CLEARLY CONTACTS NAMED AS A FINALIST FOR THE CANADA'S 10 MOST ADMIRED
CORPORATE CULTURES OF 2010 PROGRAM

Canada's largest online retailer of eyeglasses and contact lenses, ClearlyContacts.ca, has been named as a finalist in the Best Emerging Organization category

VANCOUVER, Oct 8 /CNW/ - ClearlyContacts.ca, has been named as a finalist for the Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2010 program in the Special Category Regional Award - Best Emerging Organization.  The award, presented by Waterstone Human Capital, is in its 6^th year of recognizing the importance of great workplaces.

"As one of our regional winners in the best emerging organization category, Roger Hardy and his team have clearly demonstrated how building a great company starts with building a strong corporate culture," says Marty Parker, the president and CEO of Waterstone Human Capital; the founders and presenters of the Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures program. "This is a customer-focused, vibrant, extremely dynamic organization with great people - they understand that culture provides a competitive advantage that sets them apart from their peers."

"We are honored to be named among Canada's most admired Corporate Cultures. One of our top priorities is to create a workplace that attracts and retains the most talented individuals, we are greatly encouraged by this recognition for our team," stated Clearly Contacts Founder and CEO Roger Hardy.  

The Vancouver based company has over 230 employees in their Vancouver head office, a number which has grown significantly over the past 2 years with the addition of affordable, high quality eyeglasses.  

"Our culture is central to our success and this recognition will be celebrated by the entire team at Clearly Contacts," added Hardy.

About Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™: Since 2005, the Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ program has recognized leading Canadian organizations for having a culture that has helped them enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage. This popular program begins in the spring of each year with the Canadian Corporate Culture Study™ and culminates in regional and national awards events. Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures ™ is founded and presented by Waterstone Human Capital, a leading professional recruitment, executive search and human resource consulting services firm based in Toronto. www.canadasmostadmired.com

About Clearly Contacts:

Clearly Contacts, a subsidiary of Coastal Contacts is the worlds' fastest growing online vision care supplier.  Providing contact lenses, eyeglasses and other complimentry vision care products to consumers worldwide at prices up to 70% less than traditional optical retail stores, The Coastal Contacts team is proud to provide an affordable, convenient option for high quality vision care products.  With world class operations in North America, Europe and Asia, Coastal Contacts offers a unique blend of private label and designer brand products to over 150 countries across the globe.    Already #1 in many of its markets, Coastal is rapidly advancing toward its goal of becoming the "Worlds' Vision Store."

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