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Fittingbox acquires main VTO challenger
Fittingbox, the global leader and a pioneer in eyewear virtual-try-on (VTO) services, has announced that it was acquiring its main challenger, Ditto Technologies, from U.S.-based Luna Solutions. It is the first acquisition by Fittingbox since the creation of the company in 2006. “We will have the largest customer portfolio in ...
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Ditto founder leaves Luna
Kate Doerksen, head of revenue at Luna, has announced that she was leaving the company as she realized she was happier in a CEO role. Doerksen was a co-founder and the CEO of Ditto, one of the leading suppliers of eyewear virtual try-on software, between 2011 and 2022. The company ...
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Lenskart starts a $100 m fund for DTC eyewear brands
Lenskart, the Indian omnichannel retailer and eyewear manufacturer, has created a $100 million fund dedicated to investments in direct-to-consumer (DTC) eyewear brands as the company believes that the market is now “ripe for a tech-enabled global transformation”. Drawing a comparison with other sectors that have been deeply transformed by e-commerce ...
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Luna launches refraction exam app
Luna, the eyewear tech company created by 1-800 Contacts earlier this year, held an online presentation of its new MyRx Refraction Exam app at the end of last month. The exam and relevant smartphone application were developed by the teams of Israeli-based 6over6, one of the businesses integrated in Luna, ...
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1-800 Contacts puts new vision tech company into orbit
1-800 Contacts, the U.S. direct-to-consumer contact lens company, has announced the creation of a new company focused on providing technologies and services to third parties in the vision sector. The new entity, called Luna Solutions, operates as a separate company held under a common holding company with 1-800 Contacts. The ...
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1-800 Contacts acquires virtual try-on specialist
1-800 Contacts, the U.S. contact lens specialist, has acquired Ditto, a firm also headquartered in the U.S. that provides virtual try-on systems for eyewear brands and eyewear retailers on- and offline, Vision Monday reports. The terms of the deal, which closed on Aug. 27, 2021, remain under seal, but a ...
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KKR buys 1-800 Contacts
The investment firm KKR has agreed to buy 1-800 Contacts , the American online retailer of contact lenses, from AEA Investors , which acquired the company in January 2016. No financial details were disclosed but the news agency Reuters cited an unnamed source indicating that the deal ...