In-Store Eye Examsrspeopsh,arfSognidnopserera,ka”ftadeemesoregiveginelaewv’yaherdallodwe,verhtfoiesmewndat,reeare“ntehsohtrtimewe’veofferedihtessivroterosmeto,rs Kiosk tests vision, suggests related productsrtaefhihw,stlesrirhetofsgsstineliiSrpniotteieevdUsersrmonadds By Mindy Longseisrpforaeeyorefenaedkrasedorayehtosotakesrpntdroitornflanonaserdavelotsalsohaveamitnoepirtn DULUTH, GA -SoloHealth, the maker of EyeSite vision-testing t kiosks,ispartneringwithretailerstoprovidefreeandeasyeyeeamsssepsesiiofinsifsearndoatffaerisredeemedHowever,thekioskdoesnotstorefor shoppers while giving retailers the opportnity to enhane the in-storeeperieneandoostsalesofeye-areprodtstheyhsieleeassehrosrtaraed,wawithiinghfoarntheeirhraesngletsdtroemproitnetlyot,Transitions Optical -, inellas ark, L, is one of the om panies advertising on the kiosks throgh its Transitions Healthy Sight for Life nd video that draws attention to the importane of vision throghot life e kiosks also play a Transitions lenses prodt demonstration, and printots featre a all-to-ation direting people to Transitions ptial’s eyeglass gide wesite enee Himel, siness manager of hannel marketing at Transitions ptial, says, “eir software is sh that we are ale to pdate new ad ontent remotely, and we plan to pdate or ads arond key Transitions events” hile the kiosks target anyone ages to and older, the ore sers are etween and , and advertisers like to reah onsmers in their mid-to-late s e average age of the sers varies ased on where in the store the kiosk is loated “e tested it y pharmay, in the front of the store and on the far end of the store, and we fond that sers’ ages vary y loation or or advertisers, the people they wanted to reah were in the pharmay,” says art oster, SoloHealth fonder and E Shnk’s has plaed two-thirds of the kiosks near the pharmay “e think that the pharmay area is the ideal loation for the kiosk, mh like the lood pressre kiosks that we offer at all pharmaies,” Simon says etailers enefit from inreased over-the-onter eye are prodts and pharmay sales as more and more shoppers visit eye are professionals, oster says or Shnks, it is still ’ early to tell how the kiosks are affeting sales, t Simon says the retailer will ontine to work with SoloHealth to ross-market prodts rior to lanhing the kiosks, SoloHealth ondted two Privacy panels and the word “Free” in a larger font were added to the Eyeitemaor fos grops with varios ages and demographis to determine whether or not onsmers wold atally se the ckiaoreskpsrodasuectdsoandusseerrfveiceedsaocnkthehreevsiuslitosnptriensttionugtskiosksincludeadsforeyekiosk, and the ompany ontines to ondt researh to refine n“nitially we learned things like people werethe marketing y answering a series of lifestyle estions on a tohsreen onerned aot privay, so we added privay panels to the andviewingvariossiedletters,shoppersreeiveanassessmentside,S”oloosHteeraltehploaimnsinesfosgropswithin-storeresearhand of their near and distane vision in aot three mintes Eah ser reeivesastomiedvisionreportthatshowsanassessmentofisntrevreyeepdtsasrpvaerytsofthreeeinhternderpetdtessteirnsgandenomn-ostserosmwemreontheir vision and lists eye are professionals and offers from vision reason non-sers gave for not sing the kiosk was that they are partners thoght there was a fee n trn, SoloHealth hanged the e kiosks are in retail loations, inlding al-art, the EyeStore and roger Sine Septemer,Schnuck MarketsomerporitmSentn“,tegamotekwehdorre‘fme’hignas Lois, has installed EyeSite kiosks in of its stores e net wave of market researh is aot the all to “oreandmoreoforstomersaretakinganativeroleinawthiaotnwaonrdkspthtetinegstv,a”rioosstermseassyasgiSnMg in front of sers to see their own health are and are looking for information they an se to help their families stay healthy,” al Simon, senior ommni -ations speialist for Shnk arkets