For one thing, their shape “hints at dangerousness.” From James Dean to James Franco, the celebrity world has taken to Ray-Ban Wayfarers for generations, making the...
Science knows that sunlight is good for young eyes, but why? “There is research that suggests that children who are genetically predisposed to the visual deficit...
Contact lens specialist devised prescription scope. A glasses-wearing North Country hunter who tired of wrestling with rifle scopes worked with a contact lens specialist to come...
E-commerce pioneer is expanding brick-and-mortar presence. Online eyewear purveyor Warby Parker is opening real stores in trendy neighborhoods across the country, including one in San Francisco’s...
Small study in Australia shows promise. A small but promising study by Australian researchers suggests that applying a liposomal eyelid spray appears to reduce drying of...
But high starting salaries help with the burden. The student newspaper at Oregon’s Pacific University takes a look at what it calls the “immense” debt incurred...
Company says the feature helps clarify the relationship between online contacts and instore sales. Retail giant Coastal Contacts — $218 million in sales last year –...
It’s all about the swag, says Russell Westbrook. NBA star Russell Westbrook, whose first line of signature eyewear is now in stores, has been giving a...
Special Feature: Flex Success BY JAMES RITCHIE It’s not too late to boost your share of fourth-quarter spending account cheer. When you’re selling eyewear and offering...
If the company succeeds, other luxury brands may move eyewear in-house. Following a trend among fashion houses concerned that licensing deals have diminished the cachet of...
Keratitis is the biggest culprit. Americans make nearly 1 million doctors’ appointments and emergency room visits a year for eye infections — most of them due...
Glasses were digitally designed. Eyewear designers Coco and Breezy are based in New York now, but their Minnesota roots got them an introduction to Minneapolis resident...
Product won’t be a consumer hit anytime soon. “Many developers and early Glass users are losing interest in the much-hyped, $1,500 test version of the product,”...
Some critics are puzzled; other, outraged. The latest tribute to Nelson Mandela in Capetown, South Africa takes the form of a giant pair of stainless steel...
HIS Vision, a project of local nonprofit Humbly I Serve in Lynchburg, VA, has launched an educational initiative to aid local educators, nurses and parents in...
IF I OWNED AN EYECARE BUSINESS Five well-known business minds imagine themselves in charge of their very own eyewear retail establishments Think about the expression "a...
The patient calls OD Carol Rosenstiel “my hero.” Alabama resident Jeff Henson started losing his sight from arthritis-related inflammation in 2000. Twelve years later, he was...
Public backlash and new research cloud the future. The future of Google Glass may not be quite as rosy as expected when the product was announced...
Company is on the hunt for acquisitions abroad. The world’s biggest maker of eyeglass lenses, Essilor will get a good deal bigger in the next year,...
Fashion’s “It Boy” expands with new line. New Yorker Zac Posen was only 23 when he burst upon the fashion scene, and, even at 34, he...
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