History
1-800 CONTACTS was founded in 1995 by Jonathan C. Coon and John F. Nichols, and first incorporated in February that year. As the company's 2005 10-K report states, "Mr. Nichols is a certified optician in the State of California and was the owner of the Discount Lens Club from 1991 until February 1995. Mr. Nichols worked with Bausch & Lomb as a Senior Sales Representative from 1989 to 1991."
In 2002, they acquired Lens Express.
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