In the UK, there is a continual rise in the prevalence of myopia, with estimates reaching 35% of the population over 2024. Some potential reasons for the rise in myopia include genetic components such as ethnicity, as well as environmental and lifestyle factors such as the prolonged amount of time spent on digital devices.
The rise of online shopping in the UK, combined with changing consumer behaviour and technological advances, is supporting the penetration of spectacles by e-commerce, although sales via the channel are lower in 2024 compared to the peak of the pandemic in 2020 when restrictions were placed on store-based retailers. Some local consumers are becoming comfortable with shopping for spectacles via e-commerce, as all that is required is a recent prescription from an optometrist to input online.
The forecast period is expected to see polarisation in consumer spending on spectacle frames in the UK. On the one hand, there is a segment of consumers negatively affected by the high inflation rates and cost-of-living crisis, making them more cautious in their spending.
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Spectacles
This is the aggregation of spectacle frames, spectacle lenses and readymade reading glasses.
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