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Specsavers Optical Group Ltd is an optical retail chain, operating globally, which offers optician services, along with eyeglasses, contact lenses and hearing aids. In 2012 it had the largest single market share of the four major opticians with 42% of the UK market. The company had a total turnover of £1.5 billion in 2010/2011 and £1.7 billion in 2012,〔 with 1,648 branches in the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Jersey, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. ==History and market position== Specsavers are a high street opticians, selling spectacles, contact lenses and hearing aids. The group was launched in 1984 by husband and wife team Doug Perkins and Mary Perkins on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel and at the end of 2007 the group had over 1,390 stores with 26,000 employees. As well as stores in the UK, they are present in the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain and most recently Australia and New Zealand. The company ventured into hearing services in 2002. Their Hearing Centres division provides hearing tests and hearing aids within the Specsavers optical stores providing services from more than 400 locations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SpecSavers Annual Report 2005/06 ) 〕 Specsavers also sell designer optical collections by Jeff Banks, Timberland and Quiksilver. for men and Roxy, Converse and Karen Millen for women. The co-founder of Specsavers, Mary Perkins, was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2007 in recognition of her services to business and the community in Guernsey. In 2004, Specsavers acquired Swedish Blic Optik franchise from its owner Optimum Optik AB. In 2007 Finance Director John Perkins became Joint Managing Director with his father Doug Perkins. In The Sunday Times Rich List 2011, published in the UK on 8 May 2011, Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins and family were ranked 56th in the list of Britain's wealthiest people. Their personal worth was estimated at £1,150m with Dame Mary becoming Britain's first self-made female billionaire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Specsavers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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