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The brief introduction of US Vision

December 15th, 2009 by Randa Nahl No comments »

US Vision, a subsidiary of Refac Optical Group, is a retail name of optical goods and service in the United States. Founded in 1967, US Vision operates optical retail stores mainly through leasing spaces in the national department stores such as JC Penney and Sears. There are few freestanding optical stores located mostly in malls under the name of USA Vision, while majority of the US Vision stores inside the department stores are names by directly adding “Optical” after the name of the host store, such JC Penney Optical.

US Vision retail optical departments offer full-service vision care to the customers. USA Vision offers a wide option of all eyewear and other optical products ranging from high-end designer brands to generic eyewear products. And the on-site independent doctor of optometry provides scheduled of walk-in eye exams and write prescription to patients. In order to suit the customers of the specific host stores, USA Vision tailors the special portfolio of eyewear to meet the needs of that store.

USA Vision doesn’t offer one hour service as other retailers advertise on. All the fitting work are done in one centralized lab, so that customers can expect their prescription eyeglasses to arrive in a few day for pickup. Also USA Vision offers express service which customers can pick up the second day. US Vision is the member of Eye Med Vision Care Network to provide managed vision care service. About one-third of the revenues of US Vision are from the programs.

As of May 2007, US Vision runs about 660 locations in 47 states and Canada.

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Why fashion people love Freshlook Color Lens?

December 15th, 2009 by Michael Bansal No comments »

What are their differences between Freshlook Color Contact Lens and eyeglasses, Freshlook Color Contact Lens and other ordinary corrective contacts? After some contrasts, you may fall in love with Freshlook Color Contact lens.

Spectacles, no matter how beautiful, what brands they are, they are visible. By contrast, Freshlook Color Lens is invisible, and at the same time, Freshlook Color Lens provides your dark eyes with colors—sapphire, blue, green, violet, pure hazel, hazel, honey, brown, turquoise, amethyst, and gray. Whichever color you choose, Freshlook Color Lens make your eyes look as natural as your real eye color.

Besides, spectacles are sometimes barriers to your activities. Your glasses become steamed up when you come into the warm room; you can not wear spectacles to participate in fierce exercises. However, Freshlook Color Lens allows you stay in cold and warm conditions; Freshlook Color Lens will never prevent you from taking part in any intense activities.

Compared Freshlook Color Contacts with other corrective contacts, Freshlook Color Contacts have two obvious advantages. The first is that ordinary contacts can not change eye colors as many as Freshlook Color Contacts can. The other is that even if your vision is perfect, there is a pair of Freshlook Color Contacts available for you which can change your eye color and illuminate your eyes. Freshlook Color Contacts is beyond the function of ordinary contacts. It is decorative.

Thus, if you want to avoid restrictions given by spectacles and color your eyes, use Freshlook Color Contact Lens; if you want to enchant yourself, do not hesitate to use Freshlook Color Contact Lens.

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The brief introduction of Sterling Optical

December 14th, 2009 by Reza Hyver No comments »

Sterling Optical is a part of the full-service eye care company Emerging Vision in the United States. Founded in 1914 in New York, Sterling Optical is one of the biggest and fastest growing franchising optical chain stores. Today Sterling Optical has about 200 stores of self-owned and franchised stores across USA, Canada and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Sterling Optical stores provide a variety of major brands of contacts, frames and sunglasses at the most competitive and affordable prices. Patients can have professional eye exams in Sterling Vision Care which is adjacent to Sterling Optical stores. Sterling Optical prides itself of providing its customers with quality eyewear and very fast service. The customer service of Sterling Optical is among the best through its communication, commitment to the customers and associates, and its complete professionalism.

As one of the franchise in the United States, Sterling Optical has been repeatedly named as one of the top franchise brand in the country. In order to offer the lowest prices to its customers, Sterling Optical was the first to develop the group discount program to enable the union members to access eye care services. In addition, Sterling Optical was also the first to import private label frames and lenses to substantially reduce the cost, thus Sterling Optical is able to return the savings to its customers.

In the new century, Sterling Optical is still on its way of expansion through franchising, and will continue its efforts to become the leader in the optical industry in the country.

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How to buy the discount frames online?

December 13th, 2009 by Yaron Cheng No comments »

Discount frames are favored by many people nowadays, especially young people, since they like to shop on the Internet and they may need more than one frame to satisfy their needs. But one concern is if the discount frame has compromise on price together with quality. According to the research, there are indeed some quality and discount frames. The reason for this is these discount frames come directly from manufacturers. Sellers of discount frames have their own factories and these products are under the same quality control, tested by certified, professional people as those sold in retail locations. Discount frames are usually sold on the Internet, so that they can get free of additional costs that traditional retail have, e.g. costs for space renting, employees’ salary, warehousing, etc. And these parts of expense, in return, go to the public to help them save a part of money from the discount frame.

