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We round up the best deals at supermarkets, retail stores and restaurants and on entertainment, travel, pharmacies and more for those ages 50+ — updated for June 2024.
Luckily you can get Ray-Ban, Oakley and more beloved sunglasses on sale right now for up to 65% off. Catch them while you can!
From the classic Ray-Ban aviators to a super stylish and on-trend circular silhouette, there's a pair for every kind of style.
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
Ray-Ban, Oakley, ARNETTE and Vogue Eyewear are their outside premium brand offerings, while RFLKT is their in house premium brand. According to the company, 50 percent of its revenue came from repeat customers in 2013.
In 1982 Ray-Ban signed a $50,000-a-year deal with Unique Product Placement of Burbank, California, to place Ray-Bans in movies and television shows. Between 1982 and 1987, Ray-Ban sunglasses appeared in over 60 movies and television shows per year, continuing through 2007.
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The company has been criticized for the high price of its brand-name glasses, such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, and several others. A 2012 60 Minutes segment focused on whether the company's extensive holdings in the industry were used to keep prices high.
Often, though, a gazebo — which you'll potentially only use part of the year — can cost hundreds of dollars. At over 50% off, this early Way Day deal is a steal at just $151.
Ray-Ban Aviator variations. Besides the standard model there are several different Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses variations designed as functional, technical and recreational sunglasses . The Ray-Ban Shooter variant was introduced in 1938 and the Ray-Ban Outdoorsman variant in 1939.