{"id":303353,"date":"2021-11-30T09:46:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=303353"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T12:46:09","slug":"eyewear-industry-rebounding-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/eyewear-industry-rebounding-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyewear industry rebounding in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The <strong>eyewear<\/strong> industry in Brazil has gradually recovered in 2021 from the challenges it faced during the first year of the pandemic. \u201cIt had a significant impact on business reduction. The 2020 figures shrank by 16.5% from 2019, and have partially recovered in 2021,\u201d Ambra Nobre Sinkoc, executive director of Brazilian Optical Industry Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abioptica.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abi\u00f3ptica<\/a>), said.<\/p>\n<p>The reheat has been driven by independent <strong>optical stores<\/strong>, as per a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euromonitor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Euromonitor International<\/a>. The market research company said the periods of commercial lockdowns impacted especially medium-sized store-based retailers (chains with ten to 30 stores). Many of these stores are located in shopping centers.<\/p>\n<p>According to Euromonitor, \u201cthe vast potential of Brazilian\u2019s eyewear industry is still far from being reached.\u201d Despite the improved landscape, the worsening of the inequalities in Brazil and inflationary pressure are distancing lower income consumers from the eyewear market. According to the survey, the opportunities for the industry are large untapped groups of consumers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here\u2019s more on this:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-funding-enables-health-exams-at-citys-fringe\/\">Arab funding enables health exams at city\u2019s fringe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/metaverse-comes-to-revolutionize-business-world\/\">Metaverse comes to revolutionize business world<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Traditionally an importer, Brazil buys optical products particularly from Asian and European countries. However, domestic brands have worked with exclusive items and tried to break into foreign markets. \u201cThere\u2019s a local production that\u2019s very attached to <strong>Brazilian design<\/strong> with very interesting cultural traits, particularly in sunglasses. Therefore, we believe that investments in Brazilian manufacturers can make us evolve considerably in the <strong>exports<\/strong> of these products, including to Arab countries,\u201d Sinkoc added.<\/p>\n<p>Local production has even become more competitive during the pandemic. The few players that totally or partially count on local production, such as Suntech Supplies Ltda (Hot Buttered) and Luxottica do Brasil Ltda (<strong>Ray-Ban<\/strong>), suffered less due to their robust storage of supplies allowing them to maintain ongoing production, Euromonitor reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More lenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regarding lenses only, the demand skyrocked the pandemic. \u201cWe saw an increase in <strong>spectacle lenses<\/strong>, because people were extremely connected to their screens, so they had to change their spectacle lenses for more adequate ones,\u201d Sinkoc says.<\/p>\n<p>This is supported by a survey by the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology (CBO). In the survey, seven out of ten doctors surveyed said they saw an increase in myopia among children during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The survey made public by <a href=\"https:\/\/agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ag\u00eancia Brasil<\/a> talked with 295 doctors from April and June. Out of the doctors surveyed, 75.6% said the use of several electronic devices can get myopia worse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-303349\">\u00a9JAG IMAGES\/Cultura Creative\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The segment has seen a recovery from 2020 in Brazil. Although the country has historically been an eyewear importer, local brands have worked with Brazilian design in pursuit of breaking into markets, including the Arabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2324,"featured_media":303349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[26063,22644,9534,20310,26060,4641,9561,26064,4642,9562,26059,26062,26065,26061],"class_list":{"0":"post-303353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-abioptica-en","9":"tag-brasil-en-2","10":"tag-brazil-en","11":"tag-brazilian-design","12":"tag-contacts","13":"tag-exportacao-en","14":"tag-exports-en","15":"tag-hot-buttered-en","16":"tag-importacao-en","17":"tag-imports-en","18":"tag-lenses","19":"tag-optical-store","20":"tag-rayban-en","21":"tag-spectacles"},"wps_subtitle":"The segment has seen a recovery from 2020 in Brazil. 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