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Pioneering direct-to-consumer brand Warby Parker goes public

by Caroline Champlin
Sep 29, 2021
The company's business model was prepared it for the online sales boom of the pandemic. Now half its revenue comes from in-person sales.
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange as Warby Parker makes its debut on the stock market on Sept. 29.
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Online stores get physical

by Reema Khrais
Feb 16, 2018
Warby Parker plans to have nearly 100 brick-and-mortar stores by the end of the year.
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Warby Parker offers free glasses to reporter 'body-slammed' by Montana’s GOP candidate

by Jana Kasperkevic
May 25, 2017
It was just a matter of time before brands got involved.
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Philly Tech Week: It's always techie in Philadelphia

by Molly Wood
Apr 24, 2013
Tech has never just been about Silicon Valley, and Philadelphia wants the world to know that.
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After Warby Parker, a clean shave with Harry's

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 28, 2013
Co-founder of Warby Parker launches a shaving company using the successful eyeglass company's business model.
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Warby Parker tries to re-focus eyeglass industry

by Dan Bobkoff
Jan 15, 2013
Warby Parker sells quality glasses for $95, using in-house design and online sales to undercut high price mark ups by big players like Luxottica.
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