New Delhi Dec 7 (IANS) Online eyewear retailer Lenskart has partnered with Israel-based start-up 6over6 to enable users to determine power of their lenses fitted in their eyeglasses through a smartphone application.
6over6 s technology acts as an auto refractor and lensometer to retrieve the prescription of eyes and current spectacles using the smartphone.
"This partnership will further enhance Lenskart s online engagement with consumers. We are pretty confident that by joining hands with 6over6 we will be able to make eyewear experience fun " Peyush Bansal Founder and CEO Lenskart.com said in a statement on Thursday.
Lenskart has invested $1 million to introduce 6over6 s technology in India. The company will partner with 6over6 to co-develop and test the product in its domain before taking it to the market the statement said.
Lenskart.com recently also picked up a minority stake in US-based frame recommendation startup Ditto for $1 million.
Lenskart plans to have 460 stores selling 400 000 frames every month by March 2018. It currently has about 365 stores across 95 cities in India.
--IANS
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