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ArticleInspecs H1 mixed results highlight new owners’ challenge
INSPECS Group posted a slightly faster pace of revenue growth in the first half of 2026 than for the whole of last year. But that pickup came entirely from Manufacturing, the group’s small OEM arm, which is only just turning a profit. Frames and Optics, INSPECS’ much larger and historically ...
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Revenio’s H1 revenue jumps on Visionix, but integration costs weigh on profit
Finnish eye care group Revenio reported net sales of €66.6 million for the first half of 2026, up 28.8 percent at constant currency, the company said in its half-year report published September 8, its first reporting since the acquisition of Visionix. Operating profit fell 62.4 percent to €4.8 million, a ...
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Hoya's 2025 report shows eyeglass lenses leading growth, flags No. 2 market position
HOYA’s newly published Integrated Report 2026 breaks out fiscal 2025 product-level revenue growth at constant currencies for the first time. Eyeglass lenses, up 7 percent, were the fastest-growing product and the main driver behind Life Care’s gains, powered by MiYOSMART and retail-chain sales. HOYA said the independent-optician channel stayed soft ...
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ArticleConant Optical accelerates in H1, broadens XR lens push
Conant Optical’s revenue growth picked back up in the first half of 2026, and its gross margin improved further. Behind both numbers sits a still-small but fast-emerging XR lens business, a segment that grew nearly 16-fold year on year and now makes up 4.3 percent of group revenue. It also ...
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ArticleSpecsavers’ operating margin jumps to 9.9 percent
Specsavers’ profitability improved sharply in fiscal 2025/26, with its operating margin climbing 1.7 percentage points to 9.9 percent, according to the group’s latest Companies House filing, which offers a narrower but more detailed view of the business than the group’s own Annual Review document. Turnover at the filing entity, Specsavers ...
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ArticleFielmann cuts full-year guidance as detailed H1 figures confirm depth of German slowdown
Fielmann Group confirmed on Aug. 27 the detailed financial results behind the preliminary first-half figures it published in mid-July, while also delivering the formal guidance cut it had signaled a week earlier. On Aug.20, the German optical retailer lowered its full-year 2026 sales growth guidance, with the midpoint moving from ...
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Vuzix advances Amazon and Collins Aerospace programs as sales slip
Vuzix reported total revenue of $1.1 million for the second quarter of 2026, down 14% from $1.3 million a year earlier. Product sales fell 15% to $0.9 million, while engineering services and OEM product sales dropped 8% to $0.2 million. The gross loss narrowed 15% to $0.6 million. R&D spending ...
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ArticleSynsam’s Q2 rebound broadens out, but Sweden and subscriptions carry the growth
Synsam Group’s revenue rose 11.3 percent year on year to SEK 2,049 million (€188 million) in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. Organic growth accelerated to 9.8 percent, nearly double the 5.6 percent pace of the first quarter. Like-for-like growth reached 8.0 percent, also well above Q1. The rebound was ...
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Mitsui Chemicals vision care volumes rise in Q1 driven by high-index lens materials
Mitsui Chemicals’ Life & Healthcare Solutions segment, which includes vision care materials alongside oral care, agrochemicals and nonwovens, reported sales revenue of 62.2 billion yen (€337 million) in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (April to June 2026), up 10.5 percent year on yearr. Operating income before special items for ...
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Intermestic H1 revenue up 80.7 percent, margins contract as Megane Super integration weighs on mix
Intermestic, parent of Japanese retailer Zoff, reported consolidated net sales of ¥43.3 billion (€234m) for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up 80.7 percent year on year, driven by the integration of Megane Super. The Domestic Business segment posted sales of ¥43.0 billion (€233m), up 81.7 percent, with segment ...
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ArticleNational Vision leans further into premiumization as top-line growth cools
National Vision Holdings reported second-quarter net revenue of $498.8 million, up 2.5 percent year-on-year, extending a deceleration in top-line growth that has now run for three consecutive quarters: from 15 percent in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 to 6.6 percent in the first quarter and now 2.5 percent in ...
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ArticleLenskart's profit triples as India and international both post double-digit growth in Q1
Lenskart’s first quarter of fiscal 2026-27 (April-June) delivered broad-based growth across its business, alongside a marked step-up in profitability. Consolidated revenue from operations rose 33.6 percent year on year to INR 2,714 crore (€241.7 million), with India up 30.7 percent to INR 1,531 crore (€136.3 million) and International up 38.0 ...
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Menicon Q1 results driven by daily lens growth, ortho-k rebound
Menicon’s net sales rose 7.0 percent year on year to ¥32.4 billion (€174m) in the three months ended June 30, 2026, aided by yen depreciation against the euro and the US dollar. Vision Care revenue increased 7.1 percent to ¥30.2 billion (€162m). Daily contact lens sales remained the group’s main ...
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ArticleMister Spex reports strong margin gains but double-digit sales drop in Q2
Consistent with recent quarters, Mister Spex’s topline fell sharply in Q2 while profitability rose sharply. Management has repeatedly signaled a willingness to sacrifice turnover for margin, but the tone now appears to be shifting. “The improvement in adjusted EBITDA shows that our sharper focus on revenue quality, gross margin and ...
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ArticleAlcon sees 5% rise in CL sales, posts record global share in Q2
Alcon has posted contact lens sales of $726 million in the second quarter of 2026, up 5 percent from the year earlier on both a reported and constant-currency basis. Product innovation and price increases were partly offset by declines in legacy products. Alcon’s contact-lens business sits within its Vision Care ...
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News briefsKits posts record revenues for Q2
Kits Eyecare’s revenue rose 17.8 percent to a record 58.4 million Canadian dollars (€36.1m) in the second quarter, up from C$49.6 million a year earlier. Glasses led the advance, growing 54.0 percent to C$11.1 million (€6.9m) – and to nearly one-fifth of revenue. Premium lens upgrades made up 45.2 percent ...
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ArticleWarby Parker banks on eye exams and “Intelligent Eyewear” to drive customer acquisition after mixed Q2
Warby Parker reported second-quarter revenue of $235.5 million, up 9.8 percent year over year, a slight acceleration from the 8.3 percent pace recorded in the first quarter. The improvement was driven far more by higher spending per customer than by new customer acquisition. Average revenue per customer rose 6.6 percent ...
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Carl Zeiss Meditec nine-month revenue down 3%, though stable at constant currency
Carl Zeiss Meditec’s revenue declined 2.9 percent year-over-year to €1,553.7 million in the first nine months of fiscal year 2025/26, though the topline was flat on a constant-currency basis, an improvement from the negative currency-adjusted trend seen at the half-year mark. Adjusted EBITA margin fell to 8.0 percent from 11.1 ...
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ArticleSafilo's H1 margins soar on tariff refunds as sales slide deepens
Safilo Group’s Q2 net sales fell 4.5 percent at constant exchange rates to €239.1 million, and 5.1 percent at current exchange rates, as customers in the group’s core markets turned more cautious. First-half net sales totaled €512.0 million, down 1.9 percent at constant exchange rates, with a resilient first quarter ...
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ArticleHOYA Q1 lens sales up double digit, driven by Asia and currency effects
HOYA Corporation revenue rose 16 percent year on year to ¥255.7 billion, or 7 percent at constant currency — a roughly nine-point currency tailwind. Operating profit, now reported on an IFRS basis following early adoption of IFRS 18, climbed 24 percent to ¥82.4 billion. Pretax profit increased 28 percent to ...
