![Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/ojv/ojvy9r-b88878125z.120170116103212000ge2l6vd7.10.jpg?w=1024)
Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register
![Luxottica brands Oakley and Ray-Ban share a store in Times Square in New York on Friday, September 29, 2017. The European Union antitrust regulators are investigating the proposed merger between eyewear maker Luxottica brands Oakley and Ray-Ban share a store in Times Square in New York on Friday, September 29, 2017. The European Union antitrust regulators are investigating the proposed merger between eyewear maker](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/cd6edd81bb844ac680b21c1a39b5b105/2ew6epy.jpg)
Luxottica brands Oakley and Ray-Ban share a store in Times Square in New York on Friday, September 29, 2017. The European Union antitrust regulators are investigating the proposed merger between eyewear maker
![Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/ojv/ojvy9s-b88878125z.120170116103212000ge2l6vdt.10.jpg?w=620)
Luxottica, owner of Oakley in Foothill Ranch and Ray-Ban, in $49 billion merger with French company Essilor – Orange County Register
![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 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](https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/glasses_broken_glass_glass_breakage_broken_glass-536919.jpgd_.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1)
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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