Essilor International, the world's biggest supplier of ophthalmic lenses, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Costa Inc., producer of the Costa and Native brands of sunglasses. The French company says that Costa has become the fastest-growing brand of performance sunglasses in the U.S. As a group, Costa Inc. reached sales of nearly $100 million in 2013.
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