Overall ECP Revenues, Eye Exams and Product Sales Experience Declines for Week Ended July 5, Per the Jobson COVID-19 Practice Performance Tracker

NEW YORK—For the second week in a row, optical sales experienced declines. These declines were more significant for the week ending July 5 than during the previous week ending June 28, and they affected all regions and all service/product categories. At least two factors likely caused this overall downturn, a national holiday weekend and a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Click here to view the complete Jobson COVID-19 Performance Tracker. 

COVID-19 Crisis Response Tactics: CooperVision, Optometry Giving Sight

VM brings you the latest information from optical companies and organizations responding to the coronavirus. CooperVision is extending the deadline for its Essential Hospital Workers Complimentary Contact Lens program to Aug. 31, 2020.

Michael Hoster Succeeds James Henne as Publisher of Jobson's Review Group

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.—Jobson Medical Information has announced that Michael Hoster, a 13-year veteran of the company, has been named publisher of the Review Group of publications and services. This includes the titles Review of Optometry, Review of Ophthalmology, Review of Cornea and Contact Lenses and Retina Specialist, as well as a host of affiliated websites, e-newsletters and other digital products.

Hitting Rewind on Today’s Read 2020

Well, we are about halfway through 2020 and to say the least, it’s been a helluva year so far. The pandemic, which no one saw coming, has truly rocked our world and the challenges it brings just keep on morphing. If the pandemic has taught us nothing else, at least we now know we can adapt and pivot no matter what comes our way. The editors at VMAIL Weekend hope you are settled in for a nice long holiday weekend. And what better way to kick things off than a look back at some of our more popular Today’s Read features. So before you fire up that grill, pour yourself another cup of Joe and read through some stories you might have missed. In these trying times, we hope you’ll be able to find some hope, faith and inspiration in these stories.

VM's News Quiz for the Week of June 28: Fireworks Safety, Sleep Patterns and National Sunglasses Day

Did you follow the optical news this week? Take VM’s News Quiz to see how much you know. This week's quiz takes a look at the impact of fireworks on healthy eyesight, changes in our sleep patterns and celebrating National Sunglasses Day. Click here to take the quiz for the week of June 28. VM's News Quiz is published every Saturday as part of VMAIL Weekend.