With its six-part editorial series examining the prescription safety market, VM will be working with the assistance of experts, industrywide, from safety professionals and successful ECPs to safety eyewear manufacturers and distributing laboratories and others who will help VM take the mystery out of dispensing safety for its readers.

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Starting this month, VM will help retailers explore questions like:

-- Why should I pursue safety business?

-- Who wears industrial safety eyewear?

-- What is OSHA and how does it affect my business?

-- What is the purpose of a company having an industrial safety eyewear program?

-- What is the current ANSI standard for prescription safety eyewear and how will it affect my business?

-- Can you explain the details of the ANSI standard in a way that I can understand?

-- I've never gone after safety business, so where do I start?

-- Can you help me with a business plan?

-- Who should I talk to when going into an industrial site?

-- Who pays for a safety eyewear program?

-- What about contracts for the prescription safety eyewear programs?

-- How do I handle them?

-- Where can I get help with pricing and charges for services?

-- Explain on-site and off-site dispensing and how a small business can handle this?

-- What about home safety eyewear needs?

If you are running a successful safety business and would like to participate in one of our upcoming features, please drop us an email at [email protected]. --The Editors