In 2016, the optical sector has witnessed great benefits from the increase in sales of corrective lenses: The online stores these days are not only producing a wide range of eye glasses, contact lenses and aviator frames online. The 2017 trends is more likely to be on the move, reflecting the effects of legislative changes on purchases and refunds as well as the liberalization of the low-cost eyeglass market.
For many opticians, the good health of the optical eyeglasses market will depend heavily on the repercussions of the reforms of social security financing laws, since they include, among other things, the awareness of people to buy online optical materials online.
These reforms should not, however, lead to a significant reduction in the price of spectacles - even if it remains about twice as high in India as in its neighboring countries - Customer demand is still increasing in quality (glasses and frames) and the rate of purchase more frequent.
The new markets are emerging or developed: the glasses for children with growth of 10% compared to last year or glasses for the 4th age that still enjoys the new technological advances. Authorized since 2009, the online sale of glasses or lenses is still; shy but constant evolution and the year 2017 has again seen the emergence of new concepts in this field. Today, online stores are the main way to find a pair of single vision glasses at less than a few hundred rupees or a pair of progressive glasses at much lower prices than regular market.