Warby Parker is an American online retailer of prescription glasses, contact lenses, and sunglasses, based in New York City.
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13 Facts About Warby Parker
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Warby Parker was founded as primarily online retailer, but now sells primarily through approximately 160 physical retail store locations across the US and Canada.
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The name "Warby Parker" derives from two characters that appear in a journal by author Jack Kerouac.
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Warby Parker received $2,500 seed investment through the program and launched in February 2010.
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In 2011, Warby Parker shipped more than 100,000 pairs of glasses and had 60 employees.
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Warby Parker said it had planned to invest $16 million to create the facility.
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On March 14,2018, Warby Parker raised $75 million in Series E funding, making its total funding about $300 million.
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Warby Parker's "Home-Try-On program" is a strategy used by the company in which its customers select five frames from the website, which they receive and try on at home within a 5-day period, free of charge.
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Warby Parker has programs where customers upload a photo and try on frames virtually through their mobile app.
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Warby Parker began operating online exclusively in 2010 and opened its first store in 2013.
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Warby Parker uses a social entrepreneurship model, described as "buy one, give one".
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In June 2014, Warby Parker announced that it had distributed one million pairs of eyeglasses to people in need.
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Warby Parker later became a public benefit corporation in mid-2021 just prior to their initial public offering.
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