Vision Express

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Vision Express is a leading High Street optician in the United Kingdom, selling glasses and contact lenses. The companies selling point is its glasses in 1 hour. The company opened its first store in 1988 at the MetroCentre. After buying out LensCrafters' UK base, they further increased their number of stores. As of 2006 it has over 220 stores across the UK. These stores are divided into three types: Optical lab, superstores and franchises or joint ventures (jv stores), as they are known within the company. The first two types of store which provide an hour service with exeption to some superstores. The jv stores tend to provide an overnight service also with some exeptions. Their headquarters are in Lenton, Nottingham.

Their parent company GrandVision has stores under various brands across Europe, and the rest of the world.

Its rivals in UK include Specsavers.

Under franchise agreement there is a strong Vision Express brand presented also in Latvian and Lithuanian markets. These shops were acquired from GrandVision by Latvian entepreneurs of "LU Optometrijas Centrs SIA" [1].