1-800 CONTACTS, INC.Draper, UT, United States

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1-800 CONTACTS Company Description

Lose a contact? If you can still find your phone or computer, you can get replacement lenses from 1-800 CONTACTS. The firm sells lenses by phone and through its Web site. It offers thousands of lenses that it buys from major manufacturers and distributors and encourages its customers to provide prescriptions for their lenses. 1-800 CONTACTS sells a wide array of contact lenses, including those made by Acuvue, Biomedics, Focus, and FreshLook. Founded in 1995 by entrepreneurs Jonathan Coon and John Nichols, the company was taken private by affiliates of New York-based equity firm Fenway Partners for about $340 million in 2007.

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