Visionworks

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Visionworks
Company typePrivate, subsidiary
Industryeyewear/optical retailing
Founded1988 (1988)
Headquarters175 E. Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
United States
Number of locations
approx. 699 (as of 2015),[1][2] operated under various trade names (not the ECCA name)
Area served
United States
Key people
(CEO) Greg Hare
Number of employees
8,000[2]
ParentVSP Global
Websitehttps://www.visionworks.com/
A Visionworks location in a strip mall in Hillsboro, Oregon

Visionworks of America, Inc. (formerly known as Doctors' Value Vision) is an American company which operates or manages 711 optical retail stores in 40 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.[1][2][3] The company was incorporated in 1988. It is based in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, and has about 8,000 employees.

Visionworks of America was once a subsidiary of HVHC, a Highmark Inc. company.[4] Visionwork's former parent company, ECCA Holdings Corp., merged with Pittsburgh-based HVHC in 2006, resulting in Eye Care Centers of America Inc. becoming a wholly owned Highmark subsidiary. [5] ECCA had 385 stores, in 36 states, at that time.[5]

All stores sell frames, lenses, sunglasses and accessories. Comprehensive service offerings include contact lens dispensing, free adjustments and repairs, and doctors of optometry at or next to every store. Visionworks also sells contact lenses online.[3]

On June 27, 2019, VSP Global announced plans to acquire Visionworks.[6] The acquisition was completed on October 1, 2019.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eye Care Centers of America hires new president, chief medical officer". San Antonio Business Journal. December 4, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Eye Care Centers of America, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2009. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Visionworks Teams Up with ABC's "The Chew" to Accessorize Carla Hall". BusinessWire. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Visionworks plans two store openings". Pittsburgh Business Times. September 23, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Highmark completes merger with Eye Care Centers of America". San Antonio Business Journal. August 6, 2006. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  6. ^ Global, V. S. P. "VSP Global Enters Into Definitive Agreement To Acquire Visionworks". www.prnewswire.com.
  7. ^ Global, V. S. P. "VSP Global Completes Visionworks Acquisition". www.prnewswire.com.