EyeMasters

EyeMasters is a retailer of prescription eyewear with over 160 locations in the Southern, Western, and Midwestern United States. [ cite web|url=http://www.eyemasters.com/about-us/ |title=EyeMasters - About Us |accessdate=2007-11-04 |publisher=EyeMasters ] It is one of eleven store names under the Eye Care Centers of America, and one of the largest in the ECCA, managing almost half of their stores. The ECCA, started in Texas in 1988, is the third-largest optical retail chain by revenue and the largest by number of stores. [ cite web|url=http://www.ecca.com/ |title=ECCA - Home Page |accessdate=2007-11-04 |publisher=Eye Care Centers of America ]

Like LensCrafters, EyeMasters provides a "one-hour service," where customers can walk in, obtain an eyeglass prescription, select frames, and have glasses made during a single visit, with about a one-hour wait for construction. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=EyeMasters opens new store at the Live Oak Forum | date=2005-04-01 | publisher= | url =http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2005/03/28/daily40.html | work =San Antonio Business Journal | pages = | accessdate = 2007-11-04 | language = ] This one-hour wait fits with the malls and strip malls in which EyeMasters stores usually reside; customers often take advantage of nearby shops as their eyewear is being constructed.

External links

* [http://www.eyemasters.com/ EyeMasters Official Website]
* [http://www.ecca.com/ Eye Care Centers of America, Inc.]

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