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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by yywwbbn on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @04:31AM (#33529161)
Luxottica is an Italian company, though. I’m not sure its presence is much stronger in US than in Europe. I think they focus more on the frames than on lenses.

Essilor which merged with Luxottica is pretty big in Europe as well. And it’s also a French company

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by Fiahil on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:19AM (#33529487)
Yet, EL makes most of its revenue from North America. Europe-middle-east-africa is close behind :

NA : 9,87 B

EMEA : 7,95 B

AP : 2,54 B

LA : 1,13 B

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