Retail Sales of Polycarbonate Lenses Increased Most Over One Year, Survey Says

NEW YORK—Polycarbonate, super high index, Trivex and high index lens materials increased the most in sales when comparing total lens sales in 2014 with total lens sales in 2013, according to Jobson Research’s most recent MarketPulse survey on Premium Lenses.

The 205 optical retailers surveyed during February and March of 2015, said that 2014 sales of polycarbonate lenses were up 51 percent when compared to the previous year, super high index lenses were up 49 percent, Trivex lens sales were up 41 percent in 2014 when compared with the previous year, and high index lens sales were up 40 percent, according to the 2015 Premium Lenses MarketPulse Survey.

Refer to the chart for these and other survey results related to premium lens sales trends reported by optical retailers for 2014 as compared with the previous year.