Independent pharmacies should treat readers as the steadier year-round core and flex sunglasses with proven warmer-weather demand.
Readers
Keep common powers available throughout the year and use power-level reorders to adjust depth.
Sunglasses
Increase proven sun styles before warmer, brighter periods where local sell-through supports the change.
Do not overbuy the season
Reduce temporary sun backstock after the demand period and avoid carrying seasonal depth year-round.
Use pharmacy-specific data
Front-end traffic, power stockouts, and local reorders should determine the mix more than a generic seasonal calendar.
Over-the-counter readers are not a substitute for professional eye care or prescribed lenses.
Continue: Independent Pharmacies resource center.