Meta 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 ...
Cooper 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 ...
National 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.
Repeat 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).
Rudy 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 ...
Topcon 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 ...
Warby 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.
TOG 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 ...
Reported 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.
Alcon 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, ...
Vision 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 ...
Del 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 ...
Fast 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 ...
Bidco 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 ...
Trump’s tariffs – a timeline
Here, Eyewear Intelligence contributors will post all the news regarding Trump´s tariffs that have an effect on the industry.