OPTOMETRIST Warehouse (OW) Managing Director Peter Larsen has confirmed it's "business as usual" for the new optometry network after major news last week that Chemist Warehouse plans to merge with Sigma Healthcare to create Australia's largest pharmacy group, potentially worth more than $8.8 billion, reported Insight (PD 07 Dec).
Chemist Warehouse made headlines earlier this year when it announced plans to "disrupt" Australia's optometry market by launching Optometrist Warehouse in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern (PD 03 May).
Open seven days a week, Optometrist Warehouse has state-of-the-art, hospital-grade clinical technology, discounted prices on all optical products and bulk-billing on all eyecare services.
It has since opened a second store in Campbelltown in Sydney, with plans for a "mass network rollout".
Asked about what the merger would mean for Optometrist Warehouse, Larsen said, "at this stage it is business as normal".
"Clearly, we are very excited to be part of an organisation that has so much scale and reach in healthcare," he remarked. JG
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