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Glasses Direct Acquires Sunglasses Shop

The internet retailer has claimed the number one spot in the European online eye wear market after its parent company, Prescription Eyewear, bought Sunglasses Shop for an undisclosed sum. The two sites are visited by more than eight million people a year.

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