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New research shows that a significant number of vision corrected U.S. adults are interested in purchasing both contact lenses and glasses, For instance,

18%

Despite a growing number of ways to pay, cash remains the most widespread method of payment in a many countries. The only country where mobile payments had overtaken all other payment types was China, where 67% had used their phones to pay in the past year. India, Indonesia and Nigeria were two more countries with high rates of phone payments.

Source: Statista´s consumer insights of contact lens-only wearers are very interested in glasses and vice versa also 18% of glasses only-wearers are very interested in contact lenses.

Source: Contact Lens Institute

The leader in the market for cloud infrastructure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is still ahead of the pack. Amazon’s market share in the worldwide cloud infrastructure market amounted to

32% in the first quarter of 2023. At the same time, Microsoft gained two points since Q3 2022 and now sits at 23% market share.

Source: Synergy Research Group