All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 27 No. 3 – Page 3
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Rokid bolsters open AI glasses ecosystem with Gemini integration
Rokid has announced the addition of the integration of Gemini, Google’s AI agent, in the international version of its Rokid Glasses which already support Open AI, ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen. The update enables users to switch between models for tasks such as real-time translation and multimodal interactions. “By bridging ...
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ArticleRudy Project ready for strong US push
Rudy Project has acquired 100 percent of Rudy Project North America in a move to accelerate its international expansion through direct control of its strategic markets, the company has announced. Founded in 1998 by Brad Shapiro and other eyewear and sport industry entrepreneurs, the California-based distribution company has been working ...
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ArticleRepeat customers and eyeglasses drove KITS 27% revenue growth in 2025
Following the preliminary results published last month, KITS Eyecare has confirmed that its revenue increased by 20.2 percent year on year to a record 53.9 million Canadian dollars (€34m) in Q4 2025, slowing down from the previous quarter (25.1 percent growth). The contact lens and eyewear e-tailer said that its ...
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ArticleNational Vision sees adjusted comp sales rising 3-6% as product mix, customer shift continues
National Vision said it expects adjusted comparable sales to rise by 3-6 percent in 2026, as it pointed to success in efforts to increase the share of premium eyewear in its product mix and attract a growing number of managed care and other more profitable customers. The US optical retailer ...
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ArticleCooper reports 3% CL sales hike, higher margins in Q1
CooperVision (CVI) revenue rose by 7.6 percent year on year to $695.1 million in Q1 2026, corresponding to a 3 percent increase in constant currencies, in line with Q4 2025. By modality and on an organic basis, toric and multifocal contact lenses were up by 6 percent, spheres by 1 ...
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Alain Afflelou launches audio glasses private label
Alain Affelou is launching Magic Connect, a pair of modular audio glasses, across its retail network in France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg and Portugal. Weighing 30 grams and connected by Bluetooth to a nearby smartphone, the glasses integrate touch pads, speakers and a microphone for audio functionalities such as placing ...
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ArticleMeta AI glasses sending intimate data to third parties?
According to a joint report by two Swedish newspapers, workers in Nairobi, Kenya, have been reviewing intimate episodes – in the form of video and audio recordings and transcribed user interactions – from the lives of users of the smart glasses produced by Meta and EssilorLuxottica. Some of these episodes ...
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ZEISS partners with practice management service provider in the US
Zeiss Vision Care US has become the exclusive laboratory and service provider of Medical Eyeglass Center (MEC), an optical dispensary management supplier partnering with approximately 200 practices across the country. Also, MEC will serve as the exclusive optical dispensary management organization aligned with ZEISS within participating practices, the press release ...
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PDF NewsletterEyewear Intelligence: Vol 27 - No. 3
Essilux wraps 2025 with startup-like topline growth but slightly lower profits | Reported Meta-Essilux arm-wrestling on AI glasses pricing highlights diverging priorities | Meta AI glasses sending intimate data to third parties? | Lower margins on slightly higher sales for Kering Eyewear in FY2025 | Fielmann reports 7% sales hike, solid margin gains for FY2025 | Fast topline growth, slightly squeezed margins for Synsam in FY 2025 | Vision Group CEO sees ‘a lot of white space’ to expand store fleet | National Vision sees adjusted comp sales rising 3-6% as product mix, customer shift continues | Warby Parker gears up for launch of AI glasses, expects 10-12% sales growth in 2026 | Lenskart stock price gets a boost after strong Q3 results | Zoff slows down in Q4, prepares for Megane Super integration | Bidco is set to acquire INSPECS but may have to compose with Safilo | Alcon reports 7% CL sales uptick in Q4, underlines price resistance outside North America | Bausch + Lomb Q4 contact lens sales rise 10% | Cooper reports 3% CL sales hike, higher margins in Q1 | Leaked Apple AI glasses plans suggest group is mostly playing catch-up in category | Topcon Healthcare launches EMEA innovation center | Repeat customers and eyeglasses drove KITS 27% revenue growth in 2025 | Rudy Project ready for strong US push | Italy-Austria Micro-Alps project on microplastics waste management bears first fruit | TOG ends difficult FY2025 with solid Q4 | Del Vecchio heir looks to increase stake in controlling shareholder | US Optical Market: How The Vision Council’s ‘Market inSights 2025 Report’ brings greater clarity
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SightGlass Vision presents two new DOT lenses studies
SightGlass Vision, the joint venture between CooperVision and EssilorLuxottica, presented the results of two new clinical studies on its DOT myopia management lenses at the 2025 Netherlands Contact Lens Congress on March 9, 2025. Based on two different 12-month clinical trials – one in North America with Caucasian ...
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EWI Vol. 27 n°3 - All Short Stops
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Mondottica UK has become the exclusive distributor of Taylor Morris London and Sunday Somewhere in the UK independent optical channel +++ +++ German-based hinges manufacturer OBE has signed a representation agreement with Interplex Mazzucchelli for the Indian market +++ +++ Mister Spex has opened a new ...
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