All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 27 No. 2 – Page 2
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Japanese autofocus glasses startup joins Silicon Valley incubator
Elcyo, a Japanese-based startup developing autofocus glasses, has been selected as a co-working member of Japan Innovation Campus, an innovation center organized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Palo Alto, California. The company says it plans to use its presence in Silicon Valley to connect with ...
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ArticleMacron’s Davos shades put Henry Jullien in the spotlight
French president Emmanuel Macron did not go unnoticed at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this week. He wore a pair of high-end reflective aviator sunglasses during his speech, indoors. The unusual look was intended to cover a burst blood vessel in his eye, his office explained. ...
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ArticleThe European eyecare sector remains an attractive M&A market
There were 28 company transactions – including full takeovers and acquisitions of minority stakes – in the eyecare and eyewear sector in Europe in 2025, according to a recent report by Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank monitoring the sector and other consumer markets. The company was involved last year ...
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ArticleHong Kong smart eyewear company seeks 'billions of dollars' in damages from Meta-Essilux
Solos Technology, a Hong Kong-based smart glasses company, is suing Meta Platforms, Meta Platforms Technologies, Oakley, Luxottica of America and EssilorLuxottica USA for “willful direct and indirect patent infringement” of its own “foundational technologies.” The case was filed with the US District Court of Massachusetts on Jan. 23, 2025, and ...
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Thélios sanctioned in Romania in online sales restriction case
Consiliul Concurentei, the market competition watchdog in Romania, has sanctioned Thélios and Shades Originators, its local trade partner. The agency says that Thélios’ commercial policy prohibited Shades Originators from selling its luxury eyewear. The eyewear subsidiary of LVMH Group was sanctioned with a 4.5 million lei fine (€0.9m). Shades Originators, ...
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L’Amy America and Grosfilley sign both-ways distribution partnership
L’Amy America is the new distributor of French-based eyewear maker Grosfilley’s brands in North America, including Lancel and Charriol, both companies said in a statement last week. The agreement also provides for select L’Amy brands to be distributed by Grosfilley in France and other European markets. The partnership extends “beyond ...
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Evonik launches new recycled polyamide with Italian partner
Evonik is launching a recycled version of its TROGAMID material, which is used in sunglass lenses among other applications, in partnership with Poliplastic, an Italian-based supplier of specialty polyamides. The recycling loop for the new material, TROGAMID R, starts with the collection of scrap-production shards from manufacturers of optical non-prescription ...
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LVMH Fashion & Leather Goods sales and profits down in 2025
LVMH’s Fashion & Leather Goods division reported a 3 percent year-over-year decline in sales to €10.1 billion in Q4 2025. For the full year, sales of the business unit inched down by 5 percent to €37.8 billion or close to half of the group’s total revenue. LVMH said that profit ...
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UK eyewear company taps former Menrad executive for export growth
Eyespace, a UK-based eyewear company, has appointed Tim Halter as its director of global strategy. Halter, a senior industry executive previously working as managing director for Menrad, will be in charge of accelerating the company’s international growth. Eyespace is a certified B. Corporation with a mixed portfolio of house brands ...
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Fielmann acquires a small retail chain in Luxemburg
Fielmann Group has reportedly acquired Opti-Vue, an optical retail chain with 11 stores and approximately 80 employees in Luxemburg. According to Paperjam, a local news outlet that reported the news, Opti-Vue will continue to operate independently. The retailer is positioned on the premium segment of the eyewear market with mostly ...
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ArticleHouse of Modo launches $200 smart audio glasses, revs up growth plans with new investors
House of Modo has entered the smart eyewear market with a new brand called EyeFly, which made its debut at the MIDO trade fair with audio-only smart glasses set to come with an average price tag of about $200. “It’s our take on smart glasses,” Giovanni Lo Faro, CEO International, ...
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ArticleMeta Reality Labs revenue up only slightly in 2025 despite three-fold jump in wearables sales
Meta Reality Labs division revenue declined by 11.8 percent year on year to $955 million in Q4 2025 due to a drop in VR sales as no new headset was released this year, the group announced yesterday. In the full year, Reality Labs sales, which also includes Ray-Ban Meta smart ...
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ArticleItalian eyewear exports fall 4% in 2025 as sales to US tumble, industry pivots to other markets
The value of Italian eyewear exports slipped by 3.9 percent to €5.021 billion in 2025, as sales to the US tumbled by 34.0 percent but growth was seen throughout Europe as well as in China and other emerging markets, according to preliminary data released by the Italian eyewear association ANFAO. ...
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ArticleSafilo reports sales slowdown, higher margins for Q4
Safilo Group revenue in Q4 2025 dropped by 4.6 percent year on year to €225.0 million, according to the company’s preliminary results released yesterday. At constant rates, quarterly sales inched up by 0.4 percent versus Q4 2024 but that still marked a slowdown from the previous quarter (+2.3 percent in ...
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ArticleHOYA eyeglass lens sales up 11% in Q3 despite soft US/Europe performance
HOYA Corporation’s eyeglass lens sales were up by 11 percent year on year in the three months to Dec. 31, 2025, the group announced earlier today. In constant currencies, they increased by 6 percent. The strong momentum was driven by markets such as Japan, Eastern Europe and Latin America, as ...
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News briefsSnap establishes subsidiary for AI glasses
Snap plans to introduce to the market this year the smartglasses it has been working on for a decade, called Specs. To this end it has established within itself a wholly owned subsidiary, also called Specs. By Snap’s rationale, Specs Inc. will afford “operational focus and alignment,” “partnerships and capital ...
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Mister Spex closes 2025 at the lower end of its guidance range
Releasing preliminary figures, Mister Spex has announced that its revenue declined by 18 percent year on year to €178 million in 2025, primarily due to the closure of its international stores, in line with its initial guidance range. The EBIT margin for the year is expected to land in the ...
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Japan industry associations announce new trade show dates
Following the termination of its IOFT partnership with RX, the Fukui Optical Association announced the dates of its new trade fair in collaboration with the national eyewear associations of manufacturers and wholesalers and with Innovent, a trade show organizer. Called the Japan International Eyewear Exhibition (JEX), the event will be ...
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MIDO Awards celebrate store designs and innovation, industry sustainability efforts
The MIDO 2026 Awards ceremony that was held at the international trade show in Milan last weekend focused on retail experience and sustainability. On the retail side, two optical shops in Lisbon, Portugal, have received the Best Store Award: AndréOpticas Chiado was recognized for its store design inspired by vintage ...
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IXI finds early distribution partners in France
Ixi, the Finnish-based tech startup, has signed a letter of intent with Vizio, a French retail player boasting a 3,000-shop network, for the distribution of its autofocus glasses. The product is still in the prototyping phase, but it has already raised a lot of interest in the industry. Its launch ...
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