France unclear on, wary of smart glasses, survey shows
At least in France, smart glasses are misunderstood, feared and associated with a single model.
Materialise transfers eyewear unit to management
Materialise has announced that it has agreed to transfer its eyewear business to the unit’s management team, as disclosed last week during its Q1 2026 financial results. The division will continue to operate as a stand‑alone entity, with Patrick Swinnen, currently Business Line Director, at the helm.
National Vision sees ‘flat to modest’ Q2 growth as maintains full-year outlook
National Vision said it expects to see “flat to modest” growth in the second quarter of its fiscal year amid temporary bumps associated with the launch of a new website for its America’s Best banner. The company has maintained its full-year sales and earnings guidance as comparable sales growth is ...
Menicon sees dailies capacity gains set to accelerate sales and lift margins
Menicon’s Vision Care unit annual revenue rose 3.7 percent year on year to ¥125.6 billion (€680m) in the fiscal year ended, following a slight acceleration in Q4. At constant exchange rates, sales were up 2.9 percent.
Mitsui Chemicals’ Life & Healthcare unit holds steady as group revenue plunges in FY2025/26
Mitsui Chemicals has reported a 2.9 percent year‑on‑year increase in revenue to 259 billion Japanese yen (€1.4bn) for its Life & Healthcare Solutions division in fiscal 2025/2026. The full‑year topline reflects an acceleration in the fourth quarter, as nine‑month sales were up 1.3 percent, though the result falls short of ...
Inspecs wraps 2025 with stable sales amid takeover shift
Inspecs Group’s full-year revenue edged down 0.8 percent year on year to £191.7 million (€221m) in 2025, flat at constant currencies. Figures for both years exclude Norville, the heavily loss-making lens unit closed in H2 2024. Volumes rose slightly to 11.5 million frames from 11.4 million in 2024. CEO Richard ...
EssilorLuxottica integrates vision care and medtech at ARVO
EssilorLuxottica said it presented for the first time a “fully integrated vision care and med-tech ecosystem” at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Denver, US, last week. “This integrated model brings together myopia management and vision science, advanced diagnostics, AI-driven analytics and ...
ZEISS Vision Care presents new myopia management lens clinical studies
ZEISS Vision Care presented results from three clinical studies on its myopia management lenses at the recent Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting in Denver, US.The studies included interim 6-month results for ZEISS MyoActive and ZEISS MyoEase, the group’s newest lenses in the category as ...
Prices and toric dailies drive the European CL market amid concerns over wearer base contraction
The market for contact lenses and care solutions across a geographic area covering 25 European countries, as well as seven additional markets (South Africa, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Egypt), grew by 6.0 percent year over year to €2,485 million in 2025, according to the ...
Safilo sustains margin expansion amid weak topline in Q1, confirms acquisitions
Safilo Group revenue fell 4.5 percent year on year to €272.9 million in Q1 FY2026, with most of the decline attributed to the sharp depreciation of the US dollar against the euro. At constant currencies, sales edged up 0.4 percent, exactly in line with Q4 2025.
Del Vecchio heir challenges deal to sell 25% of Essilux owner Delfin
Rocco Basilico, one of the eight heirs of Luxottica founder Leonardo del Vecchio, has challenged a deal that would see Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, his half-brother and Chief Strategy Officer at EssilorLuxottica, become the largest shareholder in Delfin, the Del Vecchio holding company that controls Essilux with a 32.4 percent ...
Warby Parker reaffirms guidance as it looks ahead to launch of AI glasses
Warby Parker reaffirmed its 2026 guidance for sales and earnings, as the company continues to ramp up for the launch of AI glasses later in the year through a partnership with Google and Samsung and points to momentum from the recent launch of a new sport eyewear collection and other ...
Consumer sentiment and currency headwinds weigh on Synsam’s Q1
Synsam Group’s revenue increased by 3.8 percent year on year to SEK 1,773 million (€163 million) in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. On an organic basis, adjusted for currency variations, acquisitions and the relatively small franchise business, Q1 sales were up 5.6 percent. Sales grew organically in all markets, ...
The Vision Council urges USTR to exclude optical components from new tariffs review
The Vision Council, the national trade association for the U.S. optical industry, has urged the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) to exclude eyewear and optical products from any new tariffs resulting from its current Section 301 investigations. The scope of the targeted industries mostly focuses on materials and ...
Retail becomes De Rigo’s anchor in a challenging year
De Rigo has announced a 3.4 percent year‑on‑year decline in annual revenue to €520.1 million in fiscal 2025, translating into a flattish top line (‑0.7 percent) at constant exchange rates. The performance marks a significant slowdown from the previous year, when sales were up high‑single digits in both the retail ...