Warby Parker Inc.

From online disruptor to store-led, one-stop vision shop: Warby Parker designs its own frames and sells them direct at simple prices starting at $95 → the free Home Try-On box that made it famous was retired at the end of 2025 because 323+ owned stores now do that job (retail = 72% of FY25 revenue) → contacts, eye exams, and vision insurance raise revenue per customer ($324) → Buy a Pair, Give a Pair (20M+ pairs) bakes the mission in. FY25 revenue $871.9M (FACT 10-K).

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Warby Parker Inc.
Research date: Oct 5, 2026
Evidence-backed · sources in companion brief

Key Partners

  • 30+ supply-chain partners worldwide (FACT 10-K).
  • Frame makers mainly in China, Japan, Vietnam, Italy, Thailand (FACT).
  • Contacts — Acuvue, Biofinity, DAILIES, Precision1 (FACT).
  • Versant Health → 30M+ in-network lives (FACT).
  • Google (up to $75M + $75M) and Samsung on Intelligent Eyewear (FACT).
  • Target shop-in-shops; nonprofit give-a-pair partners (FACT).

Key Activities

  • In-house frame design; 15 collections in 2025 (FACT).
  • Own optical labs — Sloatsburg NY + Las Vegas NV (FACT 10-K).
  • Open stores — 47 net new in 2025; 50 planned 2026 (FACT).
  • Staff eye exams in 285 stores (FACT).
  • Build Virtual Try-On, Virtual Vision Test, AI Advisor (FACT).

Key Resources

  • Brand with industry-leading NPS (FACT 10-K).
  • 323 stores (318 US / 5 Canada); 285 with exams (FACT).
  • Two in-house optical labs (FACT).
  • 4,036 employees incl. optometrists (FACT).
  • End-to-end customer data (FACT 10-K).
  • $286.4M cash, undrawn credit line (FACT).

Value Propositions

  • Glasses from $95 incl. prescription lenses (FACT).
  • Designer-quality, designed in-house (FACT 10-K).
  • One-stop — glasses + contacts + exams (FACT).
  • Virtual Try-On + Virtual Vision Test (FACT).
  • Buy a Pair, Give a Pair — 20M+ pairs (FACT).
  • Intelligent Eyewear coming fall 2026 (FACT; no price yet).

Customer Relationships

  • Home Try-On (5 frames, 5 days) sunset end of 2025 (FACT / SECONDARY).
  • In-store service + eye exams (FACT 10-K).
  • Virtual Try-On, Advisor AI, Virtual Vision Test (FACT).
  • Revenue retention ~50% at 24 mo, >100% at 48 mo (FACT).
  • Insurance help — in-network + out-of-network (FACT).

Channels

  • Retail stores $631.0M FY25 (FACT).
  • E-commerce (site + app) $240.9M, +3.1% (FACT).
  • 352 stores by Jun 30, 2026 (FACT Q2 release).
  • Room for 900+ US stores (FACT company estimate).
  • Target shop-in-shops (FACT 10-K).
  • Advertising $113.9M FY25 (FACT).

Customer Segments

  • 2.71M active customers (Q2 2026, FACT).
  • US + Canada only (FACT 10-K).
  • Progressives 22.3% of Rx units vs ~40% industry (FACT).
  • Contact-lens wearers buy at least yearly (FACT).
  • Insurance-backed orders only 8.3% of revenue (FACT).

Cost Structure

  • COGS $401.3M = 46.0% of FY25 revenue (FACT).
  • COGS includes store rent + doctor pay (FACT 10-K).
  • SG&A $475.9M = 54.6% (FACT).
  • Advertising $113.9M (FACT).
  • Q2 2026 tariff refund $11.8M (FACT).

Revenue Streams

  • Eyewear $719.1M FY25 (FACT).
  • Contacts $97.2M — 11.1% (FACT).
  • Eye care $55.7M — 6.4% (FACT).
  • Avg revenue per customer $324 → $336 (FACT).
  • FY26 guide $959–$976M (FACT).
Sources: sec.gov/Archives/edgar · s28.q4cdn.com/987131352/files · warbyparker.com/intelligent-eyewear · sec.gov/Archives/edgar · retaildive.com/news/warby-parker-ends-home-try-on-program-focuses-stores-digital-q2 · sec.gov/Archives/edgar · sec.gov/Archives/edgar