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For more than 20 years, Vision Monday has been shining a spotlight on women in the optical industry who check all the boxes. They are high achievers, difference makers and trendsetters who just plain stand out and every July we are honored to share their stories of success in our Most Influential Women in Optical Report. This year’s “class” of honorees does not disappoint. Having finally emerged from the shadows of the pandemic, this year’s honorees are at long last looking forward to a brighter and more promising future. Their positivity and can-do attitudes are apparent as we chronicle their achievements in an ever-changing optical landscape.
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GMAC welcomes the Canadian Association of Optometrists; iCare Health Solutions acquires Florida's Optical Outlets; FDA issues guidance for hydrogen peroxide-based contact lens care products; ECPs’ gross revenue decreased, Jobson Tracker says; and Marcolin Group sees net sales and income rise all topped this week’s VMAIL news feed. Click on the headlines below to catch up on anything you might have missed.
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ST. LOUIS—The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has announced that the Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) has joined the coalition as an association member. This marks a significant growth of GMAC’s reach into the Canadian eyecare professionals’ sector, whose role is vital to successfully raising awareness and promoting action to address childhood myopia as a treatable disease. As an industry coalition, GMAC was founded with a mission to promote public awareness of childhood myopia as a treatable disease through direct-to-consumer channels and awareness with governments, NGOs, and other health care associations. GMAC does not advocate for specific clinical approaches.
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Did you follow the optical news this week? Take VM’s News Quiz to see how much you know. This week's quiz takes a look at COVID Studies, celebrating Influential Women and a Shamir product launch.
Click here to take the quiz.
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This phone case is a chic, colorful way to bring your love for eyewear with you no matter where you go. You can purchase it on RedBubble here. #WeShareIt
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NEW YORK—For many ECPs, joining a contact lens recycling program is a relatively easy and impactful way to make a practice more eco-friendly. But a major question always remains: how do you let patients know that this is something they can participate in? It’s easy to forget to set your blister packs and used contact lenses aside for recycling, and even easier to throw them out without looking up whether or not they are even recyclable. This, of course, is where social media comes in handy.
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