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Ray-Ban Maker Luxottica to Merge With Lens Company Essilor, Creating $49 Billion Eyewear Giant - WSJ
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Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register
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One company bought all the retail outlets for glasses, used that to force sales of all the eyewear companies and jacked up prices by as much as 1000% | Boing Boing
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Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register
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Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register
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