PEOPLE: Management VM and 20/20 Magazine Announce EyeVote Readers’ Choice Awards for 2013 5th Annual Survey Highlights Companies, Products in 8 Categories By Staff Monday, December 16, 2013 12:00 AM NEW YORK—Vision Monday and 20/20 Magazine are pleased to announce the selections in the 5th annual EyeVote Readers’ Choice Awards, a special survey aimed at identifying readers’ favorite products and companies of the year. Optical retailers and ECP readers of the two Jobson Medical Information publications were asked to identify their “favorite” products in eight distinct categories: optical frames, spectacle lenses, sunglasses, contact lenses, optical equipment, diagnostic equipment, practice management software and online ordering. Selected companies were chosen based on both brand and company choices supplied by readers. This year’s survey spanned a wide range of product brands and product groups. Optical Frames Readers’ Choice, Company: Safilo Readers’ Choice, Frame Brand, Men: Tie: Nike & Ray Ban Readers’ Choice, Frame Brand, Women: Kate Spade Readers’ Choice, Frame Brand, Teens: Ray Ban Readers’ Choice, Frame Brand, Kids: Ray Ban Readers’ Choice, Frame Brand, New Launch: Salvatore Ferragamo Spectacle Lenses Readers’ Choice, Company: Essilor Readers’ Choice, Lens Brand: Varilux Readers’ Choice, Lens Anti-Reflective Coating Brand: Crizal Avance Readers’ Choice, Lens Progressive Brand: Varilux Physio Readers’ Choice, Lens Photochromic Brand: Transitions Sunglasses Readers’ Choice, Company: Maui Jim Readers’ Choice, Sport Brand, Men: Oakley Readers’ Choice, Fashion Brand, Men: Ray Ban Readers’ Choice, Sport Brand, Women: Oakley Readers’ Choice, Fashion Brand, Women: Kate Spade Contact Lenses Readers’ Choice, Company: Alcon Readers’ Choice, Toric Brand: Biofinity Toric Readers’ Choice, Daily Disposable Brand: 1-Day Acuvue Moist Readers’ Choice, Extended Wear Disposable Brand: Air Optix Night & Day Readers’ Choice, Multifocal Brand: Air Optix Multifocal Optical Equipment & Supplies Readers’ Choice, Company: Hilco Readers’ Choice, Brand for Finishing: Santinelli Readers’ Choice, Brand for Surfacing: Coburn Technologies Readers’ Choice, Brand for Supplies/Consumables: Hilco Readers’ Choice, Brand for Dispensing Tools: Hilco Diagnostic Equipment Readers’ Choice, Company: Carl Zeiss Meditec Readers’ Choice, Brand for Equipment: Carl Zeiss Meditec Practice Management Software Readers’ Choice, Company: Eyefinity Online Ordering Readers’ Choice, Company Website: VisionWeb Nearly 660 voters took part in the EyeVote Survey, which was conducted from Oct. 6 to 31, 2013. An incentive for a chance to win a $500 Amex Gift Card and two $100 Amex Gift Cards was offered to encourage respondents to answer the survey. The winner of the $500 prize was Dawn Guthrie, a practice manager with Stigge Vision Care in Junction City, Kansas. The winners of the $100 prizes were won by Robbie Lootens, a dispensing optician with Physicians Optical Service in Jefferson City, Missouri and Diana W. Gilbert, OD of Cincinnati Eyecare Team in West Chester, Ohio. ■ Click here to download VM and 20/20 Magazine Announce EyeVote Readers’ Choice Awards for 2013 poster