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3 weeks ago | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Kerri Ann DeCindis |Veronica Daub |Sheena Taff |Jennifer Ford
TrendSpotting: Sustainability in Sight To mark Earth Month, EB shares a collection of recent sustainability efforts across the optical industry. Optometric Business Tracker EB + GPN offer a fresh focus on industry data—exploring a specific aspect of the optometric practice with each issue. Here, GPN shares insights into polycarbonate lenses as a key lens opportunity for patients.
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1 month ago | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Kerri Ann DeCindis |Veronica Daub |Sheena Taff
Optometric Business Tracker EB + GPN offer a fresh focus on industry data—exploring a specific aspect of the optometric practice with each issue. Here, GPN focuses on how age and insurance impact eyewear purchases. Staff Hiring, Training + Retention Front-desk fodder: ECPs dish on qualities and qualifications to look for when filling this key position.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Kerri Ann DeCindis |Veronica Daub |Brian Beaulieu |Sheena Taff
Optometric Business Tracker EB + GPN offer a fresh focus on industry data—exploring a specific aspect of the optometric practice with each issue. Here, GPN presents a forecast for 2025. The EB Optical Checklist Optical pro Sheena Taff outlines how to end the year on a prosperous note. Lab Insider One optician shares insights into how a well-organized workflow, regular audits for improvement, and hands-on staff training translate to a consistent standard of quality in lens dispensing.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Kerri Ann DeCindis |Veronica Daub
Introducing the 2024 #EBGameChanger AwardeesEB unveils the seventh annual #EBGameChanger honorees, 10 eyecare professionals who are changing the industry landscape for the better. From an optometrist who cofounded a contact lens software that was listed in this year’s Inc. 5000 to an optician whose nonprofit is spreading awareness about children’s unique vision needs, this year’s praiseworthy professionals and masters of their craft are leading the charge into the future of eye care and eyewear.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Veronica Daub |Sheena Taff |Kerri Ann DeCindis
Optometric Business Tracker EB + GPN offer a fresh focus on industry data—exploring a specific aspect of the optometric practice with each issue. Here, GPN explores how to make smarter inventory decisions. The EB Optical Checklist Optical pro Sheena Taff shares insider tips to help your business succeed in Q4. Staff Hiring, Training + Retention Diverse communities require eyecare professionals who speak their language—literally.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Veronica Daub
SHAMIRNuPolar 1.74Shamir has expanded its Shamir Lens Designs to include NuPolar 1.74 Polarized in brown and gray. According to Shamir, horizontal scattered light causes blinding glare, and the only way to block this is with polarized lenses with a horizontal absorption axis. This absorbs the horizontally polarized portion of light, thus eliminating glare and allowing only information-carrying light to pass through, Shamir shares.
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Apr 1, 2023 | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Veronica Daub
ESSILORVarilux XREssilor has announced its latest innovation, the Varilux XR series—eye-responsive progressive lenses powered by behavioral artificial intelligence. According to the company, researchers from EssilorLuxottica studied the lifestyles and visual challenges of more than 6,500 individuals with presbyopia, gathering more than 1 million data points to develop Varilux’s behavioral modeling system, which predicts how people with presbyopia will look at objects around them.
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Apr 1, 2023 | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Veronica Daub
From buying departments to brand development teams, Eileen Estrada’s 20 years of eyewear experience guided her to create Eyeporters—a project that began as a direct-to-consumer packaged eyewear brand. Now, Eyeporters is a women-owned design- and product-focused wholesaler consistently producing eyewear for eyecare professionals on their own terms. “The product development process [can sometimes be] as long as 12 to 14 months. Because of this, I am consistently focused on growth and evolution.
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Apr 1, 2023 | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Veronica Daub
An inside view to what three contact lens experts see as the biggest opportunity in 2023. EB reached out to three Contact Lens Institute (CLI) 2023 Visionaries—eyecare professionals recognized for their commitment to raising awareness of advancements in contact lenses— to ask, “What is the biggest opportunity in contact lenses this year?”Essence Johnson, O.D., FAAO, of Black Eyecare Perspective; Dallas“Our biggest opportunity is to talk about contact lens options with our patients.
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Apr 1, 2023 | 
eyecarebusiness.com | Veronica Daub
The optical embraces optometry at Eyeconic.com , as its connection to VSP’s expansive network of optometrists supports its eyewear and contact lens offerings. Founded by VSP in 2011, Eyeconic.com extends its service beyond the website, connecting VSP’s network of 38,000 eyecare professionals who offer free frame adjustments and more.
