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    Mixed feelings in Fukui over “Made in Japan” eyewear amid export surge

    2025-04-22T10:50:00+01:00By

    Exports of Japanese eyewear products have strongly rebounded in recent years, lifted in part by the growing popularity overseas of the Made in Japan label, notably in the US and Europe. However, a recent survey, as well as an initiative by the Fukui eyewear industry association, shows mixed feelings over the country-of-origin label in the region. Meanwhile, the shortage of workers and the increasing number of subcontractors closing shop remain the main challenge for the local industry. 

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    Eyewear stocks down by 2% in Q1, and by 10% since April 2

    2025-04-15T05:14:00+01:00By

    We are publishing here with a slight delay our quarterly chart on the evolution of the stock prices of eyewear companies. The reason for us delaying this update was the scheduled announcement of US President Donald Trump’s new reciprocal tariffs on April 2, which was certain to impact stock markets ...

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    UK parents confused over children’s eye care, survey says

    2025-04-11T08:29:00+01:00

    According to a survey by the British online parenting platform Mumsnet, parents worry more about children’s teeth than their eyes, the dental check-up outranking the eye test by about ten percentage points. These exams, Mumsnet specifies, are “very important” for 89 and 79 percent of parents, respectively.

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Eyewear Intelligence: Vol 26 - No 7+8

2025-03-28T15:07:00+00:00