Review of Optometic Business

Just 9.5 percent of consumers said it is “extremely likely” they will buy a complete new pair of eyeglasses in the next six months, according to The Vision Council’s Dec. 2011 Consumer Barometer report. Some 14.8 percent said it is “very likely” they will buy complete new prescription eyeglasses in the next six months, while 22.4 percent were on the fence, saying they “might or might not” make such a purchase. Another 24.2 percent said they probably would not buy complete new eyeglasses over the next six months, and 29 percent said they definitely would not.