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Volume 36 | Number 2 | January 2018
Etnia Barcelona
Brindisi
SPECIAL FEATURES
26 NEXTGEN: Optimistic about future of eye care
By Troy Patterson
30
Coloured lenses will be hot for spring
By Denis Langlois
32 Build an effective promotional campaign
for your optical
By Kevin Wilhelm
ON THE COVER
14 Bold and the beautiful
By Jody Johnson-Pettit
18 Vintage revisited
By Denis Langlois
22 A look at lenses
By Troy Patterson
OGI Seraphin Niles
DEPARTMENTS
06 From The Editor
NEWS
28 OptiCon to join Vision Expo starting this year
By Denis Langlois
34 Essilor Canada creates Eyezen Scholarship
08 Vision & Voice
10
Preview
Plan ‘B’ Eyewear, Komono, Marcolin, WestGroupe,
Safilo, Ogi, Optika, Neubau
36 Glimpses
38 Calendar
In Our
Next Issue
OPTICAL PRISM
> BLUE LIGHT: WHAT IS IT?
WHY IS IT DANGEROUS?
39 Classified
40 Framed: A love affair with frames
By Denis Langlois
Cover image: Styles Flo and Lotte
by Neubau Eyewear
> LENSES THAT BLOCK BLUE LIGHT
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