Editing Vertical integration (section)

===Eyewear===
[[EssilorLuxottica]], the company that merged with [[Essilor]] and [[Luxottica]], occupies up to 30% of the global market share as well as representing billions of pairs of lenses and frames sold annually. Before the merger, Luxottica also owned 80% of the market share of companies that produce corrective and protective [[eyewear]] as well as owning many retailers, optical departments at [[Target Corporation|Target]] and [[Sears]], and key eye insurance groups, such as [[EyeMed]], many of which are already part of the now merged company.<ref name="SIXTYMINUTES2012">{{cite news|title=Sticker shock: Why are glasses so expensive?|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57527151/sticker-shock-why-are-glasses-so-expensive/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008062032/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57527151/sticker-shock-why-are-glasses-so-expensive/|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2012|newspaper=[[60 Minutes]]|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=October 7, 2012|access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | last = Goodman | first = Andrew | date = July 16, 2014 | title = There's More to Ray-Ban and Oakley Than Meets the Eye | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/agoodman/2014/07/16/theres-more-to-ray-ban-and-oakley-than-meets-the-eye/ | magazine = Forbes | access-date = October 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | last = Swanson | first = Ana | date = September 10, 2014 | title = Meet the Four-Eyed, Eight-Tentacled Monopoly That is Making Your Glasses So Expensive | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/anaswanson/2014/09/10/meet-the-four-eyed-eight-tentacled-monopoly-that-is-making-your-glasses-so-expensive/#2adff9764dc8 | magazine = Forbes | access-date = October 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/10/the-invisible-power-of-big-glasses-eyewear-industry-essilor-luxottica|title=The spectacular power of Big Lens &#124; The long read|first=Sam|last=Knight|newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 May 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>