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The weather outside is frightful, but the global sunglasses market is delightful! Statista say the projected revenue for the global sunglasses market is US$26.32bn in 2025, an increase of almost a billion on 2024 figures1. While the cost of living crisis is negatively impacting a range of consumer b
We get the first sunrise of each day, so it’s only fair that we’re leading the market for sunglass sales.
The roaring Twenties are back and characterised not by swing music and Champagne, but summer travel and sexy accessories. Jai Breitnauer takes stock of the latest eyewear trends as we head into summer.
The march of veganism continues to sweep more people into a cruelty-free lifestyle while shaking off the antiquated associations of dreadlocks and lentils to become the norm for the ‘urban woke’.
IOA Silmo International Optician of the Year winner 2022 Grant Hannaford took time out to explain to Jai Breitnauer why “Persistently getting things wrong is the key to doing things right”
After a tricky couple of years of pandemic-inspired downturn, the sun is shining on the world of sunglass sales. According to a recent report by Mordor Intelligence, the sunglasses market is predicted to achieve a compound annual growth rate of more than 5% between 2022 and 2027. As sporting events,
Silmo 2021 was abuzz with sustainability initiatives. Jai Breitnauer hunted down a few optics businesses working for the social good.
Carole Riehl is embarrassed about her English. “I am learning more so I can talk about this project outside of France,” she smiles. Until then, her husband Julian is her enthusiastic translator.
Maarten Weidema says he feels like he’s seen it all before; that might be because he has. But this isn’t a bad thing. “Corona was a period of crisis and when there is a crisis, people like to go back to what they know and what makes them feel safe,” says Weidema, independent eyewear designer and fou
Sat on the runway at Bristol Airport, UK, I wondered if we would even make it to Paris! We were already 45 minutes late because of passengers not having the right paperwork to enter France – a quarter of them were turned away. This wasn’t a Brexit issue, it was a pandemic issue – the rules around tr
Before all the excitement of this year’s Silmo d’Or awards, International Opticians Association (IOA) director of development Elaine Grisdale took to the stage to announce the winner of the prestigious International Optician of the Year award.
Perhaps a more conservative financial decision, this year’s Silmo d’Or ceremony was held at the exhibition centre. Regardless, the evening was an absolute delight. The Silmo team managed to pack in all the glamour expected from the Silmo d’Or awards, and the champagne flowed. Silmo president Amelie