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For many of us, Memorial Day weekend is the curtain raiser for the summer movie season. And this summer’s lineup of new releases looks to be one of the best in some time. Big stars, big budgets and big expectations are all phrases that come to mind when appraising the coming attractions. We have Brad Pitt, Rocketman (Elton John, of course) and Quentin Tarantino, to name just a few of the boldface names the studios are sending our way this summer. Oh, and while “eyewear” may not appear to have a starring role in the upcoming summer releases, there will certainly be plenty of screen time and cameo appearances for cool-looking shades and spectacles.
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NEW YORK—Even as the general retail market was buffeted by disruption in 2018, the U.S. optical retail sector held its own, even managing to show growth of 2 percent to 3 percent for the calendar year. But while the sales story remained fairly constant, there was a reshaping of the business composition of many leading optical retailers, as the run of acquisitions and consolidation that began at the beginning of the decade continued apace. Competitive pressures and consolidation were not the only hurdles for optical retailers to surmount in 2018. A fastidious and increasingly value-focused consumer, mounting challenges for mall-based retailers, and financial issues for a few big-box general merchandise stores stood among the other key 2018 challenges. The industry collage that emerges from this combination of factors is the Vision Monday annual Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers report.
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Today’s #WeShareIt is for everyone who loves a good DIY. Breathe new life into your favorite denim pieces with this cute sunglass patch which can be found on Etsy along with many more.
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If you are involved in the optical field in any way—student, optometrist, optician, supplier, retailer even journalist—you have definitely come across one of Dr. Scott Lee’s popular cartoons. While he is a full-time practitioner at Atlantis Eyecare in Newport Beach, Calif., online, he is the witty brains behind Sight Gags Cartoons, a collection of humorous optometry doodles that depict the hilarious and sometimes eyebrow-raising side of the science. In 2004, he decided to combine his love for both fields and created Sight Gags Cartoons in an effort to share some of the quirky encounters he experienced with patients. “I had a funny moment that happened during an eye exam and I made a doodle about it on our patient schedule. The staff liked it so much that I started making Sight Gags Cartoons,” he said.
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