NEW YORK—Vision Monday released its annual ranking of the Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers today, which cumulatively reached a record $11 billion in sales for calendar year 2014. In addition to good sales performance for most of the year, the estimates and movements on the VM Top 50 chart also reflect an influx of private equity capital that propelled several leading eyewear and eyecare groups forward either through organic growth or a new wave of consolidation with the acquisition of multi-location groups or the addition of single-location practices. See who made the Top 50 here: Reaching New Heights: The Top 50 U.S. Optical Retailers Hit Record Sales Over $11B.