For VM's 2023 Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers, Consolidation and Organic Growth Continue as New Players Emerge

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Monday, June 26, 2023 12:24 AM NEW YORK—Vision Monday's annual, signature report on the Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers is being released today, in VM's June issue and on VisionMonday.com. The 2023 report, which examines companies' sales and location counts for the country's leading retailers, including mass merchants and warehouse clubs, is based on calendar year 2022 information and VM estimates. The collective sales of VM’s Top 50 U.S. Retailers rose 4.0 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, to reach an estimated $18.7 billion from 16,209 locations, the report shows.

VM’s 2023 Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers

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Sunday, June 18, 2023 1:00 AM

Key Optical Players Ranked by U.S. Sales in 2022

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Sunday, June 18, 2023 12:59 AM

Today Is the Deadline for Submissions to VM's 2023 Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023 12:15 AM NEW YORK—The deadline for submissions to Vision Monday's signature Annual Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report is today, May 24, at 11:59 p.m. The report and ranking will be published in VM's upcoming June print/digital edition this year. The annual survey spans regional and national retailers and ECP groups for the exclusive report, which will collect and present sales and operations data for the calendar year ending Dec. 31, 2022. Noted Marge Axelrad, SVP/editorial director of Vision Monday, "Given the still-challenging business climate of the past year, it’s important that we collect information directly from as many optical retailers as we can, so we can best manage the task of developing VM estimates for companies and their businesses.

Deadline Extended to May 24 for Submissions to VM's 2023 Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report

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Friday, May 19, 2023 12:15 AM NEW YORK—The deadline for submissions to Vision Monday's signature Annual Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report has been extended to May 24. The report and ranking will be published in VM's upcoming June print/digital edition this year. The annual survey spans regional and national retailers and ECP groups for the exclusive report, which will collect and present sales and operations data for the calendar year ending Dec. 31, 2022. Noted Marge Axelrad, SVP/editorial director of Vision Monday, "Given the still-challenging business climate of the past year, it’s important that we collect information directly from as many optical retailers as we can, so we can best manage the task of developing VM estimates for companies and their businesses.

Deadline Approaching for Submissions to VM's 2023 Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 12:15 AM NEW YORK—The deadline of May 18 is approaching for submissions to Vision Monday's signature Annual Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report, which will be published in its upcoming June print/digital edition this year. The industry's leading news platform is kicked off its annual survey among regional and national retailers for the exclusive report, which will collect and present sales and operations data for the calendar year ending Dec. 31, 2022. Noted Marge Axelrad, SVP/editorial director of Vision Monday, "Given the still-challenging business climate of the past year, it’s important that we collect information directly from as many optical retailers as we can, so we can best manage the task of developing VM estimates for companies and their businesses.

Are You a Top U.S. Optical Retailer? Vote Now in VM's Annual Top 50 U.S. Retailers Survey

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 12:18 AM NEW YORK—Vision Monday will be publishing its signature Annual Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report in its upcoming June print/digital edition this year. The industry's leading news platform kicked off its annual survey among regional and national retailers for the exclusive report.

Are You a Top U.S. Optical Retailer? VM Opens its Annual Top 50 U.S. Retailers Survey, Sets May 18 Deadline

By Staff
Monday, May 1, 2023 12:24 AM NEW YORK—Vision Monday will be publishing its signature Annual Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report in its upcoming June print/digital edition this year. The industry's leading news platform is kicking off its annual survey among regional and national retailers for the exclusive report, which will collect and present sales and operations data for the calendar year ending Dec. 31, 2022. Noted Marge Axelrad, SVP/editorial director of Vision Monday, "Given the still-challenging business climate of the past year, it’s important that we collect information directly from as many optical retailers as we can, so we can best manage the task of developing VM estimates for companies and their businesses."

VM’s Signature Top 50 Optical Retailers Report Shows Sales Growth Across the Eyecare Sector and a Reordering Among Top 10 Groups

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Thursday, July 7, 2022 12:27 AM NEW YORK—In many ways, the year 2021 was a good year for the optical retail community, with the large eyecare organizations and even regional retail groups showing significant sales gains in the period even as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic forced changes in operations and patients’ expectations. This general recovery across the sector came after the shock of the 2020 pandemic, and it was achieved through a slow build back to some semblance of stability.

VM's 2022 Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Report: Recovery and Recalibration

By Marge Axelrad and Mark Tosh
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 1:00 AM NEW YORK—After the shock of the 2020 pandemic and the slow build back to some semblance of stability by the end of that year, the leading U.S. optical retailers and companies, both national and regional groups, came back in 2021 with a solid mid-to-high double digit performance overall. While the 2020 year was characterized as working past store and office closures to “craft a comeback,” as VM noted in our 2021 Top 50, the 12 months of 2021 were marked by tightening up operations, accelerating new digital technologies to power operations and to demonstrate new ideas to consumers and patients. Companies reconsidered initiatives like more online sales choices or remote eyecare.

A 2021 Sales Comeback, Combined With Acquisitions and New Entrants, Shape VM’s 2022 Top 50

By Marge Axelrad and Mark Tosh
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 12:59 AM NEW YORK—In contrast to the harrowing year that was 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic shook the world and forced many stores to close in the U.S for many weeks, the 2021 business year saw a comeback for the U.S.’s Top 50 Optical Retailers and groups, Vision Monday has learned. Based on submissions from companies as well as VM’s own estimates, the collective Top 50 Retailers’ sales for the 12 months ending 2021 ended up higher by some 21 percent from the previous year.