All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 27 No. 3 – Page 2
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ArticleBausch + Lomb Q4 contact lens sales rise 10%
Bausch + Lomb generated contact lens sales of $271 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, up by 10 percent compared to the year earlier and 8 percent higher at constant currency rates. Growth continued to be underpinned by the sales of the company’s daily disposable silicon hydrogen lenses, which ...
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Vuzix adds 'native' Teams, Zoom to enterprise smart glasses portfolio
Vuzix is expanding its enterprise smart glasses portfolio with the launch of Remote Assist, a new deployment featuring native Microsoft Teams and Zoom software for hands-free remote assistance. The so-called deployment kits – including the company’s LX1 or M400 smart glasses, pre-loaded software and accessories – are meant to facilitate ...
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Leading smart ring brand files smart glasses system patent in the US
Oura, the leading smart ring company, filed a patent application in the US last month for a system connecting its health-monitoring rings to a pair of smart glasses. The detailed filing can be found on the US patents database (n°20260023426). The main idea behind the system is that users could ...
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ArticleBidco is set to acquire INSPECS but may have to compose with Safilo
Bidco, the consortium led by British entrepreneurs Luke Johnson and Ian Livingstone, is changing tactics for its planned acquisition of INSPECS Group, which appears to be contested by Safilo Group. On Friday last week, INSPECS officially said that Bidco was switching from the court-sanctioned scheme announced in December last year ...
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Sponsored articleUS Optical Market: How The Vision Council’s 'Market inSights 2025 Report' Brings Greater Clarity
The Vision Council has tracked the performance of the U.S. optical sector, which, with a total value of $69.5 billion, is one of the most attractive optical markets.
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ArticleFast topline growth, slightly squeezed margins for Synsam in FY 2025
Synsam Group ended fiscal 2025 on a strong note with Q4 revenue growing by 9.4 percent year on year to 1,784 million Swedish crowns (€167m), roughly in line with its pace in the preceding quarter. Q4 sales were up by 11.4 percent organically and by 9.1 percent on a like-for-like ...
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News briefsSmart glasses a no-no in California court
A judge threatened Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others on Feb. 18 with charges of contempt of court should they use their Ray-Ban Meta glasses to record the proceedings, according to Forbes. Apparently, Zuckerberg and at least some of his personnel entered the court wearing the smart glasses. At issue ...
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ArticleDel Vecchio heir looks to increase stake in controlling shareholder
Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, Chief Strategy Officer at EssilorLuxottica and one of the heirs of Luxottica founder Leonardo del Vecchio, is looking to increase his stake in Delfin, the Del Vecchio holding company that controls the eyewear group with a 32.2 percent stake, according to media reports. Delfin has not ...
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ArticleVision Group CEO sees ‘a lot of white space’ to expand store fleet
Vision Group has made expansion through acquisitions a key part of its growth strategy, and there’s no sign that will change anytime soon. Marco Procacciante, the CEO and founder of the eyewear retailer that boasts Italy’s largest network of optical stores Eyewear Intelligence that he sees “a lot of white ...
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Meta launches $2m grants program to showcase AI glasses’ “positive social and economic value”
Meta has announced the launch of AI Impact Grants, a program aimed at supporting “US-based organizations using [its] AI glasses to drive positive social and economic value.” The tech giant says that it will award approximately $2 million in grants going from $25,000 to $200,000 to over 30 organizations. Examples ...
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National subsidies boost smart eyewear sales during Chinese Spring festival
Sales of AI glasses at Huaqjianbei, the world’s biggest electronics wholesale market located in Shenzhen, jumped by 80 percent year on year during the Chinese Spring Festival earlier this month, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The surge was partly caused by the inclusion of the product category ...
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Italian eyewear show in NY carries special weight amid US exports drop
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and ANFAO, the national eyewear industry association, are taking their Italian Eyewear Exhibition (IEE) to New York for the Eyewear Design Week (March 4-9) after previous stops in Panama, Paris and Milan. The New York IEE show, branded Reflections in the US, will take place ...
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European fashion retail group tests the distribution of Reebok audio glasses
MODIVO Group, a European footwear and apparel retailer, will test the distribution of Innovative Eyewear’s audio glasses in its Sklep Biegacza running stores. The partnership will initially focus on Reebok, one of the licensed brands in Lucyd’s portfolio, which also includes Eddie Bauer and Nautica (all from Authentic Brands Group) ...
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ArticleAlcon reports 7% CL sales uptick in Q4, underlines price resistance outside North America
Alcon reported contact lenses of $683 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, up by 7 percent compared to the year earlier, as growth continued to be driven by demand for innovative products and price increases, partly offset by a decline in sales of legacy products. On a constant-currency basis, ...
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News briefsVSP Vision Care report warns against workplace screen use
Screens are everywhere – or, at least, most of us are spending ever more of our day staring into them. So says VSP Vision Care’s third annual Workplace Vision Health Report.. This report stems from a survey of 800 personnel directors and 1,200 full-time employees, Unlike its two predecessors, this ...
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ArticleReported Meta-Essilux arm-wrestling on AI glasses pricing highlights diverging priorities
Meta and EssilorLuxottica are working through disagreements over the pricing and promotion strategy of their Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses, with the tech giant pushing for lower prices and the eyewear group pushing in the opposite direction, according to “people familiar with the matter” quoted by Bloomberg News earlier this week. ...
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ArticleTOG ends difficult FY2025 with solid Q4
Thai Optical Group (TOG) revenue nicely rebounded in the last quarter of fiscal 2025, growing by 10 percent to 892 million Thai baht (€24m), following two negative quarters in Q2 and Q3. The end-of-year recovery enabled the lens manufacturer to report a 2.1 percent year-on-year revenue increase to THB 3,591 ...
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Red Bull Spect Eyewear goes for dual-channel distribution in the US
Michael Pachleitner Group is implementing a dual-channel distribution structure in the US. Brillen Eyes will represent the brand in the optical distribution channel, focusing on independent and specialty optical retailers. Eyeporters, Brillen Eyes’ sister company, will handle the distribution to national chains, sporting goods retailers and mass market accounts. “The ...
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ArticleWarby Parker gears up for launch of AI glasses, expects 10-12% sales growth in 2026
Warby Parker said it was gearing up to launch its first AI glasses through a partnership with Google and Samsung later in 2026, when it looks to grow its top line by 10-12 percent even before any sales from the new glasses are considered. David Gilboa, co-founder and co-CEO, said ...
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ArticleTopcon Healthcare launches EMEA innovation center
Topcon Healthcare has launched the Topcon Healthcare Innovation Center EMEA (THINC EMEA) in London’s Knowledge Quarter, modeled from its first THINC facility in La Jolla, California. The new London center will serve as a collaborative platform between eye‑care specialists, healthcare professionals, academics, industry partners, and patient associations across Europe, the ...
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