LensCrafters vs Costco
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North America's largest optical retail chain with 900+ stores and same-day lens labs; EssilorLuxottica-owned competing with Warby Parker and National Vision for prescription eyewear.
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LensCrafters is the largest optical retail chain in North America — operating 900+ stores in the United States and Canada offering prescription eyeglasses, contact lenses, designer frames, and eye exams with on-site lens laboratories that provide same-day lens fabrication. Founded in 1983 and acquired by Luxottica (now EssilorLuxottica, NYSE: ESLX) in 1995, LensCrafters is part of the EssilorLuxottica retail division alongside Target Optical, Sears Optical, and Pearle Vision, generating significant revenue as the premium optical retail arm of the world's largest eyewear company.
NASDAQ: COST warehouse club at $249.6B FY2024 revenue with 73.4M cardholders and $50B+ Kirkland Signature; 90%+ renewal rate with $65/$130 membership fee competing with Sam's Club for warehouse retail.
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Costco Wholesale Corporation is an Issaquah, Washington-based membership warehouse club — listed on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: COST) — operating 897 warehouse locations globally (as of mid-2025) across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France, China, and Iceland, providing paid members (73.4 million cardholders representing 136.8 million authorized users as of fiscal year end 2024) with bulk merchandise, groceries, electronics, appliances, tires, optical services, pharmacy, and the Kirkland Signature private label brand at prices consistently below traditional retail channels. Costco generated $249.6 billion in total revenue in fiscal year 2024 (ended September 2024, +5% year-over-year), with membership fee revenue of $4.83 billion providing the financial foundation that enables Costco's famously low product margins.
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