industry retail founded 1972 philadelphia pennsylvania headquarters blackwood new jersey usa key people william a. schwartz jr. products eyewear contact lenses website www.usvision.com u.s. vision a wholly owned subsidiary of refac optical group is an international optometric dispensary chain . the vast majority of these locations are leased spaces in large department stores such as j.c. penney boscov s and the bay . as of may 8 2007 500 locations in 47 states and canada are in operation consisting of licensed departments and freestanding stores . 1 in early 2008 due to an acquisition of bj s optical centers located in many bj s wholesale clubs that number has grown to approximately 650 locations . u.s. vision deals mainly in prescription eyewear contact lenses and optometry offices . contents 1 history 2 location names 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1885 william well and charles ochs opened a retail optical store in philadelphia pennsylvania that is still in operation today . with this as a beginning other optical locations were purchased starting the first optical store chain in the united states . in the early 1970s the company purchased wall and ochs combined it with a manufacturing facility in blackwood new jersey and named the new combination of manufacturing and sales u.s. vision . location names edit u.s. vision being a parent company is known under many different names throughout the u.s. and canada . primarily operating out of leased areas in large department stores such as macy s saks fifth avenue bloomingdales lord & taylor kohl s j.c. penney sears boscov s carson pirie scott and marshall fields and named by simply adding optical to the host store s name exp j.c. penney optical the vision center at saks fifth avenue . references edit http www.usvision.com htm about us.htm external links edit company website jcpenney optical this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title us vision & oldid 707937140 categories retail companies of the united statescompanies established in 1972companies based in camden county new jerseyunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 march 2016 at 17 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view