Overtime on gadgets spurs sale of spectacles - The Tribune India

Ajay Joshi

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 14

Beating lockdown blues by spending long hours in front of gadget screens and working class being exposed to digital screen overuse due to work from home are among the major factors that have led to a sharp rise in the sale of anti-glare zero power spectacles at most of the optical showrooms in the city recently.

Dinesh Verma, owner of Verma Opticals located at Jyoti Chowk, said, “After suffering huge losses in the peak sale months, we have started making profits. At present, most of the customers are those whose eyesight is weak and need glasses. Besides, sunglasses were sold in large numbers during March and April only. After the relaxations in the lockdown, demand for glasses has started soaring with children studying online, people using mobile phones, laptops and TV for work and entertainment feeling their need.”

“Undoubtedly, we are receiving a number of enquiries for growing children as buyers ask us to make normal (zero power) spectacles that can be used by their wards while attending online classes for hours. Apart from that, customers visit our store for getting their spectacles repaired,” added Verma, who has been running the shop since 1970. He deals with both retail and wholesale eye accessories. He has 70 per cent retail customers and 30 per cent wholesale buyers.

Though the sale is gradually picking up pace at most of the stores, opticians say this is the first time in decades that they have seen such a big slump in businesses.

Verma said, “Earlier, besides enquiries, over 20 customers used to visit his shop daily to purchase glasses, but now the number has reduced to only 8-10. These days, the sale is 60-70 per cent.”

During the lockdown, terming glasses as an essential commodity, members of the Optical Association, Jalandhar, had demanded the opening of their stores as they had been receiving requests from their regular customers for new spectacles and repairs of earlier ones.

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