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Q2 2025 Revenue Grows 31% to Record $49.6M

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:47:06 GMT

This quarter, we broke a record—but that’s not the part I’m most proud of.
KITS.COM (TSX:KITS) we delivered $49.6M in revenue, our 11th consecutive quarter of positive EBITDA, and added over 111,000 new customers. But here’s what really matters: more people are discovering a better way to do eyecare—affordable, online, and built around them. One customer told us she never thought she’d trust buying glasses online. Now she’s sent five friends our way.

When we started KITS, people said, “You can’t scale quality eyecare online.”
Now? We’re doing it every day, across North America as the fastest growing company in the category.

Thanks to our team and our customers for proving what’s possible.

Eyewa Celebrates 200 Stores Across the GCC – and We’re Just Getting Started

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 21:42:18 GMT

Eyewa Celebrates 200 Stores Across the GCC – and We’re Just Getting Started ��

We are proud to announce a major milestone in Eyewa’s journey: the opening of our 200th retail store.

Since launching our first store in 2020, Eyewa has rapidly expanded across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar, establishing ourselves as the region’s leading homegrown eyewear brand. Our most recent opening at Villaggio Mall, Qatar, marks not only our 200th location, but also the 42nd store opened in 2025 alone, a clear reflection of our continued growth and ambitious vision. Built in the region, for the region, Eyewa is committed to delivering high-quality eyewear, cutting-edge optical technology, and a customer-first, omnichannel experience that redefines how people shop for and experience eyewear in the Middle East.

��️ Co-founder Abdullah AlRugaib shared:
“This is a huge moment for Eyewa and our entire team. We’ve built something truly special in just a few years, and we’re not slowing down. 2025 has already been transformative - just wait for what’s coming in 2026.”

Here’s to the next chapter in our journey. Thank you to our teams, customers, and partners for making this milestone possible.

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KITS Launches OpticianAI™: Redefining the Optical Shopping Experience

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:35:26 GMT

- Kits Eyecare Ltd. (TSX: KITS ) ("KITS" or the "Company") a leading vertically integrated eyecare provider, today unveils the beta launch of OpticianAI, the company's proprietary artificial intelligence platform designed to deliver a seamless and personalized way to shop for vision care. The breakthrough technology represents a major leap forward in combining digital innovation with optical expertise. With OpticianAI, KITS delivers the world's most experienced optician yet, available anywhere, anytime.

OpticianAI is trained on over a million transactions and powered by real customer interactions, enabling it to guide users through a seamless frame selection process across more than 5,000 styles in minutes. From fit to function, style to prescription, OpticianAI delivers personalized guidance, revolutionizing how people shop for glasses and contacts.

OpticianAI's technology's core engine combines AI-driven insights using customers' prescription, pupillary distance (PD), unique facial features and style to deliver recommendations personalized for their desires. The current beta launch of OpticianAI is being rolled out gradually to the company's customer traffic, enabling rapid iteration through real-time feedback and usage data. This launch marks the first step toward a future of agentic opticians, where OpticianAI powers fully integrated, end-to-end eyecare experiences.

"We are once again leading the category in innovation and continuing our mission to make eyecare easy," said Roger Hardy, Co-Founder and CEO of KITS. "We've taken insights from over a million customer journeys and distilled them into a technology that offers unmatched personalization. As the world moves away from search towards active agents who seek out premium services KITS will once again be leading and be ready."

OpticianAI is not just smart, the technology is intuitive and interactive. Key features of OpticianAI include:

Selfie Fit Scan: Simply take a selfie to generate frame suggestions tailored to customers' facial features, skin tone, and personal style.
PD and Facial Feature Detection: Real-time facial scanning calculates critical optical measurements and facial measurements for tailored frame size suggestions.
Visual Match Tool: Upload a picture of any frame, whether a favorite shape, or a celebrity wearing the latest style and allow OpticianAI to identify the closest available options.
Lens Guide: Upload a prescription to receive instant lens recommendation based on Rx parameters.
Voice Interaction: Have natural conversations with OpticianAI. Customers can ask OpticianAI for recommendations, save favorites, or receive help interpreting prescriptions.
Dual Try-On Experience: View two frames side-by-side using virtual try-on technology to compare style and fit.

Smarter vision starts here. Try OpticianAI today and claim your first pair of prescription glasses free at https://www.kits.ca/optician-ai .

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