French optical market growth slows to 0.9% in 2025 | Spanish optical sector revenues rose nearly 4% in 2025 | Smart glasses and autofocus lenses stand out at SILMO Paris 2026 | European watchdog issues preliminary guidances regarding smart glasses | Norway plans a ban on smart glasses in selected public places | A Czech businessman makes an offer for EssilorLuxottica’s parent company | EssilorLuxottica has strong, clear CEO succession plan, director says | Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio offers to buy out other shareholders in Essilux’s parent Delfin | EssilorLuxottica revenues jump 9% but wearables momentum slows | EssilorLuxottica’s credit rating is upgraded by S&P Global | Armani to begin talks with Essilux, LVMH and L’Oreal on sale of 15% stake | Kering Eyewear’s sales rise 6% in record Q3 | Two smart glasses makers take a frame-first approach | Innovative Eyewear’s Q3 revenues up by 55% | TPI’s design software becomes a product | Vive Eagle – HTC pitches privacy in AI at Silmo | ZEISS Vision Care appoints new CEO from within | Bausch + Lomb’s contact lens sales rise 5% in Q3 | CooperCompanies’ CEO steps down amid shareholder pressure | Hoya sees stability in Q2 lens business as US sales fall, value-added products grow | Jins sets sights on 1,000 stores as sales momentum continues | VisionLab launches the commercialization of lenses produced with IOT’s Light-Form Technology | Laclarée adjusts its plans for commercialization | MO Global expands in Central America and the Caribbean | M Loves Vintage to launch an eyewear line in partnership with Moda Optics | Rokid opens a flagship store in Hong Kong | DIFF Eyewear opens its first store as it builds up a network of physical locations | Report highlights opportunities for multifocal contact lenses in anti-aging market | Nuance Audio’s challenger hits the US market with Hoya’s Pentax as lens partner | ZEISS launches new myopia control lens lens built on “dynamic signal” approach