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Eyewear just got cooler

Bangalore: The décor is swish. The place has bar stools, a coffee and cola vending machines, a plasma TV and piped music. No, it is not a café but the latest showroom of GKB Opticals which opened on Wednesday on Mahatma Gandhi Road, its fourth outlet in the city. The showroom has adopted the European method where a customer can pick up and “experience” the spectacles before buying a pair.

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