Revolution Eyewear. They used to have celebrity appearances. Maybe they were taking appointments in the suites.
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Revolution Eyewear. They used to have celebrity appearances. Maybe they were taking appointments in the suites.
And here is another one. Essilor said they were immediately ending the free pair of glasses promotion. As of today, this has not happened: http://www.coastal.com/firstpairfree
Hmmmm.
Chris- how do you know they plan to keep this store open? Are you saying you believe Essilor was not telling the truth when Howard Purcell declared Essilor is divesting of the Coastal retail stores...
I posted this in another thread, but I could have sworn that one of Essilor's spokespersons stated that Essilor is closing down the Coastal retail stores. Why would E role out these optician...
I thought "clearly contacts" was the same as "coastal contacts"? I also thought Essilor was closing their retail stores? So is Essilor allowing their opticians to perform refractions in Canada?
Now we're talkin.
That light might just be an oncoming train.
Chris- A couple of comments:
I am not sure where you get your data, but online is only 3% of eyewear sales. Compared to online, managed care is a bigger threat to most independents.
Essilor...
I never said Essilor bought it to protect independents. They may have done this to protect their business with independents. Two different things.
And how could Essilor have starved Coastal? ...
Let's look at the other side of the coin.
So which is better; Coastal continuing as a stand alone company freely giving away glasses and losing money to steal your market share or Essilor buying...
Do you really get calls asking to schedule an exam and if you also get a PD? I think there are bigger fish to fry relative to threats to independent ECPs than worrying about giving out a PD. We are...
I agree with much of what you said, but I do not understand why you believe ABB is a "victim"? They made a business decision to allow their "portal" to be used by an insurance company to cut out...
Why is ABB a victim? Your definition of victim and mine must be different. Do you really believe they did not understand what they were getting into when they made a deal with Superior? They made...
Very unhappy ODs. So unhappy an emergency session of the Power Hour was convened so that ABB's top brass could state their case as having no knowledge that Superior intended to use ABB to bypass the...
Mensch- I agree with you except I believe you may be understating how many people still want a brand. My experience has been there are too many people who want Rx's in Oakleys, Ray ban, Chanel,...
This effect due to the glasses being closer to the camera and due to the angle of the glasses versus the camera. All features closer to the camera appear larger. Close-ups exacerbate the problem. ...
I agree independents can compete. Online going to 15% represents a five fold growth as it is now around 3%. B to C ecommerce has been around for 15 years and the fact it has only reached 3% shows...
I do not think they have the product I described at this time. From what I have been told, this is what they are working toward. The goal would also be to have the ability to locate the add power...
I would not count out Adlens. There are still a few big "ifs" around their technology. But, if they solve these "ifs" it could be a game changer.
Put the SV Rx in the lens just like any other...
Is it me or did Coastal just increase their prices? I see they still have a give away on the cheap frames, but you need to buy $99 to get free shipping. Ray bans are $199 and up and lenses are...
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This is sad. There is another thread lighting up about Eyemed taking over schedules and another about eyemed charge backs. So here is what is happening. Independents are taking on more eyemed work...
Commenting on the acquisition, Hubert Sagnières, Essilor’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said:
“The Internet has an important role to play in helping us to fulfill our corporate mission of...
At least maybe Essilor will end the practice of giving glasses away.
This is a major gamble.
Earlier acquisitions by E were about expanding by buying up labs, equipment companies, lens...
I cut the following from your company's website when you filed the request for re-examination and I believe the quotes are from you:
“I began this inquiry because I was familiar with engineering...