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Lenskart Launches Meller in India, Announces Creative Eyewear Partnership with Popmart


Written by Tanisha Cardozo || Team Allycaral Business Desk

Lenskart has announced a significant expansion of its global House of Eyewear Brands with the launch of Barcelona-born Meller in India and a new creative collaboration with international pop-culture leader Popmart. The move highlights Lenskart’s commitment to shaping a contemporary design ecosystem that resonates deeply with the next generation of trend-driven, culturally aware customers.

Meller, one of Europe’s fastest-growing youth-centric eyewear brands, is known for its bold silhouettes, street-style influences, and expressive aesthetic that has captured the attention of a large global community. With strong traction across Europe and the U.S., and more than 700,000 followers, the brand’s entry into India through Lenskart marks a meaningful moment in the evolution of youth-focused fashion eyewear. The brand will initially roll out across approximately 500 carefully selected Lenskart stores identified through GeoIQ intelligence to match high fashion-affinity neighbourhoods, ensuring customers experience the brand where it fits best culturally and stylistically.

Alongside this launch, Lenskart has revealed its creative partnership with Popmart, the global phenomenon behind collectible characters and the beloved Labubu universe. The Pop Mart x Lenskart eyewear collection debuts in the first week of December in Singapore through both online channels and select retail locations. With character-inspired, collectible-ready designs, the collaboration brings playful, expressive, and culturally resonant eyewear to consumers who increasingly see accessories as a form of identity and self-expression. This partnership extends Lenskart’s growing range of collaborations that includes Harry Potter, Hello Kitty, Pokémon, Dragon Ball Z, Superman, and Batman—alliances that allow the brand to tap into powerful fandoms and emerging subcultures.

Through its premium portfolio, which includes brands like John Jacobs, Owndays, and now Meller, and through cultural collaborations with Popmart and others, Lenskart continues to build a thoughtful and future-forward multi-brand platform. Each brand represents a distinct design philosophy and serves a unique consumer segment, enabling Lenskart to offer individuality, high-quality craftsmanship, and elevated aesthetics to a global audience. CEO and Co-founder Peyush Bansal emphasized that customers seeking global design, authenticity, and self-expression inspire Lenskart’s choices, and the addition of Meller along with creative partnerships such as Popmart aligns perfectly with that vision. Supported by Lenskart’s strong distribution, full-stack supply chain, design ecosystem, and advanced technology infrastructure, partner brands gain the ability to reach wider audiences and scale internationally. As the eyewear industry evolves with strong multi-brand platforms shaping its future, Lenskart aims to play a defining role in empowering expressive, design-led eyewear brands and cultural collaborations around the world.

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Lenskart Set to Launch AI-Powered Smart Glasses in December, Built on Gemini 2.5


Eyewear major Lenskart is preparing to enter the smart wearables market with the launch of its first AI-powered smart glasses by the end of December 2025. According to sources familiar with the development, the device, internally referred to as “B by Lenskart Smartglasses”, will integrate advanced AI-based interactions, health and wellness insights, and even UPI payment functionality. This move represents Lenskart’s most ambitious step yet in repositioning itself as a technology-led lifestyle brand.

The upcoming smart glasses are reportedly built on the Gemini 2.5 platform and are likely powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chipset, a processor designed for lightweight augmented reality and AI-driven camera applications. The product launch could follow shortly after Lenskart’s stock market debut on November 10, signaling a strong synergy between its financial expansion and technological ambitions.

A person familiar with the company’s strategy said that the smart glasses aim to integrate AI and commerce seamlessly into everyday eyewear, making them more than just a vision aid — transforming them into an interactive, connected accessory. Lenskart’s partnership with Qualcomm, announced earlier this year at the Snapdragon for India XR Day, further solidifies its commitment to building AR and AI solutions tailored to Indian consumers.

Over the past year, Lenskart has been actively investing in AI, XR, and computer vision startups to strengthen its in-house technological capabilities. The company’s public issue, launched on October 31 to raise ₹7,278 crore at an estimated valuation of ₹70,000 crore (USD 8 billion), was fully subscribed on the first day.

If the launch proves successful, Lenskart could become one of the first Indian consumer technology brands to commercialize AI-driven eyewear, entering a market currently led by products such as Meta-Ray-Ban Smart Glasses and Amazon Echo Frames. With a focus on affordability, functionality, and design tailored for Indian consumers, Lenskart’s smart glasses could mark a defining moment in the evolution of India’s wearable technology landscape.