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Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
10 best optical shops in Singapore that are the apple of our eye
If you are looking to change your glasses over the June holidays, drop by an optical shop that provides eyewear and related services. Products include prescription glasses, contact lenses and sunglasses as well as services such as eye examinations and lens adjustments. Here is our list of the 10 best optical shops in Singapore that carry a range of glasses. OWNDAYS is an optical retail company that aims to make the process of getting glasses simple and quick. They process glasses, from optometry to delivery, all within 20 minutes. Their Junni Light Brown, Full-Rim Boston Eyeglasses (S$118) (above, left) are popular because of their versatile style and flattering look for various face shapes. Its full-rim design offers good lens protection while the round shape can soften angular features. Their John Dillinger Black Full-Rim Round Eyeglasses (S$158) (above, right) offer a classic and versatile style. The black colour is universally flattering and complements various skin tones. The round shape can soften features and create a more youthful look. For a full list of locations, opening hours and contact numbers, refer here. Facebook | Instagram | Website Lenskart stands out as a leading eyewear provider by offering a wide selection of high-quality, affordable glasses and sunglasses, with a focus on both fashion and functionality. If you can't stand the heat in Singapore, our advice is to purchase their Vincent Chased Polarised Sunglasses (Sky Blue Full Rim Square) (S$100) (above, left). These offer both style and functionality. They provide 100 percent ultraviolet (UV) protection and reduce sun glare, making them suitable for various outdoor activities such as running. Alternatively, go with their John Jacobs Sunglasses (Orange Transparent Full Rim Round) (S$100) (above, right). These stand out for their combination of bold, eye-catching colour, a classic round shape and a full-rim design, giving a stylish, versatile look. For a full list of locations, opening hours and contact numbers, refer here. Facebook | Instagram | Website Nanyang Optical is committed to sustainability and innovation. They have an eco-friendly 'Nature Eyes' eyewear line, which uses recycled materials. They also offer in-house brands and a unique S-clip hinge on their high-end line, Urband, for screw-free frame construction. Their ZEISS Anti-Fog Spray (S$15.90) (above, left) leaves behind a thin film comparable to a temporary additional coating on the lenses. This ensures that fine, condensed water droplets cannot adhere to the surface, preventing mist from forming. Their ZEISS Lens Wipes (S$7.90) (above, right) come in a box of 30 pieces, with each piece foil-wrapped. The wipes can be used on glasses lenses, camera lenses and binoculars. For a full list of locations, opening hours and contact numbers, refer . Facebook | Instagram | Website Better Vision is a leading eyewear brand, offering a wide range of prescription glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses and designer eyewear. They have multiple stores throughout Singapore and also provide online sales, which include a contact lens subscription service. If you prefer wearing contact lenses to glasses, you can't go wrong with the good old ACUVUE VITA (S$64) (above, left), a brand of monthly disposable contact lenses designed for daily wear, offering exceptional comfort and vision correction. They are known for their HydraMax Technology, which helps maintain hydration throughout the month. Alternatively, get the SEED 1 Day Pure Moisture (S$51.75) (above, right), a daily disposable contact lens made in Japan that contains alginic acid as a natural moisturising agent. Using SEED's zwitterionic material 'SIB,' the lenses reduce absorption of UV rays. For a full list of locations, opening hours and contact numbers, refer here. Facebook | Instagram | Website Foptics offers stylish prescription glasses and a range of frame options. They are popular for their affordable prices, offering a variety of lens types, including anti-blue light lenses. If you are buying glasses for your little one, you can't look past the Moksh in Clear Pink Glasses (S$59.90) (above, left). Designed for young explorers, the pink glasses combine durability and style with soft but sturdy plastic, making them the ideal companion for all-day adventures. The glasses come with adjustable nose pads to suit different nose shapes. Alternatively, get their Naomi in Clear Glasses (S$59.90) (above, right). This durable frame keeps kids comfy with its feather-light weight of just 9.6 grams, making them ideal for all-day wear. The glasses come with adjustable temple tips to ensure a fit on kids' faces. For a full list of locations and opening hours, refer . +65 8874 2863 Facebook | Instagram | Website What to buy at Bras Basah Complex: A guide to the 11 sections within At W OPTICS, they believe in offering tailored vision care services to cater to the specific needs of customers, making every visit a distinguished experience. They are committed to changing the approach to vision care with optical solutions at the forefront of the industry. If you are looking for a non-surgical procedure that can temporarily correct your myopia, go with their Ortho K Night Lens. These are specialised, rigid gas-permeable contact lenses worn overnight to reshape the cornea and improve vision during the day. This temporary reshaping allows individuals to