2013 Timeline By Staff Monday, December 16, 2013 12:00 AM RELATED CONTENT THE BIG IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Consolidation, Combination, Conglomeration Branding...and Rebranding Brick, Click...Direct to Consumer The Intelligent Office Health and Wellness Corner Office Remembering... VM's Social Media Community in 2013 January VM’s Eye2 e-newsletter debuts VM’s dba e-newsletter debuts Vision Council boosts awareness of computer vision syndrome at Consumer Electronics Show February In Super Bowl XLVII, the Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers “Argo” wins best picture at 85th Annual Academy Awards Second Sight’s Argus II retinal prosthesis gets FDA approval March Jobson establishes non-profit Rick Bay Foundation for Excellence in Eyecare Education VM debuts new VisionMonday.com site VM’s 7th Global Leadership Summit Showtime! Vision Expo East in NYC April Boston copes with bombing tragedy May VM’s Top 50 U.S. Retailers’ sales top $8 billion for 2012 Optical community helps those devastated by tornadoes in Oklahoma ECPs and optical suppliers continue providing relief for Oklahoma tornado victims The Vision Council concludes merger agreement with COLA June ‘The State of the Optometric Profession: 2013’ identifies trends, issues July Prince William and Duchess Kate have their first baby. The future monarch is named “George.” Think About Your Eyes campaign relaunches with new industry partners August ‘Great Glasses Play Day’ initiative marks success for second year VM launches Intelligent Office microsite September VM’s Top Labs Report: annual sales hit $2.1 billion Zyloware’s Henry Shyer turns 80 October U.S. Government partially shuts down when funding from Congress ran out. Administration changed the government status to ‘open” after two weeks State health insurance exchanges open for the Affordable Care Act Vision Expo West opens in Las Vegas VM’s Eye2 Zone debuts at Vision Expo West “dba LIVE event explores ‘Technology Transforming Retail’ World Sight Day 2013: a call to action answered by the optical community worldwide Boston Red Sox win World Series November Typhoon Haiyan hits The Phillipines Midwest optical practices and associations attempt to regroup in tornado aftermath December VM and 2020 Magazine announce EyeVote Readers’ Choice Awards