Although Luxxotica aren’t a monopoly they have used their market power in some bad ways. For example it dropped Oakley from its retail stores such as LensCrafters and Sunglasses Hut, which caused Oakley sales to drop a their share price to go down dramatically. Luxxotica then bought Oakley at a knockdown price and reintroduced Oakley to their stores. Unfortunately it’s quite hard to avoid EssilorLuxottica, as the group is now, as they make a lot of glasses under licence, such as Armani, Chanel and Prada, as well as the brands they own such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Oliver Peoples. They also own a lot of opticians and stores and through their Essilor lenses they pick up even more of the market. Given how they operate they are the perfect partner for Meta!