see without glasses or daytime contact lenses. The optical store also sells Varilux Progressive Lenses, also known as multifocal lenses, which correct vision at all distances – far, intermediate and near. These lenses are used to address presbyopia, the age-linked decline in near vision, which typically starts at age 40. For a full list of locations, opening hours and contact numbers, refer here. Facebook | Instagram | Website Grand & Straits Optical offers specialised coloured glasses and contact lenses that enhance colour vision. They also prioritise comfort and quality in their eyewear, with a focus on lightweight frames and comfortable fits. Furthermore, they offer a range of optical services and personalised eye care, so as to provide holistic solutions for your vision needs. The shop sells transition lenses (above, left), also known as photochromic lenses, which are eyeglasses that automatically adjust tint based on the level of light and UV exposure. The shop also sells blue lenses. Blue lenses, often called blue light blocking lenses, are designed to filter out high-energy visible blue light, specifically the wavelengths between 400 nm and 450 nm. They are used in glasses to alleviate eye strain, improve sleep and protect against retinal damage from prolonged exposure to digital screens (above, right). For a full list of locations, opening hours and contact numbers, refer here. Facebook | Instagram | Website O+ is an eyewear designer and retailer known for crafting both standard and customised eyeglasses and sunglasses. They offer a range of eyewear options, including their BESPO+KE program for one-of-a-kind, master-crafted frames. O+ also focuses on providing comfortable eyewear that fits well and is tailored to individual style preferences. If you are looking for a way to switch from regular lenses to tinted sunglasses without having to carry a separate pair, get their Allister Clip-On (S$99) (above, left). Their clip-ons are made from a single sheet of stainless steel and then bent by hand to fit the frame. The O+ Brown Case (S$25) (above, right) is a brown-coloured eyewear case offered by O+ Eyewear Designer. Features of the eyewear case include 100 percent UV protection, a 24-month warranty, scratch-resistant, anti-reflective lens coatings as well as free shipping. For a full list of locations, opening hours and contact numbers, refer here. Facebook | Instagram | Website Eye Zone Optical is known for its personalised and professional eye care services, focusing on addressing the specific needs of each individual, especially those with unique vision requirements such as double vision or difficulty with progressive lenses. They offer a wide range of high-quality frames and lenses, with a focus on resolving lens complications. Double vision is becoming more common in today's digital age. They can address this with ground-in prismatic lenses. These work by refracting or bending the light entering the eye, directing it to focus on the same spot on each retina. This alignment of input allows the brain to receive the correct signals, enabling the production of a single, unified image. Digital eye strain, characterised by symptoms that include eye fatigue, blurred vision and headaches, is caused by prolonged screen use. They can address these issues with the use of anti-fatigue lenses that deliver a subtle power boost to the lower portion of the eye to alleviate eye strain associated with pre-presbyopia and assist with accommodative function. For a full list of locations, opening hours and contact numbers, refer . Facebook | Instagram | Website Philip D. Izaac is a family of optometrists with years of experience and is probably one of the most respected and qualified eye care practitioners in Singapore. The store's opticians are highly trained and know how to select glasses that both fit well and look good on you. The store conducts binocular vision assessment, which evaluates how well your eyes work together, including their ability to focus, align and move in coordination. It's an eye examination that goes beyond standard screening to assess a wider range of visual skills. The optical store also carries out diabetic retinopathy screening, which is a crucial aspect of managing diabetes. It involves assessing the retina for damage caused by high blood sugar levels. This helps to detect early signs of the condition and prevent vision loss. 290 Orchard Road, Paragon Tower 1 Lobby F, #18-02, Singapore 238859 +65 6734 8018 / +65 8468 0370 (WhatsApp) Mon to Sat: 9am – 6pm Closed on Sun Facebook | Instagram | Website What to buy at Northpoint City: 12 indie stores you didn't know existed The post 10 best optical shops in Singapore that are the apple of our eye appeared first on
CNA
04-06-2025
- Business
- CNA
Industry group calls for retail lease reforms amid soaring rents, including limits for foreign tenants
