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Another one bites the dust.
https://www.visionmonday.com/busines...CA7C822CF0555A
Another one bites the dust.
HOLY CRAP!
Walman was the last independent mega optical!
Luxilor cannot be stopped.
Erik Zuniga, ABOC.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking alcohol.
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. - Richard P. Feynman
Experience is the hardest teacher. She gives the test before the lesson.
Noooooooooo!
I'm surprised because I thought it was a true independent.
Seriously, now, the FTC should step in.
Is there any limit? When the country's largest independent optical lab network, and in my opinion, the primary counterbalance to Essilor gets consolidated...c'mon.
Last edited by drk; 03-26-2021 at 08:48 AM.
Roy W. Jackson, Sr. ABOC
Does anyone know of any independent optical labs that aren't small? Are there any left? The little guy can't compete. I've had Essilor lab reps come in and offer free progressives for a month. What independent lab can compete with that????
Also... wasn't Walman employee owned? What happens to them at this point? Can't be good.
Well sure, the first month are free. But then you're paying two to three times the cost more than anyone else's priceline
HELL YES!
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Don’t expect intervention from the FTC I was questioned when Essilor was buying Armorlite the main question can you buy similar products from another source and of course you can then they are not a monopoly. We should be questioning when American Optical and B&L where taken apart under the Sherman anti trust act. They ruled you cannot be a lab operator in retail and be a manufacturer pick one. They both picked a manufacturer and their lab network was sold off piece by piece. Some became independent labs and some closed. The industry was never same after that change. You decide if it was for the better.
Essilor buys Walman
VSP ONE smiles
"Your VSP glasses will be ready in about 3 weeks."
Depends on what you think "small" is I guess. Here is the list from 2017 of independent labs by sales dollars. Since then Essilor has acquired Expert and now Walman, probably a couple others on the list as well.
*big sigh
I actually had dreams of joining them in the potential future (a rep told me they were looking to expand to my area.)
Have I told you today how much I hate poly?
I'm a former surfacing technician. They were opening a lab in my area which would have been a dream come true. All I've got up here is Hoya... no thank you.
Unless you are offering??
Have I told you today how much I hate poly?
We only have one location and it's in PA. If you're really looking, you can apply through our website. www.luzerneoptical.com
Thanks for the option, but I'm a New England gal. Maine must not be friendly enough for the business man to open up shop. Oh well, looks like my lab days are over!
Congrats on being a part of something so rare now!
Have I told you today how much I hate poly?
There was additional action to the Sherman Anti-Tust legislation that caused the changes. AO signed a secret "consent decree"which addressed 'price fixing." In any case it was the start of the end of AO's dominance in the eye care business sort of like the Chicago mob taking over from the New York mob.
Isn't ABB Optical now last independent lab standing? Their new lab in KY is largest in the country with amazing turn time.
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