As an Optician, I have always enjoyed learning about the history of our profession and industry, part of that history is American Optical. Earlier this year STATE Optical Co, the handmade luxury eyewear division of Europa, announced their acquisition of AO Eyewear. American Optical is the oldest optical company in America (dating back to 1833) […]
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If you wear glasses you’ve likely been frustrated with fogging while wearing a face mask. Working in healthcare, us Opticians (as well as everyone else in our offices) are required to wear PPE. I don’t know about you but for myself contact lenses are not an all-day comfortability option. I’ve tried a face shield, which
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As the year ends, inventory nears. I’ve come across many Opticians who ask about how to get rid of older frames or frames that don’t move. The answer: buy backs. How does this work? I’m currently in the process of doing this at my clinic and I started by asking every one of my frame
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As of July 16, 2018 Transitions photochromic light intelligent lenses added four new colors to their existing three options. Existing Signature colors are Gray, Brown and Graphite Green while newly added Style colors are Sapphire, Amethyst, Emerald and Amber. I recently attended a Transitions and Walman Optical hosted webinar about this new release, during which
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