U.S. Vision: U.S. Vision Acquires Specs for Less, Marking Start of New Growth Phase Via Freestanding Locations

BLACKWOOD, N.J.-U.S. Vision (USV), a leading retailer of optical products and services, has acquired Specs for Less, a Delaware-based freestanding optical chain. Details of the transaction, which closed in late August, were not disclosed. "With this acquisition, U.S.Vision has taken an important first step toward expanding our portfolio of optical businesses into the freestanding channel," said Eric J. Bertrand, chairman, U.S.Vision. "We are excited to welcome the Specs for Less stores into our network of optical providers and look forward to completing a series of similar acquisitions in the near future."