Global Eyewear Market Report ----------------------------------------- 2015
Executive Summary The global eyewear market consists of prescription glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses and ready-readers. The growth of urban population is expected to accelerate the growth in demand for eyewear products in emerging markets. In emerging markets, the growing need for vision correction is related primarily to increasing levels of affluence and education. As more people are educated and literacy rates increase, they require support for weakening vision. As societies develop in emerging markets such as Latin America and Asia, the intrinsic need for eyesight correction and eye protection translates into active consumer demand. In a more developed society, the need for vision correction solutions becomes more acute for daily activities such as reading, driving and the use of digital displays, as well as changes in labor and education conditions require good eyesight. The report Global Eyewear Market provides a comprehensive analysis of the global eyewear market, along with an in-depth study of the regional markets including the US, Japan, China, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria. The major trends, growth drivers as well as issues being faced by the industry are being presented in this report. The major players in the industry, Essilor International SA, Luxottica, Grandvision NV and Safilo Group S.P.A are being profiled. The key factors driving the growth of the eyewear market are increasing urbanization, under-penetration of eyesight correction in emerging markets, economic development, increasing diabetic population, emerging middle class with increasing need for vision correction, growing need for eye care due to lifestyle changes and ageing population. Some of the noteworthy trends and developments of this industry are growth of contact lens segment, demand for quality sunglasses, emergence of the online eyewear market, innovative designs & fashion statement, shifting to higher value product and varifocals to replace bifocal lenses. However, the expansion of global eyewear market is hindered by barriers to entry and price differentiation. By combining SPSS Inc. s data integration and analysis capabilities with our relevant findings, we have predicted the future growth of the industry. We employed various significant variables that have an impact on this industry and created regression models with SPSS Base to determine the future direction of the industry. Before deploying the regression model, the relationship between several independent or predictor variables and the dependent variable was analyzed using standard SPSS output, including charts, tables and tests.
Growing need for eye care due to lifestyle changes and rising urbanization are expected to be the key factors driving market growth in coming years. Global Contact Lens Market by Value (2008-2014) As of 2014, the global contact lens market was valued at US$... billion, as compared to US$... billion in 2013, showing an incline of %. The same registered a CAGR of % during the period 2008-2014. As of 2014, prescription glasses accounting for % share, followed by contact lenses and ready readers with share of % and % respectively. In 2014, Europe and North America were the market leaders in global eyewear market, accounting for % and % share respectively. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Global Eyewear Market by Segments (2014) Global Eyewear Market by Region (2014)
US$ Billion US$ Million Growth of the global eyewear market is strongly driven by both developed and emerging markets.. The US Vision Care Market by Value (2011-2014) The US vision care market increased to US$... million in 2014 from US$... million in the previous year, representing an incline of %. The same registered a CAGR of % during the period 2011-2014. The Japanese eyewear market retail sale increased to US$... billion in 2014 from US$... billion in 2013, representing a growth of % and is estimated to reach US$... billion by 2015. German eyewear market continued to record positive volume and value growth during 2014 and reached US$... billion as compared to US$... billion in 2013, showing an incline of %. The same registered a CAGR of % during 2010-2014. 2011 2012 2013 2014 Japanese Eyewear Market by Retail Value (2010-2015E) German Eyewear Market by Value (2010-2014) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015E 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Strengthening economic development with resultant increase in GDP, growing ageing population are the chief factors that will drive the contact lenses market Global Contact Lens Market Forecast (2014-2018E) 2014 2015E 2016E 2017E 2018E The global contact lenses market is poised to grow at a CAGR of % from US$... billion in 2014 to US$... billion in 2018. Emerging middle class with increasing need for vision correction, increasing diabetic population and under-penetration of eyesight correction in emerging markets will positively impact market growth. The future growth of contact lenses market would mainly be driven by growing global market for eyewear market, ageing population and economic development with resultant increase in GDP.