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...Each store is part-owned and run by store partners, who receive a chunk of profits....
...My brother and sister immediately called me Deirdre Barlow, the Coronation Street character who wore comically large opticals in the 1980s....
...The EU is concerned that the proposed deal could undermine competition by reducing the number of rivals in the wholesale market for eyewear and lenses and the retail supply of optical products....
...Snap buys UK’s WaveOpticsSnap is buying WaveOptics, a UK-based maker of optical systems for augmented-reality headsets, for more than $500m, as it deepens its push into the next generation of hardware....
...Tom Davies, who has several optical boutiques in London, recommends owning multiple pairs of specs, and not just in case you sit on one....
...The sisters are the co-founders of Coco and Breezy Eyewear, a sunglasses and optical glasses company established in 2009, when the twins were just 19 years old....
...It’s certainly true for Broughton, who recently unveiled a 10-piece collection of opticals and sunglasses crafted from waste materials including corn husks and mushrooms in a bid to reduce his brand’s impact...
...Though challenges in key components such as optical displays and power management mean these AR glasses are unlikely to debut anytime soon, Facebook is hoping the platform shift will allow it to seize back...
...Optical Glasses 0772, £285, cutlerandgross.com The last thing I bought and loved was a pair of Low Club Riva outdoor armchairs from Kettal....
...Instead, he shops in bulk, bringing his own bottles and sacks to special stores that sell food and household products by weight....
...I’d put it in the middle of the damn store,” he chuckles. “I learnt it was important to be taking advantage of opportunities for publicity and promotion.”...
...Fraser Laing, the founder of General Eyewear, is showing me a pair of glasses. “It’s a take on a 1950s frame that’s quite rare,” he says, in his store tucked away in an arch of Camden Stables Market....
...I recently rewatched Jaws and was fascinated by Roy Schneider’s double bridge metal optical frame.” The Californian opticals company was forged on vintage aesthetics and discreet branding....
...Amplifon has about 3,400 stores....
...Gentle Monster is opening its first US store in its own right this spring in New York’s SoHo, while Illesteva, already well-known for its sunglasses, is launching optical frames this year, too....
...“You can share the image on social media and find out what your friends think of your new glasses, but the eye test and fitting must happen in a store.”...
...The whimsical display of glasses in the store window alternates with a jumble of mirrored images: brick buildings across the street, a McDonald’s, taxis rushing by, all the planes held in place by a grid...
...Lenstore has joined a number of online optical stores that are challenging the dominant high street outlets – and having some success....
...Income from licensing the French Connection brand on other products, such as fragrance and toiletries, grew 66 per cent to £3m, with 10,000 pairs of French Connection-branded glasses a week now being sold...
...to change their glasses less frequently....
...From his optical shop on Ledra Street in the centre of Nicosia’s walled city, Michael Theophanides runs a cross-border business supplying Turkish Cypriot customers with everything from designer glasses to...
...“I’ve got a couple of wigs and different glasses, and I’ll go in with M&S carrier bags and people don’t expect to see you....
...Cutler and Gross for next spring, meanwhile, have teamed with high-tech lens-maker Carl Zeiss Inc to create lenses for all its new sunglasses and opticals....
...stores, photofinishing laboratories, factories and business offices where their skills could be put to use.”...
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