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Why Glasses Cost $800: The EssilorLuxottica Eyewear Monopoly

“Quality frames, he reported, cost $4 to $8 to produce.

Designer-quality frames, the kind that carry a Prada or Chanel label, run about $15.

First-quality lenses cost $1.25 each.

Those same frames and lenses sell in the United States for $800.”

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