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In reply to the discussion: One company bought all the retail outlets for glasses, used that to force sales... [View all]3catwoman3
(23,950 posts)3. Luxottica bought the company that owned Casual Corner in order to get..
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...their hands on Lenscrafters, which was owned by the same parent company. I was working at Casual Corner at the time, awaiting the pediatric office that was going to be smart enough to realize they needed a peds nurse practitioner. (It took 2 years.)
Casual Corner carried high quality, well made clothes, in nice fabrics like silk, and wool gabardine. Luxxotica closed all the CC stores shortly after the purchase. They were not interested in the clothing end of things - just the glasses.
It was a good store, and I was sad to see it go.
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One company bought all the retail outlets for glasses, used that to force sales... [View all]
babylonsister
Mar 2019
OP
In today's USA the business model means deriving methods to fuck over most of the population.
RKP5637
Mar 2019
#1
Yep, sadly so true. Man is often his own worst enemy. Just makes no sense, one tiny planet in
RKP5637
Mar 2019
#62
Luxxotica bought the parent company of both (called US Shoe) in 1995. Later that year they sold
Celerity
Mar 2019
#55
They used to be mostly out to lunch, but my guess is they have been laid off under this
alwaysinasnit
Mar 2019
#20
My eye doctor (that's the actual retail name) charged 400+ and CostCo under 150
erronis
Mar 2019
#13
Oh there is a difference and it's that Google does not provide you with any eyeglasses
cstanleytech
Mar 2019
#35
Hmm thats a different area however I could see splitting their ad service up but would it
cstanleytech
Mar 2019
#45
I worked for a high-end retailer, years back and had access to purchase orders. Wanna see something.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2019
#31
While I'd rather not buy glasses from China, I got pair of progressive, transition, glasses for $150
Hoyt
Mar 2019
#56
This is the nature of capitalism - the doctrine of shareholder primacy dictates that
PatrickforO
Mar 2019
#42
BTW you can get Polaroid clip on for any or your Zennis for just $3.99
TexasBushwhacker
Mar 2019
#90