All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 26 No. 17+18 – Page 2
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ArticleUS tele-optometry kiosks startup gets $20m cash injection
Eyebot, the US company developing a platform combining self-service vision test kiosks with remote eye doctor prescriptions, has announced that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding, with global private equity fund General Catalyst as the round leader. AlleyCorp, Bauskunst, Village Global and Ubiquity Investors, all returning investors, ...
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Johnson & Johnson appoints global vision care R&D manager
Johnson & Johnson has appointed Paul Lisenby as Global Head of Research and Development for its vision care unit, Vision Monday has first reported. Lisenby is in fact returning to Johnson & Johnson where he worked for 11 years early in his career as global procurement manager. After that, his ...
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Japanese midsized optical retail group changes hands
Kitamura Holdings, the Japanese group operating the Kitamura Camera retail chain, is branching out into eyewear retailing with the full acquisition of E2 Care Holdings. The optical retail group boasts a network of 200 optical and hearing aids stores with three chains: Vision Megane (101 stores, mostly in the Kansai ...
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87% of Canadian buy their eyeglasses in stores, TVC survey finds
Roughly half (47 percent) of Canadian prescription glasses wearers purchased eyewear within the last year, according to the Q1 and Q2 report by The Vision Council (TVC). In-person shopping is largely preferred by Canadians (87 percent), in part because a third (34 percent) of online buyers switched by to brick-and-mortar ...
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News briefsZeiss renews partnership with Chinese smartphone brand
Zeiss – through Zeiss Mobile Imaging – has renewed the imaging partnership it established in 2020 with Vivo, the Chinese brand of Android smartphones. The companies will be expanding beyond smartphones to what they call a “comprehensive and open imaging ecosystem.” So far they have collaborated on lenses (Zeiss Optics), ...
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Design Eyewear Group appoints manager for its new license business
Design Eyewear Group (DEG) has recruited Oscar Klinckenberg to lead its newly created licensed brands unit after the company took over parts of Menrad Germany’s portfolio. Klinckenberg is a seasoned eyewear industry executive with years of experience in the retail sector at companies such as EyeCare Groep, Eye Wish Opticiens ...
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Eyes + More appoints experienced retail manager to expand in Sweden
Nexeye has appointed Nina Wyholt Gradin as Head of Expansion Sweden for its Eyes + More retail chain to accelerate its growth in the country. This is a new position at the company. Wyholt Gradin, a seasoned retail manager, joins the company from Kronans Apotek where she has served as ...
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Authentic Brands Group acquires Guess? IP
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has announced the acquisition of a controlling ownership interest in “substantially all of the intellectual property of Guess?.” Practically, the US group is acquiring a 51 percent stake in a new entity that will take over Guess? intellectual property, with the remaining 49 percent owned by ...
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ArticleMixed results in Q2 for Synsam Group
Synsam Group Q2 revenue increased by 6.9 percent year on year to 1,841 million Swedish crowns (€165m), slowing down sharply from the 12.3 percent growth reported in the previous quarter. The deceleration was mostly attributable to the group’s business in Denmark that is increasingly impacted by consumer credit regulation changes. ...
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ArticleAlcon’s contact lens sales jump 9% in Q2
Alcon reported contact lens sales of $692 million in the second quarter of 2025, up by 9 percent compared to the year earlier, as top line growth continued to be driven by product innovation and price increases. At constant currency rates, sales were up by 7 percent. David Endicott, CEO, ...
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HOYA kicks off SBTI certification process
HOYA Corporation has submitted a commitment letter to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI), a first step towards the certification by the international climate association.The Japanese group said that it was aiming to establish near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets in line with the 1.5°C framework established under the Paris ...
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SightGlass Vision DOT lenses used by 1 million children
SightGlass Vision, the EssilorLuxottica and CooperVision joint venture, has announced that its Diffusion Optics Technology (DOT) myopia management lenses have been worn by one million children globally since the launch in 2021. The lenses are currently available in China, the Netherlands, Israel, Canada and Spain, with ongoing market trials in ...
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ArticleMeta to release commercial AR glasses by September?
Hypernova smart glasses could come out earlier and cost less than rumors have been suggesting. But where does EssilorLuxottica fit in?
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Paris Miki Q1 sales down 2.0 % as customer base shrinks faster than prices increase
Paris Miki reported a 1.9 percent year-on-year decline in sales to 12.5 billion Japanese yen (€73m) for the first quarter of its new fiscal year started on April 30, 2025. Sales were down by 1.3 percent in Japan, which account for almost 90 percent of total revenue, and by 7.0 ...
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ArticleA closer look under Lenskart’s hood
As we reported at the end of July, India-based Lenskart’s long-rumored IPO is now well on track as the Indian retail group filed its so-called red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Bord of India (SEBI). While we have mostly relied on unofficial information and leaks to the Indian ...
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National Vision revamps main retail brand
As part of its overall corporate rebranding, National Vision has announced a “monumental visual brand transformation” for America’s Best, its main retail banner with over 950 stores in the US. The revamp includes a new logo and a complete brand identity overhaul “that will captivate customers across all media touchpoints,” ...
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AI glasses from another smartphone company
Taiwanese smart-phone brand HTC is entering the market for smart glasses, with the Vive Eagle. This model is available for order but going on sale on Sept. 1, in Taiwan only, at a price of 15,600 Taiwan new dollars (€444). Originally a VR platform developed by HTC and a company ...
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ArticleRay-Ban Meta drives 110% jump in global smart glasses shipment, AI polarization
Global shipments of smart glasses jumped by 110 percent year on year in the first half of 2025 according to new data from Counterpoint Research, an international research company focusing on high-tech markets. Counterpoint did not communicate a corresponding number of units, but it said in a previous report that ...
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ArticleConant reports 11% sales hike in H1, invests in automated lines and smart eyewear lenses
Conant Optical has reported an 11.1 percent year-on-year increase in H1 revenue to RMB 1,084 million (€130m), slowing down from fiscal 2024 (+17.7 percent). In volume, the Chinese lens manufacturer shipped 93 million pieces in the period, up 7.5 percent from H1 2024. The topline expansion was driven by Asia ...
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Vuzix counts on AI/AR convergence in smart glasses to take off
Vuzix Q2 revenue was up by 19 percent year on year to $1.3 million, driven by increased sales of its M400 smart glasses. Net loss for the period amounted to $7.7 million, down significantly from $40.7 million a year before, in part thanks to the continued implementation of cost control ...
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