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Asia-led ODM growth powers Sun Hing’s H2 rebound
Sun Hing Vision Group’s consolidated turnover rose 7.5 percent year on year to HK$891 million (€97m) for the year ended March 31, 2026, “despite the overall poor operating environment,” the company said. The full-year growth reflects a sharp turnaround: after a muted 2.9 percent rise in H1, revenue in H2 ...
Fielmann’s H1 results reflect a widening gap between home and abroad market dynamics
Fielmann Group’s preliminary first-half 2026 results captured increasingly split dynamics between the company’s domestic and international markets. Group sales rose 2 percent year-on-year to €1.25bn, helped by a sharp acceleration in international sales growth (+6 percent versus +1 percent in Q1), even as the German optical retailer’s home market continued ...
JINS reports double-digit revenue growth, lower margins in 9M results
JINS HOLDINGS posted nine-month results showing sales growth holding at double digits, even as profit growth all but stalled, with a sharp domestic margin decline largely counterbalanced by a marked overseas profitability improvement.
Afflelou Q3 network sales edge up despite slight decline in France
AFFLELOU’s external sales edged up by 0.6 percent year over year to €243.8 million in Q3 2026 (ended April 30), confirming the deceleration already seen in the previous quarter after a long stretch of steady mid-single-digit growth. For the nine-month period, total store sales rose 2.7 percent to €730 million.
Delfin considering asset spinoff, shareholding pact for controlling Essilux stake
Delfin, the Del Vecchio family holding company that controls EssilorLuxottica with a 32.4 percent stake, is considering a spinoff of its assets among other possible solutions to an impasse between the heirs of Luxottica founder Leonardo Del Vecchio, according to a report in Il Sole 24 Ore.
SENZ and the bid to bundle AR’s visual stack
On June 17 Applied Materials announced an OEM system for smart glasses, comprising waveguide optics, a light engine, sensing, vision correction and electronic dimming.
Essilux owner Delfin approves financial statements as impasse over revamp continues
Shareholders of the Del Vecchio family holding company Delfin, the controlling shareholder of EssilorLuxottica, approved 2025 financial statements in a meeting on June 30, but a deadlock over a planned reorganization to overhaul the ownership structure of the holding company moved no closer to being resolved as a clash between ...
Revamp at Essilux owner Delfin hits snag
A plan for Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio to become the largest shareholder in the Del Vecchio family holding company Delfin that controls EssilorLuxottica is up in the air, after banks financing the €10 billion deal sought new guarantees from Delfin itself.
Fittingbox opens new HQ, celebrates 20th anniversary
Fittingbox celebrated its 20th anniversary with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new headquarters in the so-called Data Valley in Labège, near Toulouse, France. Reflecting both the French tech company’s regional roots and its rapid expansion, the new premises mark its eighth location in Labège since 2006.
Synsam aims to expand international outreach with 'major' investment in Haaland partnership
Synsam Group is partnering with Norwegian football star Erling Haaland for the launch of an eyewear collection including prescription eyewear, sunglasses and sport glasses. The Erlind Haaland Eyewear Collection-branded range will include a total of 64 different frames for women, men and children, as well as a capsule collection of ...
GlassesUSA.com parent company increase capacity
Optimax Eyewear Group, the operator of GlassesUSA.com, is expanding the manufacturing capacity of its Atlanta facility by 50 percent by investing “heavily in automation and optical precision.” The move follows a 30 percent year-over-year surge in orders, the company said, stressing the positive impact of three of its satellite businesses: OTTICA, a multi-brand luxury eyewear online shop, FORK Eyewear, a sunglasses brand and United Vision ...
AI startup takes aim at eyewear e-tail shortcomings
Eyvero.AI, a Balkans-based IT startup, is launching several AI-powered tools, covering areas such as virtual try-on, or rather “anatomic immersion” as the company puts it, progressive lens fitting analysis, and the creation of digital frame images and marketing materials.
Eyewear companies’ stock prices flat in Q2
The stock prices of the 25 listed eyewear companies composing our quarterly chart were essentially unchanged on a non-weighted average basis in Q2 2026, edging down a slight 0.5 percent. The result marks a striking contrast with the double-digit gains posted by most major stock indices over the same period, ...
Survey finds most US sunglasses non-wearers understand UV risks
Approximately 82 million U.S. adults, around 37 percent of the population, do not wear sunglasses. A new survey by The Vision Council (TVC), the national eyewear industry association, suggests that their primary reasons for not doing so are not linked to a lack of awareness about eye health. Instead, the ...
Brazilian eyewear market: 4.5% growth in 2025 reveals mixed picture
The Brazilian optical retail market value rose by 4.5 percent year over year to 28.1 billion reals (€4.8bn), according to the annual report of Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear industry association. While the sector expanded approximately twice as fast as the country’s GDP, growth was lower than initially expected (5-7 percent).
Spain’s optical market expands on pricing gains amid weak volume growth
The Spanish optical market grew by 4.0 percent to €2,551 million in 2025, according to the 2026 edition of the “Libro Blanco de la Visión” published by FEDAO, the Spanish federation of optical industry associations, and sponsored by Correos Express. This marks a slight acceleration from the 2.9 percent growth ...
