Brazilian eyewear market: 4.5% growth in 2025 reveals mixed picture
The Brazilian optical retail market value rose by 4.5 percent year over year to 28.1 billion reals (€4.8bn), according to the annual report of Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear industry association. While the sector expanded approximately twice as fast as the country’s GDP, growth was lower than initially expected (5-7 percent).
Japan Eyewear Holdings reports strong Q1 revenue and margin expansion
Japan Eyewear Holdings (JEH), the group operating the Kaneko Optical and 999.9 retail chains, reported a 15.8 percent year-on-year increase in Q1 revenue to ¥4,854 million (€26m). This performance marks a slight acceleration from the previous quarter (+14.2 percent), despite a sharp decline in sales to Chinese customers at its ...
Essilux brings some wearables production to Italy with R&D synergies and supply chain risks in mind
EssilorLuxottica will start producing some wearables at its Agordo plant in Veneto, Italy, by early 2027, the group and a coordination of three trade unions (Filctem CGIL, Femca CISL, Uiltec UIL) announced earlier this week. While most of the production of such products, including the AI and AR glasses developed ...
ZEISS Group launches cost-reduction program and job cuts after mixed H1 results
ZEISS Group revenue edged up by 1 percent year over year to €5,794 million in the first half of fiscal 2025/26, decelerating sharply from the double-digit growth reported in the previous fiscal year. Earnings before interest and taxes fell 3.7 percent to €955 million, corresponding to a slight improvement in ...
Krys adds Even Realities G2 to its growing smart eyewear stable
Krys Group, France’s top optical retailer, has become the first national chain to carry the Even Realities G2 display glasses. This will be its third proposition in smart eyewear, after the Meta models (Ray-Ban and Oakley) and its own private-label model.
Shareholders in Essilux owner Delfin reach settlement
Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio and Rocco Basilico, two of the eight heirs of Luxottica founder Leonardo Dal Vecchio have reached a provisional settlement to end their legal disputes over a change in the ownership structure of Delfin, which controls EssilorLuxottica with a 32.4 percent stake, according to media reports. Essilux ...
CVI outlook tightens on APAC softness as CooperCompanies nears CooperSurgical sale
CooperCompanies reported an 8 percent year-on-year increase in CooperVision revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2026, ended April 30. Contact lens sales rose 4 percent at constant exchange rates and organically, slightly accelerating from Q1 (+3 percent).
Spain’s optical market expands on pricing gains amid weak volume growth
The Spanish optical market grew by 4.0 percent to €2,551 million in 2025, according to the 2026 edition of the “Libro Blanco de la Visión” published by FEDAO, the Spanish federation of optical industry associations, and sponsored by Correos Express. This marks a slight acceleration from the 2.9 percent growth ...
GoodVision seeks NPO partners for pilot testing of new digital tools
GoodVision, the vision care NPO formerly known as EinDollar Brille, is unveiling two digital tools — the GoodVision App and VALY — to support its efforts to expand eye care in low-resource regions and is calling on other NPOs to join its pilot testing phase. Both tools will be presented ...
![Oakley Meta Vanguard - Garmin Cycling[53]](https://dhihzlqjusqkh.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/7/6/9/58769_oakleymetavanguardgarmincycling53_652173.jpg)
Sports eyewear panorama: RX and tech as the new growth drivers
While the conventional sunglasses market is still struggling to recover its pre-Covid volumes, the sports eyewear segment is showing outstanding health, with annual growth exceeding 10 percent. Once considered a purely technical niche, this market has evolved into a major macro-economic battlefield where two distribution models clash: the high volume ...
Xpanceo finds a power source for its electronic contact lens, and a cheap way to track the gaze
Xpanceo says it put forth a proof of concept for its smart contact lens, having found a way to build the necessary micro-batteries at industrial scale. Its partner in this project is a French company called Iten, mass-manufacturer of solid-state ceramic (SSC) devices.
Revenio completes Visionix takeover, revamps board and leadership
Finnish Revenio Group has completed the acquisition of LT International, the parent company of Visionix, following the transaction agreement first announced in April. The consolidation of Visionix into Revenio took effect on May 28, 2026.
Arts Optical improves in H2, says strategic shift starts bearing fruit
Presenting its financial results for fiscal 2025, Hong Kong-based Arts Optical stressed that its gradual strategic focus shift from Western countries to Asia and from original design manufacturing to lens manufacturing (ODM) was starting to bear fruit. The company’s full-year revenue rose by 4.0 percent year over year to 1,333.9 ...
German optical market returns to near-stagnation
The German optical market returned to near stagnation in 2025 after a temporary improvement in the previous year, according to the most recent data from the Zentralverband der Augenoptiker und Optometristen (ZVA), the country’s association of opticians and optometrists.
Intermestic Q1 boosted by Megane Super consolidation, margins contract as expected
Intermestic, the parent company of Japanese retailer Zoff, reported last week its first quarterly results including the integration of Megane Super, the multi-brand optical retailer it acquired in September last year. As expected, the new perimeter drove a strong topline increase but weighed on profitability.