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    Synsam posts all-time high annual sales and profits

    2022-02-25T08:42:00Z

    Swedish-based retailer Synsam Group reported a 14.0 percent year-on-year increase for the last quarter of its financial year, with total revenues totaling SEK 1,245 million (€117.0m). Like-for-like growth for the period was 10.2 percent. Although the quarter saw a deceleration from the previous quarter’s 21.0 percent sales’ increase, the company ...

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    EssilorLuxottica divests shops in Italy, invests in Sweden

    2021-12-20T08:34:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica and its retail subsidiary GrandVision announced on Dec. 17 that they have found an agreement for Vision Group to acquire their VistaSi chain in Italy, including the brand and 99 stores, as well as 75 GrandVision stores in the country. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ...

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    Synsam goes public too

    2021-10-14T05:34:00Z

    Synsam, the leading optical retailer in the Nordics, has announced its intention to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and start trading shares at the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange before the end of the year. The company’s main shareholder since 2014, Theia Holdings, an entity of the international CVC private ...

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    Mister Spex up double digits, opens first stores abroad

    2021-05-14T12:04:00Z

    Mister Spex , the German-based omnichannel retailer, announced last week that its 2020 revenues grew by 18 percent last year as compared to 2019, reaching €164 million. The company registered a double-digit hike in sales both in Germany and in its international markets. Dirk Graber , founder ...