Fielmann takes over Slovenian optician Clarus

Hamburg — MDAX-listed Fiel­mann AG, Hamburg, is acqui­ring 70% of the shares in the Slove­nian opti­cian chain Optika Clarus. Network Corpo­rate Finance exclu­si­vely advi­sed Fiel­mann AG on the transaction.

The acqui­si­tion opens up Fielmann’s 14th Euro­pean market. Optika Clarus opera­tes 26 specia­list opti­cal stores in Slove­nia and is the undis­pu­ted market leader with a sales market share of 30%. Within the Fiel­mann Group, Slove­nia is the coun­try with the highest purcha­sing power east of the core markets (GDP per capita: more than 22,000 euros). The acqui­si­tion is part of Fielmann’s expan­sion stra­tegy, which aims to expand into four addi­tio­nal markets by 2025 through orga­nic growth and acquisitions.

About Fiel­mann
Fiel­mann is the market leader in the Central Euro­pean opti­ci­ans’ market and opera­tes 742 bran­ches in 14 Euro­pean count­ries. 24 million people wear glas­ses from Fiel­mann; in Germany, the listed family company sells every second pair of glas­ses. Fiel­mann covers all levels of the value chain in ophthal­mic optics, is a desi­gner, manu­fac­tu­rer and optician.

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