Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA; OMX:COA), founded in 2000, is a direct-to-consumer online retailer of contact lenses and eyeglasses, offering an alternative method of purchasing products offered in brick-and-mortar stores, delivered to customers' homes or offices. It serves its customers through a network of manufacturing, distribution and business facilities around the world. The sales strategy is similar to that of zappos.com, a shoe retailer purchased by Amazon.com. Coastal Contacts went public on the TSX Venture Exchange in 2004, and is now listed on the TSX and the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange. (Source: Various)
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Company Website: www.coastalcontacts.com
Company filings on www.sedar.com (MD&A, Annual Information Form, etc.)
Articles
Articles about Coastal Contacts in Business Source Complete
Articles about the contact lens and optical goods industry in Business Source Complete
Articles about Coastal Contacts in ABI/Inform + Canadian NewsStand + CBCA
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Analysts' Reports
Analysts' reports and SWOT report on Coastal Contacts in Thomson One (Search for your company, then click on 'Research'. SWOT reports on Coastal and its competitors are by GlobalData.)
Market Research Reports
Business Source Complete. Contains market research reports by country, eg, 'The 2009 Import and Export Market for Spectacles and Spectacle Frames in Russia'. Search "country trade reports" and spectacles
Eye Glasses & Contact Lens Stores in the US, IBISWorld
Glasses & Contact Lens Manufacturing in the US, IBISWorld
Best databases for researching e-business: Forrester Research | eMarketer
Best database for researching international business: Passport GMID (profiles of the spectacles industry by country)
Keywords
Keywords for this industry include: eyeglasses, eyewear, spectacles, contact lens, lenses, sunglasses, spectacle frames
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