Coastal Recognized as Industry Leader With Vision Monday(R) Award Download this Press Release VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 23, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA) (Stockholm:COA) the world's largest online retailer of eyeglasses and contact lenses announced today it has received the Vision Monday® Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way Award for the most Daring Social Media or Web Presence.This award is part of Vision Monday's 1st Annual Dispensing and Retail Excellence (D.A.R.E.) Awards.
Based in New York, Vision Monday® is the Ophthalmic Industry's Leading Source of News and News Analysis and is a division of Jobson Healthcare.
We are pleased to receive this strong recognition from Vision Monday and to be part of the rapidly changing landscape in the optical industry," stated Roger Hardy, Coastal's Founder and CEO.
"With more than one million Facebook™ friends and having recently shipped our one millionth pair of eyeglasses, Coastal has become the leader in the online eyeglasses category. The momentum continues to build as we added more than 180,000 new eyeglasses customers in the most recent quarter alone.
"We look at our category and think there are many ways to improve. It lags in technological adoption for several reasons, but we are of the view that the category will accelerate its migration to use technology to better serve customers in ways that they want to be served over time. Technology is changing so fast, those who don't innovate will be left behind as so many old world retailers have already discovered. Innovation is a key part of our culture and it occurs at Coastal every day, all in the interest of better serving an increasing number of customers."
Bookmarks