Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal articulates modern luxury thinking perfectly in this panel talk.
Warby’s cofounder echos a major point we’ve been making over texts, calls, emails, and dinners with friends and readers for some time now: When thinking about modern luxury today, product alone isn’t enough. It’s the package that really matters.
Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa: “Warby’s next step could be telemedicine, and we want to be a pioneer.”
Having already conquered branding, retail, and product, Warby Parker is eyeing new frontiers as it gears up for international expansion and an inevitable IPO. One big opportunity for growth: telemedicine.
Warby Parker’s new $15M ‘Optical Lab’: Smart offense or reactive defense?
This goes beyond just making lenses in-house, getting sweet tax breaks, and rubbing shoulders with elected officials.
