product Matt Stewart about how the ...
Covid: Evolving eye care
Covid: Evolving eye care
Mike Hale speaks to three independent practices about lockdown experiences, ...
Inspecs saves Norville
Inspecs acquires Norville Group
Inspecs snaps up Norville Group from administrators in £2.4m deal
The new normal eye clinic
The new normal eye clinic
Tim Manners reflects on what practice will be like for patients from now on
De Rigo: Best laid plans
De Rigo: Best laid plans
Simon Jones talks to De Rigo UK & Ireland country manager Rebecca Louvre about how that company had to quickly implement new strategies in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
In focus: Changing attitudes
In focus: Changing attitudes
Professor Richard Newsom discusses optometrists’ attitudes to PPE with Andrew McClean
Pandemic response: Getting back to business
Getting back to business
Optician speaks to British eyewear suppliers and designers about their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the challenges they’ve faced and how business can resume in the months ahead
In Focus: Confusion as practices expand services
Confusion as services expand
Optical practices in England have this week set out on the road to recovery, but conflicting guidance and position statements have overshadowed the return to work. Simon Jones reports
In focus: Practice preparation
In focus: Practice preparation
Yiannis Kotoulas reports on a webinar that covered what to consider before your practice reopens
Online refraction: risk or reward?
Disruption: Online sight tests
Yiannis Kotoulas consults a leading expert on whether the standard sight test will survive the rise of teleoptometry
Disruption disasters
Disruption disasters
Simon Jones looks at some of the disruptive brands and ideas that haven’t hit the mark
In Focus: Inspecs shines after stock market listing
Inspecs shines after listing
Simon Jones highlights the Inspecs Group’s success over the past year
Viewpoint: Diary of a spectacle designer
Viewpoint: Designer diary
Tom Davies shares the steps he is taking to be open for business once again
In focus: European examples
In focus: European examples
Yiannis Kotoulas looks to Europe for examples of how optical practices might reopen in the UK
Asda’s two decades in optics
Asda’s two decades in optics
Asda Opticians celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Mike Hale reports on the journey so far and what the future holds for the standard bearer for optometry in a supermarket setting
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