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Under the Radar: Lenskart’s CEO on its quest to deliver a billion pair of spectacles over the next 10 years, its majority stake in Owndays and IPO plans
Today we’re going to talk about an item that about half of the world’s population might need to wear by 2050. You might have the answer already – that is glasses. According to a 2017 article by the World Economic Forum, half of the global population could be shortsighted by the middle of the century, an increase of over a third on 2017 figures. And that presents business opportunities for our guest Lenskart, which operates over 1,500 omnichannel eyewear stores across 175 cities in India, Singapore and Dubai. Just to give you a sense of where things are at for the firm, Lenskart is delivering…
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