September 16, 2017|www.visionmonday.com


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What Happens in Vegas ...

Since it’s Expo time, we here at VMail Weekend thought it might be fun to see what kind of good/bad/funny/memorable experiences attendees have had while in Vegas for Vision Expo. For a lot of attendees, having contact with their colleagues made the top of the list—always a real accomplishment considering our digital world. Let’s face it, Vegas as a backdrop to Expo sometimes has an air of suspended reality, given the casinos, shows, restaurants and colorful characters. Here a few stories we thought you might enjoy.
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The Show floor at Expo West, study on wearables, EyeVote Reader’s Choice Awards, practice partnerships, Irma relief efforts and a new office for Acuity Eyecare all topped this week’s VMail news feed. Click on the headlines below to catch up on anything you might have missed.

Live on the Show Floor: Women’s Wear Daily, Google and Contests


USC and VSP Global Release New Study on Fitness Tracker Wearables


Vision Monday, 20/20 Host Ninth Annual EyeVote Reader’s Choice Awards


Imperial’s Total Eye Care Partners Joins With Gaddie Eye Centers


Optical Companies Assess Irma’s Damage as Industry Launches Relief Efforts


Acuity EyeCare Group to Establish Central Business Office in Dallas




MyEyeDr. Builds Its Expansion With Energy, Systems and Expertise

NEW YORK—Foresight and planning. Systems that track, evaluate, anticipate and scale. Marketing and product selection that emphasizes both the patient and the customer. Software that measures and IDs trends and patterns. Regional teams and groups that meet, talk, cross-train and share wins, improve any misses. This is only a top-line description of the approaches being taken by MyEyeDr., one of the fastest-growing businesses in the U.S. VM recently sat down with MyEyeDr.'s CEO Sue Downes to trace the company’s journey from its start in 2001 with one doctor and one location to its current portfolio of 325 locations, and projections targeting 500 by the end of next year.
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This weekend’s #WeShareIt comes straight from Vision Expo West. Vision Monday’s associate editor, Jamie Wilson and assistant editor, Stephanie Sengwe led a Pop Up Talk discussing the importance of inventory in the Vision Expo Content Studio. VM’s editors were joined by Jenny Ma from Brooklyn Spectacles in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Nada Vuksic from Bruce Eyewear, in Vancouver, B.C.

California Practice With an Eye for Art

COOL, Calif.—This summer, the staff at Cool Optometry have found an unlikely yet creative way to get their patients involved with their practice. Rather than tempting customers into the store with trunk shows or sunglasses sales, they have started hosting paint ‘n sip classes as a fun activity for the community and to provide a way for people to get familiar with the staff.
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