Warby Parker vs. Luxottica: The Media War
The following conversation has repeated itself often in the past few years: Somebody: “So what do you do? Me: “I make eyeglasses and sunglasses.” Somebody: “Isn’t there this this one company that owns all...
The following conversation has repeated itself often in the past few years: Somebody: “So what do you do? Me: “I make eyeglasses and sunglasses.” Somebody: “Isn’t there this this one company that owns all...
In a previous post, I looked back at Prada’s abortive attempt to control their own eyewear licensing in collaboration with De Rigo. When Luxottica subsequently took over the license in 2002, they promised to...
Last post I noted that Luxottica had guarded themselves pretty well from their licensors going in-house for eyewear. In recent years they’ve avoided licensing from the luxury goods conglomerates, which were always the most...
A lot to catch up on… When I first started in optical, one thing struck me as strange about the industry: it was the only fashion related category in which the biggest selling brands...
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