With the acceptance of the European Council, to let the two worlds largest optical corporations, in the optical lens and frame manufacturing merge into one company, the last hurdle to block it has evaporated.

Both corporations have worked hard over the last many years for total control of the optical eyeglass sector on a worldwide basis, through takeovers and acquiring other manufacturers around the globe, as well as expanding into the eyeglass retail field.

With the big merger now going to be a fact, all optical professionals will have to be seriously thinking what is going to happen in the near future to the optical retail sector, and at what speed.

Both corporations are actually very active to already own and operate a good part of online and retail opticals, as opticians and optometrists.

The most visible retail area of corporate takeovers, are the oil companies.

Your small service garages with a couple of gas pumps around the block, are gone from coast to coast, and have been replaced by corporation owned service stations.


.........we will have to seriously think about it.


What are your comments now.............................