^ 'Dean Butler | Bio | Premiere Speakers Bureau'.

Two former LensCrafters executives revealed why'. 'The spectacular power of Big Lens | The long read'. Dean Butler: An alumnus with a clear vision'. ^ 'Luxottica Annual Report 2018' (PDF).Shoe Agrees to $1.3-Billion Takeover Offer'. ^ 'At LensCrafters selling candor and designer frames', New York Times (April 16, 2006).^ 'Essilor to Buy Ray-Ban Maker Luxottica for About $24 Billion'.Luxottica acquired Pearle Vision in 2004, combining the country's two largest eyewear retailers. Luxottica announced in April 1995, that it had reached an agreement to purchase U.S. Shoe, with the goal of acquiring LensCrafters. In 1995, Luxottica launched a hostile takeover attempt of U.S. In 1992, LensCrafters surpassed Pearle Vision to become the largest chain of eyeglass retailers in the United States, with roughly $660 million in annual revenue. Shoe purchased it by 1989, there were 350 locations, and LensCrafters was generating 40% of U.S. LensCrafters had just three locations when U.S. Butler remained as LensCrafters' CEO until 1988. LensCrafters achieved sales of $2 million in its first year of operation before Butler sold the company to the United States Shoe Corporation in 1984. Butler first developed the idea for a 'while you wait' eyeglass retailer after helping a Procter & Gamble colleague produce television commercials for a family optical business in the late 1970s.

Dean Butler, who had been a manager with Procter & Gamble.

LensCrafters was founded in March 1983 by E. At the end of 2018, Luxottica operated 1,158 LensCrafters stores, of which 1,050 are located in North America and 108 are located in China, Hong Kong and India. LensCrafters has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Luxottica (which has since merged with Essilor to form EssilorLuxottica), the largest eyewear company in the world, since 1995. The company has its corporate headquarters in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati in the US. Its stores usually host independent optometrists on-site or in an adjacent store. LensCrafters is an international retailer of prescription eyewear and prescription sunglasses. LensCrafters Optique store in Ann Arbor, MI

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