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597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?

597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?

Update: 2024-07-1810
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A single company, EssilorLuxottica, owns so much of the eyewear industry that it’s hard to escape their gravitational pull — or their “obscene” markups. Should regulators do something? Can Warby Parker steal market share? And how did Ray-Bans become a luxury brand? (Part one of a two-part series.)

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker.
    • Dave Gilboa, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker.
    • Jessica Glasscock, fashion historian and lecturer at the Parsons School of Design.
    • Neil Handley, curator of the British Optical Association Museum at the College of Optometrists.
    • Ryan McDevitt, professor of economics at Duke University.
    • Cédric Rossi, equity research analyst at Bryan Garnier.
    • Tim Wu, professor of law, science and technology at Columbia Law School.

 

 

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597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?

597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?

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