Specsavers
“Should've gone to Specsavers”
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| Private | |
| Industry | Dispensing Opticians |
| Founded | 1984 |
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Key people
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Doug Perkins (Chairman & Joint MD) John Perkins (Joint MD) Dame Mary Perkins |
| Products | Spectacles, contact lenses; hearing aids |
| Revenue |
 £1.7 billion (2011/12)£1.5 billion (2010/11) |
| Owner | The Perkins family |
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Number of employees
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over 30,000 |
| Parent | Specsavers International Healthcare |
| Website |
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Specsavers Optical Group Ltd is a British optical retail chain, operating globally, which offers "optician services", along with eyeglasses, contact lenses and hearing aids. In 2012 it had the largest single market share of the four major opticians, with 42% of the market within the United Kingdom.
The company had a total turnover of £1.5 billion in 2010/2011 and £1.7 billion in 2012, with 1,648 branches in the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Jersey, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand.
Specsavers are a high street opticians, selling spectacles, contact lenses and hearing aids. The group was launched in 1984, by husband and wife team Doug Perkins and Mary Perkins on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel, and by the end of 2007, the group had over 1,390 stores with 26,000 employees.
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