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National Vision’s rebranding drive reaches Eyeglass World
National Vision has kicked off the second phase of its rebranding drive: after refreshing America’s Best in 2025, it’s now turning to Eyeglass World, its smaller banner.
Specsavers’ 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.
Fielmann 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 ...
HTC bets on Innovative Eyewear to bring its AI glasses to the US
HTC Corporation is bringing its Vive Eagle smart glasses to the US market, using a distribution deal with Innovative Eyewear as its entry point. Sales begin in September 2026 through Innovative Eyewear’s Lucyd.co web store, with US-based prescription lens fulfillment built in. The companies call it a “strategic alliance,” but ...
Gentle Monster plans to quadruple overseas stores as AI glasses launch nears
IICOMBINED, the Seoul-based parent of Gentle Monster, plans to increase its eyewear brand’s overseas store count roughly fourfold within three to five years, taking the network from around 50 stores today to a targeted 200, according to Korean media reports citing fashion industry sources. The group currently operates 86 stores ...
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.
Eyes + More bets on brand building with pan-European ambitions
About one and a half years after being acquired by KKR, Nexeye, the Dutch-based retail group, is accelerating its network expansion across Europe with the ambition of growing its retail footprint from roughly 750 stores today, spread across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Sweden, to 1,000 doors by 2028. ...
EssilorLuxottica advances medtech roadmap in the US with first LensCrafters Vision & Eye Health
CenterLensCrafters, the EssilorLuxottica-owned optical retail chain, opened its first Vision & Eye Health Center on June 30 in Exton, Pennsylvania, marking the LensCrafters brand’s entry into in-house surgical care in the US.
Specsavers annual sales up 9%, led by the UK and Ireland
Specsavers has reported an 8.9 percent year-on-year increase in group revenue to £4,540 million (€5,250m) for its fiscal year ended Feb. 28, 2026, accelerating sharply from the 4.3 percent increase in the previous year. The UK-based group is thus consolidating its position as the second-largest optical retailer in the world, ...
Japan Eyewear Holdings reports strong Q1 revenue and margin expansion
Japan Eyewear Holdings (JEH), the group operating the Kaneko Optical and 999.9 retail chains, reported a 15.8 percent year-on-year increase in Q1 revenue to ¥4,854 million (€26m). This performance marks a slight acceleration from the previous quarter (+14.2 percent), despite a sharp decline in sales to Chinese customers at its ...