Just as the " corner store " has been displaced from most neighbourhoods by supermarket chains - the same thing is happening to the little stores that supplied our reading glasses.
Two aggressive discounters have established chains that offer not only heavily reduced prices, but additional pairs of spectacles with sun proofing qualities at no extra cost. The glasses they offer are usually within the refunds available from the health insurance industry.
Within the next year or so we are destined to see a culling of competition in this industry. The small independents can simply not compete because these majors have the clout to demand huge discounts from spectacle frame manufacturers - and as everyone knows - doing anything in bulk reduces costs.
It seems that the private spectacle industry is about to join the dwindling ranks of petrol stations, butchers, and hardware stores that have been forced to close their doors because of competition from " super stores ".
It's a sobering lesson from those about to leave school - and make a decision on their future employment. Movement in the market place is making much of traditional venue streams a " dead end " proposition !
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