Then how to get the discount frame on the Internet? Is it complicated? There are simply three steps to follow: First, you have to select the discount frame categories as you like. Second, you can try on the discount frames you chose. Usually there is a virtual mirror on the page which can help you see how the frame look like on different people of different gender, color, face shape etc. The online try-on system permits you to upload your own pictures to see whether the discount frame suits you or not. Last, after filling in all the necessary information, you can just wait for discount frames delivered to you.

Of course, most of the online discount frame stores not only sell the discount frames, but also help fitting the lenses as per your prescriptions. The also sell full pair of eyeglasses in discount frames.

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Fashion eyeglasses change Americans’ opinion on wearing spectacles

December 13th, 2009 by Yaron Cheng No comments »

A survey conducted by Essilor showed that Americans’ perception about the eyeglasses has been changed a lot due to the popularity of fashion eyeglasses.

73% of the people thought wearing fashion eyeglasses, there is no negative effect on their glamour, 60% of the male and 62% of the female respondents disagreed that girls wearing fashion eyeglasses will have any bad impact in their attractiveness. 68% of adult Americans who have sex partners said that wearing eyeglasses won’t interfere their love affairs.

Wearing glasses used to be considered the studious and nerdy, but with the chic of fashion eyeglasses, 40% of respondents perceived wearing fashion eyeglasses as smart and 39% thought to be elegant.

In terms of sexiness, among all the fashion eye glasses, the rimless fashion eyeglasses are thought by 49% of the people as the sexiest, the second is metal wire fashion eyeglass (38%). About 46% thought wearing fashion eye glasses a must even people do not need any corrective eyeglasses.

22% of the people replied that wearing obsolete eye glasses instead of fashion one will definitely spoil people’s look and facial expression.

This survey report shows the importance of modern fashion eyeglasses. This also explains why today almost every major fashion clothing players have stepped in the designing and making of fashion eye glasses.

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Fake Oakley

December 12th, 2009 by Stephen Simon No comments »

The word “fake” is always regarded as a negative word and resisted by some people. However, many common people often purchase and use the fake products consciously or unconsciously. Take fake Oakley for example there are still some people who are looking to buy fake Oakley sunglasses for stylish purpose at a lower price.

Fake Oakley sunglasses are made to look like Oakley styles but are labeled only as replicas. The fake Oakley sunglasses are made with such craftsmanship and expertise that it is often difficult to distinguish between the original ones and the duplicates. You can get fake Oakley sunglasses at a much fairer cost, often around ＄20.

Fake Oakley is always in high demand because of its reasonable price and fashionable styles, especially under such a slack economic situation. The younger people prefer the Oakley glasses due to their design. But most of them neither afford to purchase a pair of the genuine Oakley sunglasses nor are they willing to spend too much on them. Fake Oakley is just within reach of these folks and so are popular with them.

There are many websites that offer online fake Oakley, such as eBay, Replica Images, Sunglasses Box and so on. You can get whatever style fake Oakley sunglasses you want on these websites.

Fake Oakley is best for those who just want to follow the fashion. But you must realize that fake Oakley cannot often make the same promises that the authentic ones can. No matter what your performance needs, however, never purchase a pair of fake Oakley sunglasses that don’t have 100 percent UV ray protection. If you do, more sunlight will enter your eyes and then may cause some serious eye desease in the older age, such as cataract and glaucoma. That is the case what we always say “The loss outweighs the gain”. Therefore, you must carefully weigh the loss and the gain before purchasing a pair of fake Oakley sunglasses.

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Features of the metal frames eyeglasses

December 11th, 2009 by Yaron Cheng No comments »

Compared with plastic frame eyeglasses, metal frame ones have a much longer history, that’s to say, metal is the earliest choice of eyeglasses material.

During the early days, metal frames are made from Monel which is a mixture of nickel and copper. It is the most widely used metal material in the manufacture of metal frame eyeglasses and has features of good malleability and corrosion-resistance. However, anyone who is allergic to nickel may not be able to wear this kind of metal frame eyeglasses.

With the development of industrial technology, more metal materials are suitable for metal frames making, such as titanium, stainless steel, and Aluminum and so on.

Titanium is a silver-gray metal which is light, durable, strong, and corrosion-resistant. The most important factor is of its hypoallergenic. In general, Titanium metal frame is made from an alloy which means it usually mixed with some nickel or copper, but not 100 percent titanium. Though titanium metal frames have so plenty of advantages, they are extremely difficult to color. That’s why this type of metal frames remains the natural metallic color. Still, lots of people pursue the natural color as a perfect choice for fashion by choosing titanium metal frames.

Stainless steel is another alternative of titanium which is an alloy of steel and chromium, or other metal elements. The qualities of stainless steel include light weight, low toxicity, easy molding and strength. Most of the stainless steel metal frames are nickel-free thus protecting the skin. Meanwhile, stainless steel is easily available and reasonably priced. It is definitely an excellent choice of metal frames.

Aluminum, as we know before, is very soft and weak. So it always combines small amounts of silicone or iron which makes frame hard and strong. In fact, aluminum is used primarily by high-end eyewear designers because of the unique look it creates.

