Hughes Opticians

Name

Hughes Opticians

Legal name

Hughes Opticians

Website

https://hughesopticians.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optical Retail

NAICS

Optical Goods Retailers (45613), Optical Goods Retailers (456130)

SIC

Ophthalmic Goods (3851)

akta.pro primary industry

Optical Dispensing & Eyewear Retail (Glasses/Frames/Lenses) (HLAKAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Luxury & Designer Eyewear (CRAAAKAD), Sunglasses (Non-Prescription) (CRAAAKAB), Sunglasses & Luxury Eyewear (CRAKAEAE)

Keywords

• Designer eyewear retail
• Optical boutique services
• Eye examination services
• Contact lens fitting
• Prescription eyewear sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Delmar

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Designer Eyewear Sales: Retail sales of designer frames and sunglasses. The boutique carries nearly thirty top designer eyewear brands including Burberry, Persol, Oliver People's, and Celine. Revenue generated from one-time product purchases of frames and lenses.
2. Contact Lens Sales: Sales of prescription contact lenses to customers. Team assists customers in finding the right contact lens to fit their day-to-day lifestyle.
3. Eye Exams: Comprehensive eye examination services provided in a comfortable and professional environment. Offered through exam form booking on website.
4. Insurance Copays and Deductibles: Payment collection including copays and deductibles at time of service for patients with accepted insurance plans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hughes Opticians operates an exclusive designer eyeglasses and sunglasses boutique in Delmar, NY, retailing over 30 designer eyewear brands including Burberry, Persol, Oliver Peoples, and Celine. The business provides comprehensive eye examinations, premium contact lens sales with professional fitting, and operates an on-site laboratory for lens edging and assembly to deliver finished prescription eyewear.

Product overview

Hughes Opticians operates as an exclusive designer eyewear boutique offering a curated portfolio of over 30 designer eyewear brands (including Burberry, Persol, and Oliver Peoples), premium contact lenses, comprehensive eye exams, and specialized blue light lens options. The business integrates these core offerings with an on-site laboratory for lens edging and assembly, frame styling services, and insurance plan acceptance to deliver a complete optical retail experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Eye Exams Thorough and comfortable comprehensive eye examinations designed to assess vision health and determine prescription needs, delivered in a professional environment with appointment scheduling available through the website's exam form.
• Designer Eyewear Exclusive designer eyeglasses and sunglasses retail featuring over 30 designer brands including Burberry, Persol, Oliver Peoples, and Celine, paired with on-site laboratory lens edging and assembly services for finished prescription eyewear.
• Contact Lenses Premium prescription contact lenses sold with professional fitting services, where the team assists customers in selecting the right lens to match individual day-to-day lifestyle requirements.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• CDPHPminorOthersInsurance provider accepted at Hughes Opticians. Payment including copays and deductibles due at time of service.
• Davis VisionminorOthersInsurance provider accepted at Hughes Opticians. Payment including copays and deductibles due at time of service.
• EyeMedminorOthersInsurance provider accepted at Hughes Opticians. Payment including copays and deductibles due at time of service.
• MVPminorOthersInsurance provider accepted at Hughes Opticians. Payment including copays and deductibles due at time of service.
• NVA (National Vision Administrators)minorOthersInsurance provider accepted at Hughes Opticians. Payment including copays and deductibles due at time of service.
• SpecteraminorOthersInsurance provider accepted at Hughes Opticians. Payment including copays and deductibles due at time of service.
• Superior VisionminorOthersInsurance provider accepted at Hughes Opticians. Payment including copays and deductibles due at time of service.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Zenni Optical: Pure-play online eyewear retailer competing primarily on price and selection for prescription frames. Represents the DTC disruption vector most relevant to Hughes's frame sales.
• EyeBuyDirect: Online-first eyewear retailer offering affordable prescription frames and sunglasses. Competes for a portion of Hughes's customer base — particularly repeat sunglass purchasers — without a physical store footprint.

Direct peers

• Sterling Optical: Mall- and strip-based optical chain providing eye exams, frames, and contact lenses. Operates the same one-stop optical retail format as Hughes, though typically in higher-traffic, less boutique locations.
• Warby Parker: Direct-to-consumer eyewear brand with showrooms selling prescription frames and contacts at mid-market price points. Competes for the same individual eyewear consumer as Hughes but via a digitally native, vertically integrated model.
• LensCrafters: Large national optical retail chain offering eye exams, prescription eyewear, and contact lenses in physical stores. Operates an adjacent but more commoditized model to Hughes's boutique luxury positioning.
• Pearle Vision: Franchised optical chain offering eye exams and a broad frame assortment, often operating in neighborhood locations similar in scale to Hughes Opticians.
• Visionworks: National optical retailer carrying designer frames, contact lenses, and exam services. Competes directly with Hughes for insured vision-plan customers in the U.S.
• Cohen's Fashion Optical: Regional optical retailer in the Northeast U.S. with stores offering eye exams and designer frames. Closely comparable in service mix and customer demographic to Hughes Opticians.
• For Eyes: Optical retailer offering eye exams, prescription eyewear, and contact lenses through company-owned stores. Comparable service mix and consumer demographic to Hughes Opticians.

Broad incumbents

• EssilorLuxottica: Global eyewear conglomerate that owns LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, and many of the designer brands (Persol, Oliver Peoples, Burberry eyewear) that Hughes Opticians retails. A wholesale supplier and indirect competitive force through its retail brands.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hughesopticians
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hughes-opticians-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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