Jins sets sights on 1,000 stores as sales momentum continues
Jins Holdings plans to expand its store network to reach over 1,000 locations in its current fiscal year, with investments in new stores in markets across Asia and in the US seen contributing to sales growth but limiting profit gains.
VisionLab launches the commercialization of lenses produced with IOT's Light-Form Technology
VisionLab, a Spanish chain, is the first retailer to commercialize lenses produced using Light-Form Technology, a new process for the manufacturing of ophthalmic lenses developed by Indizen Optical Technologies (IOT), a Spanish technology company specializing in advanced optical innovation.
DIFF Eyewear opens its first store as it builds up a network of physical locations
DIFF Eyewear is going beyond its e-commerce and wholesale distribution strategy as it inaugurated its first store in Charleston, South Carolina, on Oct. 10. The US company plans 30 additional locations over the next three years.
Spanish optical sector revenues rose nearly 4% in 2025
In 2025, revenues from the sale of optical products and services rose by 3.9 percent to €2.251 billion from €2.166 billion a year earlier. In 2024, the market increased by 2.9 percent after rising 6.2 percent in 2023, according to the trade association for the optical sector, Fedao.
Innovative Eyewear’s Q3 revenues up by 55%
Innovative Eyewear, a US developer of smart eyewear under the Lucyd, Lucyd Armor, Reebok, Nautica and Eddie Bauer brands, reported preliminary third quarter net sales of $1.04 million, up by 55 percent year-over-year and its highest quarterly revenue to date, marking 13 consecutive quarters of growth.
Norway plans a ban on smart glasses in selected public places
The Norwegian Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance announced that the government plans to rapidly introduce a temporary ban on the use of smart glasses in specific public places before introducing permanent regulation on wearable technology. The ministry refers to the smart glasses as AI glasses (KI-briller in Norwegian).
French optical market growth slows to 0.9% in 2025
The value of the French optical market rose by just 0.9 percent year on year to approximately €8.3 billion in 2025, according to the latest annual report by DREES, the national research and statistics office for the healthcare sector. This marks a clear slowdown from 2024, when optical spending by ...
Report highlights opportunities for multifocal contact lenses in anti-aging market
A report from CooperVision highlights opportunities for eye care professionals to tap into the growing market for anti-aging products when it comes to the use of multifocal contact lenses (MFCLs).
ZEISS Vision Care appoints new CEO from within
ZEISS Group has appointed Jesper Wiegandt as CEO of ZEISS Vision Care, effective October 1. He succeeds Sven Hermann, who remains CEO of the ZEISS Consumer Markets segment and continues to head its board of management. Wiegandt will also stay on as acting chief commercial officer of ZEISS Vision Care.
Nuance Audio’s challenger hits the US market with HOYA’s PENTAX as lens partner
The competition EssilorLuxottica’s Nuance Audio was set to face, as we reported last month, is now reaching the market. Boston-based startup Legato has made its Legato Frames hearing glasses available for purchase in the US, the first of the new entrants to move.
Laclarée adjusts its plans for commercialization
Over the past two years the French start-up Laclarée has hired a new CEO, Franck Leclere, raised €3.5 million in a seed round, and welcomed a new shareholder, venture fund Rimonci Capital. Plans to commercialize the company’s autofocals have in that time been evolving. The release was originally to occur ...
ZEISS launches new myopia control lens lens built on “dynamic signal” approach
ZEISS Vision Care has introduced ZEISS MyoActive, a myopia management spectacle lens for children, outside China. It is the first lens to apply what the company calls Dynamic Signal Theory. ZEISS announced the lens on October 1 and claims it delivers the highest average efficacy of any myopia control spectacle ...
Armani to begin talks with Essilux, LVMH and L’Oreal on sale of 15% stake
Armani is preparing to begin talks with EssilorLuxottica, L’Oreal and LVMH on the sale of a 15 percent stake, following through on instructions laid out in his will by Giorgio Armani, according to media reports.
Smart glasses and autofocus lenses stand out at SILMO Paris 2026
SILMO Paris organizers have announced that 32,108 eyewear industry professionals visited the 2026 edition of the show, which took place from Sept. 25 to 28 at Paris Nord Villepinte. Slightly more than half (53 percent) came from outside France, from nearly 150 countries, and they met more than 950 exhibitors ...
Italy H1 eyewear exports fall 2.7% as France edges out US as biggest market
The value of Italian eyewear exports fell by 2.7 percent in the first half of 2026 compared to the year earlier to reach €2.705 billion, as France edged out the US as the Italian industry’s largest export market, data from Italian eyewear trade association Anfao showed.