EYECARE: Coronavirus BRIEFING: Exclusive COVID-19 Practice Performance Trackers The National Average for Gross Revenue at ECP Locations Decreased for the Week of September 2–8, Jobson’s Latest Practice Performance Tracker Shows By Staff Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:15 AM NEW YORK—The national average for gross revenue at ECP locations decreased last week, September 2–8, when compared with the previous week, at a rate of -17 index points due to the Labor Day holiday weekend. That places gross revenue at an equal index point level to where it was at this point in time (Week 36) when compared with last year (2023), 2 points above the same period in 2022, 13 points above 2021, 6 points above 2020 and 32 points above 2019, according to Jobson’s most recent Practice Performance Tracker.All optical sales categories decreased last week when compared with the previous week, at rates of -17 index points for gross revenue, -15 index points for exams/refractions, frame units and lens pairs, and -11 index points for contact lenses. When comparing last week’s optical sales with the same period last year, most of the categories were down, except for gross revenue, which remained flat. The other categories decreased by -4 index points for exams/refractions, -8 index points for frame units, -5 index points for lens pairs and -2 index points for contact lenses.With all optical sales categories decreasing last week, only one of the categories reached a level above an average week in 2019—the index baseline assigned a value of 100 for this Optical Business Tracker. These ranged from a high of 115 index points for gross revenue to a low of 89 index points for contact lenses. The other three categories reached 94 index points for exams/refractions, 90 index points for frame units and 93 index points for lens pairs.Jobson Optical Research selected 1,500 optical locations that have been operating and reporting their sales to its partners, GPN and ABB Analyze, since 2019. The index has been rebased to an average week in 2019. Going forward, this new index base will be used as an arbitrary benchmark and assigned a value of 100.Click here to view the complete Jobson COVID-19 Performance Tracker