Metal frame eyeglasses used to be ugly and boring. Nowadays, various kinds of metal types and design styles make the eyewear fashionable and fantastic. Metal frame eyeglasses used to be skin-sensitive for some people. Nowadays, there are better protective coating techniques to prevent the allergen condition.

With all of these happen, people can no doubt enjoy the metal frame eyewear now and future.

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The facts about Eye Care Center of America

December 10th, 2009 by Stephen Simon No comments »

Eye Care Centers of America is one of the biggest optical chain retailers in the USA. Currently Eye Care Center of America operates about 400 optical stores in 36 states under 11 different trade names. The most knows names include Vision World, Vision Works, Eyemasters and ValuVision etc.

Eye Care Center of America was founded in 1984 in San Antonio by an investing company. In 2 years, Eye Care Center of America ran 13 eyeglasses stores in Texas and Louisiana with the name of Eye Pro Express. In 1986, Eye Care Center of America bought 20/20 Eye Care Inc., and EyeMasters. By end of 1986, Eye Care Centers of America had up to 40 stores already. In late 1987, Eye Care Center of America was in turn acquired by Sears. In Sears’ hands, Eye Care Center of America continued to expand through acquisition. In 1993, Desai Capital purchased Eye Care Center of America from Sears. Through another 5 years of expansion, in 1998, a Boston company Thomas H. Lee Co., bought 90% of Eye Care Center of America for $325 million. More merging occurred after 1998, and by 2004, Eye Care Centers of America reached a scale of 375 stores in about 30 states under 11 trade names.

All the optical stores of Eye Care Centers of America operate well and rank No. 1 or 2 in the specific service regions. As the typical format of Eye Care Center of America, most of the stores have next door or in-house doctor, as well as the on-site processing lab to offer its customers with one-hour fitting service.

As the slogan of most of the optical stores under Eye Care Center of America, “Why pay more?” represents the company’s philosophy to serve its customers with heart by reducing the general cost of purchasing vision care products. “See better, Pay less” is what Eye Care Centers of America strives to achieve.

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Toric Biomedic & Biomedics 55 Contact lenses

December 10th, 2009 by George Manche No comments »

Toric biomedic contact lenses are 1-2 week disposable soft contact lenses created to correct astigmatism which is caused by the cornea not being oval. Toric biomedics are manufactured by Ocular Sciences, with 45% ocufilcon and 55 % water contained in the material of lenses which make the toric biomedic contact lenses extremely comfortable to wear and you will never be bothered by eye drying problem. And for some toric biomedic contact lenses, they are slightly tinted and UV-resistance, which make toric biomedic contact lens easy to handle and provide more protections for people. Usually toric biomedic contact lenses can be found under different brands of Softique, Aqualens, Optiflex, Sofmed, Softech, Ultraflex, Polysoft and so on.

Biomedics 55, from Ocular Sciences/American Hydron, are weekly disposable contact lenses offered by Cooper Vision. Outstanding comforts, easy handling and excellent vision are sparking characteristics of Biomedics 55 achieved by its advanced lens design. More important, the soft blue tint of biomedics 55 is good for improving contact handling and location. For the first time contact lens wears, biomedics 55 is a great choice since you can wear the lenses for 2 weeks, just clean them at night and then replace them with a new pair. And biomedics 55 can also provide you with more protection as it is UV blocking. So wearing biomedics 55, you will enjoy the beautiful time of crisp and clear vision as well as excellent comfort.

Just like other contact lenses, toric biomedic and biomedics 55 should be properly and regularly taken care of with the recommended cleaner, solution and methods to clean them at a required time.

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How to take an eye test?

December 9th, 2009 by Connie Robertson No comments »

Whether you wear or do not wear glasses, you may need some eye test regularly, so as to ascertain that your eyes are always in good conditions. Of course, the most common cases are when people who have found that there are some discomfort in their eyes. Then, eye test is essential to take. Especially for those who wear glasses, their eyes are prone to be infected, so they need to take more frequent eye tests.

Eye test can provide the timely information of people’s eye conditions. People can visit an optometrist for such eye test.  However, patients should tell why they come for such eye test. This is a vital procedure, for the vision decline involves many factors. After knowing this information, the optometrist may start the eye test.

A table is essential for such eye test. These tables may be pictures, alphabets, etc, of different sizes. The patients are required to stay about 20feet away from the table when taking eye test. Moreover, wearing their glasses is also required while taking eye test, for the optometrist need to know the change degree in eyes. When starting the eye test, patients are asked to tell what items on the table are. If the patients can not tell, it proves that their visions are under that level. The optometrist will provide the patients with some specific suggestions on their eyes when eye test have been finished.

In addition to traditional ways, some people have promoted the method of taking eye test online. This does have provided great help for those who are not convenient to call for an optometrist to take eye test.  Except the tables, people are also asked to finish some questionnaire when taking eye test. This can assure the accuracy of online eye test.

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