The pressures of the current economic climate mean most of us are looking to make our money go further. We have greater expectations of the products we...

Barbie, Barbiemania and Barbiecore are buzzwords dominating the media over recent weeks. Ever since the premiere of Barbie, the world has been abuzz over...

For the past few years, we have been hearing a lot about blue-light filtering lenses. Some swear by them, others think they are just another marketing...

The roaring Twenties are back and characterised not by swing music and Champagne, but summer travel and sexy accessories. Jai Breitnauer takes stock of...

The metaverse has everyone buzzing, apparently changing life as we know it. But to anyone like me, it’s an esoteric concept – I have a hard enough time...

I just read the May 2023 edition and loved the article from Siu-Yin Shing (Dispensing Matters, p42) regarding the dispensing of children’s glasses. Thanks...

In busy day-to-day dispensing, it can be easy to focus on the initial in-store experience of the patient. But do we offer the same standard of care when...

The inaugural Silmo Singapore event welcomed more than 250 international and local brands from over 15 countries, staking its claim as the region’s new...

Since motherhood, I’ve been paying more and more attention to kids' glasses. Not that my children need them (yet), but some of their friends do and my...

The development of glasses as a common treatment for imperfect eyesight has taken centuries, yet today it’s estimated that 75% of the US adult population...

The march of veganism continues to sweep more people into a cruelty-free lifestyle while shaking off the antiquated associations of dreadlocks and lentils...

IOA Silmo International Optician of the Year winner 2022 Grant Hannaford took time out to explain to Jai Breitnauer why “Persistently getting things wrong...