SINGAPORE: Optical retail chain managing director Bernard Yang has been hit by a double whammy in recent years – sluggish sales and rising operational costs, including rents. These pressures led Nanyang Optical to make some tough choices at its Marine Parade outlet, like cutting the hours of its part-time staff and downsizing its unit by almost half. 'In our years of running retail in Singapore … (rent has) been going up all the time. It's a question of how much,' Mr Yang told CNA. "If we were to keep the same unit, I think it's going to be very tough moving into the future, because I do see consumers' spending habits changing quite a lot. People are very comfortable buying online, going overseas,' he added. Because of this, the company is focusing on growing its e-commerce platform and could adopt a 'hybrid retail' model in the future. Soaring rental costs – a long-standing pain point for businesses – prompted the Singapore Tenants United for Fairness (SGTUFF), a cooperative representing more than 700 business owners, to release a new white paper in recent weeks. The group noted that rental costs can take up 30 to 50 per cent of revenue for food and beverage as well as retail businesses. 'Without legislative intervention in this area, many of the remaining small local players will not be able to survive,' it said in the white paper. 'Singapore as a whole will also be poorer off when what remains of our local shopping and dining vibrancy and sense of community gets further wiped out.' While retail rents across Singapore stayed stable in the first quarter of the year, falling 0.5 per cent according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority, an average of 450 retail stores shuttered monthly within that period. Last year, more than 3,000 food and beverage (F&B) establishments closed in the country – the highest in almost two decades since 2005. Owners told CNA then that rising operating costs, including rent, took a toll on their business. RENTAL CAP AMONG SUGGESTIONS SGTUFF is calling for retail lease reforms that include a cap on rental lease renewals, more prime spaces for local players, and penalties for landlords if they keep the shops empty for more than three months. It also recommended policies to address what it calls 'new and foreign players' with deep pockets and low-cost supply chains, who are willing to pay premium rents. Among its policy suggestions are an additional property tax for non-local retail tenants, reduced foreign worker quota, and higher levies for foreign workers. It has also called on the government to find ways to release more retail space not just to private landlords, but social enterprise cooperatives or private entities that are not purely for profit. SGTUFF chairperson Terence Yow said the group's idea of a cap on lease renewals came from other developed markets around the world such as Japan and Sweden, where rent renewals for commercial spaces are pegged to a formula or measure like the consumer price index. 'We think that such indexing of rent renewal increases is very fair … and is a fair reflection of market conditions, rather than very arbitrary or mercenary … price increases, which are too much of a shock for businesses today,' he told CNA on Monday (Jun 2). IN TALKS WITH AUTHORITIES Mr Yow also said that while retail leases currently must comply with a code of conduct for fair negotiations between tenants and landlords, this is not enough. 'We think (it's) ultimately about a very short supply of prime retail spaces versus still existing and new demand,' he noted. 'Whether they are new local players or big foreign players, (they are) continuing to express interest, and are willing to pay and bid for very high rentals and pay well-above pocket prices for local labour.' He said the surge in rental costs is an 'urgent issue' that the group has raised for some time now. But a 'confluence of forces' like labour shortages and lower consumer spending has intensified the situation, prompting renewed calls for action. It is in talks with Enterprise Singapore and hopes to reach some agreements in the coming months. 'We recognise that it is a symbiotic relationship. Tenants need landlords to do well and landlords need tenants to do well,' Mr Yow added. 'So we hope over the next few months, we can quickly come to some agreement on what are the right, urgent, short- and long-term measures, and start to implement some of them.' 'YOU WILL SEE THE BOTTOM FALLING OUT' Analysts said that the problem is unlikely to resolve soon, particularly as more international firms continue entering the Singapore market. 'If it's a safe haven with the geopolitical uncertainties, people will try to look to Singapore to invest, and they do not know the environment - and they are doing it not necessarily for capitalistic reasons alone, and because there's this safe haven element in it,' said Savills Singapore's executive director for research and consultancy Alan Cheong. '(Being in a) safe haven doesn't necessarily mean that you need to eke out a positive economic value-add to themselves and to the economy. 'Consequently, the ecosystem by the local established chains, F&B, retail industries also get affected by this weight of money coming in.' This would lead to foreign brands dominating prime locations in malls, Mr Cheong warned. He suggested that beyond slowing or freezing rent hikes, landlords can help stabilise the market by showing social responsibility rather than chase higher-paying tenants. CNA contacted all major landlords, most of whom declined to comment. Lendlease – the developer behind several malls like 313@somerset and Jem – said it takes a tailored approach to support tenants through different stages and formats, such as pop-up stores. Mr Yow warned that if things do not change on the rental front, 'copycat malls' will start popping up and people will not be incentivised to try their hand at running small businesses. 'I think you will see the bottom falling out. I think you will continue to see … an acceleration of local small players – many of whom have been in business for 5,10, 20, 30, years – continue to drop out from the market because it's just not sustainable,' he said. 'They cannot just keep increasing their prices. It doesn't work that way.'
