Editing Ray-Ban (section)

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{{Short description|Eyewear company owned by EssilorLuxottica}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ray-Ban
| logo = Ray-Ban logo.svg
| image = Ray Ban building, Milan, Italy (9474255598).jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters in [[Milan]], Italy
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Eyewear]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1936}}<br />in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York (state)|New York]],<br />United States
| location_city = [[Milan]]
| location_country = Italy
| area_served = Worldwide
| products = {{ubl|[[Sunglasses]]|[[Eyeglasses]]}}
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| num_employees = <!-- Please cite a reliable source if entering data here -->
| parent = [[Luxottica|Luxottica Group]]
| divisions = 
| owner = 
| homepage = {{URL|ray-ban.com}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Ray-Ban''' is a brand of luxury [[sunglasses]] and [[eyeglasses]] created in 1936 by [[Bausch & Lomb]]. The brand is best known for its [[Ray-Ban Wayfarer|Wayfarer]] and [[Aviator sunglasses|Aviator]] lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate [[Luxottica|Luxottica Group]] for a reported $640 million.<ref name="nytimes stub"/><ref>{{Cite news |first=Laura|last= Johannes|title=Bausch to Sell Sunglasses Business To Rival Luxottica for $640 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB925305628455258612 |access-date=March 9, 2023 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date= April 29, 1999|language=en-US}}</ref>