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March 01, 2022

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Prevent Blindness to Hold 17th Annual ‘Eyes on Capitol Hill’ Advocacy Event, March 1-2

CHICAGO—Prevent Blindness will be holding its 17th annual Eyes on Capitol Hill advocacy day as a virtual event on March 1-2, 2022. Read more.

LOFT Eyewear Show Is Back in NYC, March 31-April 3 at Hudson Mercantile

NEW YORK—LOFT NYC is coming back to New York City again this year, after the unexpected pandemic hiatus, to be held March 31-April 3 Read more.

Sanitas Advisors to Host a BusinessOutside Connection Hike on March 31 in New York City's Central Park

BOULDER, Colo.—Sanitas Advisors' and its founder, Bart Foster, will be hosting a BusinessOutside Connection Hike in the mid-afternoon of March 31 in New Read more.

National Vision’s Annual Sales Top $2 Billion for First Time as Company Plans to Increase New-Store Openings and Telehealth Services in 2022

Finalists Announced for Vision Expo’s 4th Annual OPTImum Retail Award—Vision Care Community Encouraged to Vote for the Winner

CTA Forecast: Consumer Tech Industry Revenue Projected to Reach Record $505 Billion For First Time in 2022

I’m Just Not Ready for the New Normal

Autoantibodies May Underpin Clotting Effects of COVID-19

Optical Rockers to Reunite at Hard Rock With Fundraiser for Vision Non-Profit ECN Purpose

Show Organizers Extend Deadline to Participate in NOW by Vision Expo to Thursday, March 10

The National Average for Gross Revenue at ECP Locations Decreased for the Week of Feb. 14-20, Jobson’s Latest Practice Performance Tracker Shows

As small businesses, we are getting creamed right now in so many ways. I might as well leave my store door open and say, ‘Help yourselves.’

Deborah Koenigsberger, who has worked in retail for three decades, commenting to The New York Times for its recent report, “Retail Theft Rises, and N.Y.C. Small Business Owners Are Paying the Price.” Koenigsberger operates two clothing stores in Manhattan’s Flatiron neighborhood. Last year, complaints of retail theft were about 16 percent higher than in 2019, according to the New York Police Department. But arrest rates have dropped, according to the NYT report.

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New AOA Business Card Offers Exclusive Benefits for ODs

Product: AOA Business Card
Top Line:AOAExcel has released the AOA Business Card, a credit card that is specifically designed for doctors of optometry. The card, primarily aimed at practice and business owners, allows users to maximize the return on their purchases. The AOA Business Card is exclusively available for active AOA members at aoa.org/aoacar d. The AOA Business Card is developed and powered by financial technology firm Mercantile and issued through Hatch
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SUNWEAR COLLECTION

Denon Eyewear Debuts Sunglass Drop 1

Quick Take: Denon Eyewear is debuting Sunglass Drop 1, its first sun collection.
Specifics: The all-metal collection is made up of styles Billie, Dylan, Jo, Ruby and Leo. Billie is inspired by Hollywood’s golden age; Dylan and Leo are aviators with a contemporary spin; Jo is an early 90s oval; and Ruby is an homage to bright 70s style.
Selling Point: Denon’s Sunglass Drop 1 gives beloved classic shapes a modern twist to create
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SUNWEAR COLLECTION

Marchon’s Lanvin Introduces Mother and Child Heart-Shaped Sunglasses for SS22

Quick Take: Lanvin, from Marchon Eyewear, is unveiling a new Spring/Summer 2022 sun style: LNV124S.
Specifics: LNV124S is a unique, heart-shaped frame with 4mm beveled lenses. The frame also features Mother and Child golden metal plaques on the temple tips, which are designed in tiger-print acetate specifically developed for Lanvin in homage to the Chinese Year of the Tiger. Finally, the Lanvin signature is subtly lasered on the left-wearing lens.
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CTA Forecast: Consumer Tech Industry Revenue Projected to Reach Record $505 Billion For First Time in 2022

The U.S. consumer technology industry is projected to generate over $505 billion in retail sales revenue for the first time ever according to a new forecast Read more.

Meet the ‘Eye Doctor’ for the James Webb Space Telescope

Calling the James Webb Space Telescope an "eye in the sky" barely hints at its power, precision and vast capabilities. Launched by NASA in December, 2021 following years of research and development, and an investment of $10 billion, the Webb Telescope is by far the most sensitive and sophisticated instrument of its type ever developed, a pinnacle of scientific achievement. Its ambitious mission, to peer into space and provide clear images of distant planets, stars and whole galaxies that are light years away from Earth, is unprecedented in scope and complexity. Read More

Review of Optometry: Double the Glasses, Double the Success

There is a rule of thumb that a former colleague and mentor used to say all the time: “If you’ve seen one brain injury patient, you’ve seen… one brain injury patient.” She was referring to the fact that these patients can each have significantly different symptoms, based on a multitude of factors, including age, location and extent of the injury, type of injury and time since the injury. Among the more common complaints are double vision, field loss, trouble focusing on reading material and fatigue while reading. All fall within the purview of the optometrist tasked with providing visual rehab and correction. Read More

Tom Davies Keeps the Combination of Glasses and Cinema Alive

From Warner Bros. to Disney, British eyewear designer Tom Davies has spent more than a decade creating bespoke frames for leading characters in a number of hit movies. Arguably his most coveted assignment was to reinterpret the iconic frames for the fourth installment in The Matrix film franchise, "The Matrix Resurrections." Read more.

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