Our founder, Dato’ Frankie Ng, started his career in eyewear retail business in 1994. Established in 1996, our Group opened its first retail store at Nilai, Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia in the same year. With the leadership of Dato’ Frankie Ng, an executive Director and the chairman of the Board, Dato’ Henry Ng, an executive Director, and Datin Bernice Low, an executive Director and the chief executive officer of the Company, our Group expanded its business mainly through establishing retail stores with different brands that serve different optical product needs of the customers. Our Group is the second largest retailer of optical products in Malaysia in terms of revenue in 2017 offering a wide range of optical products which generally includes lenses, frames, contact lenses and sunglasses which from (i) International Brands, (ii) the Group’s Own Brands and (iii) Manufacturers’ Brands carried by the Group. Our Group’s optical products brands portfolio consisted of more than 220 International Brands and Own Brands. In addition, our Group also offers optical product accessories. Our Group’s retail network, which comprises 83 self-owned, 10 franchised and two licensed retail stores located across Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Peninsular Malaysia. Our Group adopts a multi-brand strategy to cater to different demographics within the eyewear retail market. Our Group had 10 retail brands covering the high-end, mid-end and mass-market segments of the Malaysian eyewear retail market. In addition to the aforementioned 10 retail brands, the Group’s retail brand portfolio also included a retail brand which focuses on the sales of contact lenses.
