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ArticleHOYA claims MiYOSMART IQ is first lens to halt myopia progression in children
Presenting the results of its latest clinical trial at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting in Denver, US, yesterday, HOYA Vision Care announced that it has reached a milestone in myopia control. The breakthrough comes with a significant shift in language. While previous claims focused ...
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ArticleRetail becomes De Rigo’s anchor in a challenging year
De Rigo has announced a 3.4 percent year‑on‑year decline in annual revenue to €520.1 million in fiscal 2025, translating into a flattish top line (‑0.7 percent) at constant exchange rates. The performance marks a significant slowdown from the previous year, when sales were up high‑single digits in both the retail ...
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Alcon Q1 contact lens sales up 7%
Alcon generated contact lens sales totaling $783 million in the first quarter of 2026, up by a reported 7 percent compared to the year earlier and 4 percent higher at constant-currency rates, as sales continued to be underpinned by demand for innovative products and price increases, partly offset by a ...
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Lenskart takes aim at Ray‑Ban Meta in India with cheaper AI glasses.
Lenskart is launching B by Lenskart, its private‑label AI‑glasses platform, in India, its home market. The glasses come equipped with a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chipset, a 12 MP camera, open‑ear speakers and microphones, and run Google Gemini 2.5 Live as the built‑in AI assistant. They weigh 45 grams, and ...
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CHARMANT launches new “Japanese Made” brand
CHARMANT is launching CHARMANT Japanese Made, a new extension of its flagship brand, in the US and Japan, with France to follow in June this year as a test market before a possible launch in other European countries. The Japan-based eyewear maker says the new collection offers unparalleled comfort thanks ...
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ZEISS climate targets receive SBTi validation
ZEISS Group has announced that its climate targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). They include a reduction of absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 42 percent by 2030 compared to the 2023/24 baseline, through improvements in energy efficiency, fleet electrification, technology, and renewable ...
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SightGlass Vision claims DOT lenses cut myopia progression by over 1D in young children
SightGlass Vision, the EssilorLucottica-CooperVision joint venture, presented updated results from its clinical trial of DOT spectacle lenses at the recent annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Denver, US; the research was conducted over 24 months with a population of children aged 6 to ...
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Kits Eyecare Q1 sales up 27% overall, 60% in glasses
Kits Eyecare Q1 revenue reached a record 57.5 million Canadian dollars (€36.6m), up 23.3 percent year-on-year (27.0 percent in constant currency), the Canadian e-tailer announced. Glasses revenue surged 60.5 percent to a record C$10.8 million (€6.9m), or 19 percent of total sales, with 156,000 units delivered (up 50 percent) and ...
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ArticleThe Vision Council urges USTR to exclude optical components from new tariffs review
The Vision Council, the national trade association for the U.S. optical industry, has urged the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) to exclude eyewear and optical products from any new tariffs resulting from its current Section 301 investigations. The scope of the targeted industries mostly focuses on materials and ...
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Mister Spex reports adjusted margin gains despite softer sales in Q1.
Mister Spex’s Q1 revenue fell 8.9% year on year to €40.8 million, aligning closely with Q4 2025 amid ongoing weak consumer sentiment in Germany. The decline stemmed mainly from e-commerce, where sales dropped 19.1% to €24.5 million after closing five unprofitable international online shops (UK, France, Spain, Norway, Finland, Sweden) ...
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ArticleConsumer sentiment and currency headwinds weigh on Synsam’s Q1
Synsam Group’s revenue increased by 3.8 percent year on year to SEK 1,773 million (€163 million) in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. On an organic basis, adjusted for currency variations, acquisitions and the relatively small franchise business, Q1 sales were up 5.6 percent. Sales grew organically in all markets, ...
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ArticleWarby Parker reaffirms guidance as it looks ahead to launch of AI glasses
Warby Parker reaffirmed its 2026 guidance for sales and earnings, as the company continues to ramp up for the launch of AI glasses later in the year through a partnership with Google and Samsung and points to momentum from the recent launch of a new sport eyewear collection and other ...
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ArticleDel Vecchio heir challenges deal to sell 25% of Essilux owner Delfin
Rocco Basilico, one of the eight heirs of Luxottica founder Leonardo del Vecchio, has challenged a deal that would see Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, his half-brother and Chief Strategy Officer at EssilorLuxottica, become the largest shareholder in Delfin, the Del Vecchio holding company that controls Essilux with a 32.4 percent ...
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ArticleSafilo sustains margin expansion amid weak topline in Q1, confirms acquisitions
Safilo Group revenue fell 4.5 percent year on year to €272.9 million in Q1 FY2026, with most of the decline attributed to the sharp depreciation of the US dollar against the euro. At constant currencies, sales edged up 0.4 percent, exactly in line with Q4 2025. The modest growth was ...
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Armani considering sale of 5% stakes to Essilux, LVMH and L’Oréal
The Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani SpA is considering selling 5 percent stakes each to EssilorLuxottica, LVMH and L’Oréal, according to a report in the Italian daily La Repubblica. That would be broadly in line with the instructions left in his will by Giorgio Armani, who died in September, to ...
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ArticlePrices and toric dailies drive the European CL market amid concerns over wearer base contraction
The market for contact lenses and care solutions across a geographic area covering 25 European countries, as well as seven additional markets (South Africa, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Egypt), grew by 6.0 percent year over year to €2,485 million in 2025, according to the ...
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ArticleZEISS Vision Care presents new myopia management lens clinical studies
ZEISS Vision Care presented results from three clinical studies on its myopia management lenses at the recent Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting in Denver, US.The studies included interim 6-month results for ZEISS MyoActive and ZEISS MyoEase, the group’s newest lenses in the category as ...
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ArticleEssilorLuxottica integrates vision care and medtech at ARVO
EssilorLuxottica said it presented for the first time a “fully integrated vision care and med-tech ecosystem” at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Denver, US, last week. “This integrated model brings together myopia management and vision science, advanced diagnostics, AI-driven analytics and ...
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Carl Zeiss Meditec targets €200M savings amid H1 revenue drop
Carl Zeiss Meditec continued to face strong headwinds in Q2 and reported a 5.7 percent year-over-year decline in half-year revenue to €991.0 million. On a constant-currency basis, the topline was down 1.0 percent. The company mostly attributed the decline to challenging market conditions, customer reluctance to invest, and currencies. H1 ...
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ArticleInspecs wraps 2025 with stable sales amid takeover shift
Inspecs Group’s full-year revenue edged down 0.8 percent year on year to £191.7 million (€221m) in 2025, flat at constant currencies. Figures for both years exclude Norville, the heavily loss-making lens unit closed in H2 2024. Volumes rose slightly to 11.5 million frames from 11.4 million in 2024. CEO Richard ...
