Originally Posted by
impact500
chm2023: "What I have heard is that Davis has struck a deal with Highmark"
Indeed there is a deal. Highmark owns Davis and Clarity.
Bill West: "DAVIS VISION.....LENSCRAFTERS....SEARS....PEARLE....VSP. ...THEY WANT IT ALL! CORPORATE AMERICA........DRIVEN BY GREED....THE INDEPENDENT'S GREATEST ENEMY......LUXOTTICA THE BIGGEST SHARK IN OPTICAL WATERS......WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT TWENTY YEARS AGO....."
It is all relative to one's time reference. If we were to look back 40 years or so, we'd see a world controlled to a great degree by AO and B&L. In fact the government moved in and required significant divestitures. Market shares today are not out of line with other consumer products nor with our industry historically.
Over time smart companies win and dumb ones lose. There are small company examples and big ones in both circumstances. Also of note, some smart companies become dumb and some dumb companies become smart.
It's easy to blame problems on the big guys. It's harder to run a smart company but certainly possible and many readers here are doing so.
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