Article: Solar-Mates CEO predicts blistering sunglass sales; van program affirms demand for premium eyewear.

SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 1996--U.S. sunglass sales are expected to heat up starting with the Memorial Day weekend, with premium-priced eyewear representing the hottest selling segment of this burgeoning market, according to Stephen Nevitt, President of Solar-Mates Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) of Sarasota.

Consumer sales of sunglasses typically shoot up by 10-15 percent as June approaches -- they surged by nearly 12 percent in 1995 -- and this year is expected to be no different. Nevitt predicts that total retail sales for the 1996 summer season (June through August) could grow by more than 10 percent the $381 million recorded for the same three-month period ...

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