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ArticleAfflelou maintains mid-single digit topline growth in Q2, gained market shares in 2023
The Afflelou Group has reported a 5.5 percent year-on-year increase in network sales for the second quarter of its 2024 fiscal year ended Jan. 31, in line with the growth pace reported in the previous quarter. Quarterly sales rose to €231.1 million driven by Afflelou’s two key countries, France and ...
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French families rank their favorite optical chains
“Marques et familles” (Brands & Families), a French marketing organization researching French families’ favorite brands in different sectors, has released the results of the 10th edition of its survey which was based on a poll with close to 2,000 families at the end of 2023. In the optical retail category, ...
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News briefsAfflelou signs parcel deal for eyeglass donations
Alain Afflelou has signed a collaboration agreement with Correos Express, the parcel-delivering subsidiary of Spain’s postal service, Grupo Correos, for the collection and dispatch of second-hand glasses throughout Spain, according to Look Vision. The project is the fruit of another collaboration, established in 2015, with the charity Lions Club International. ...
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Alain Afflelou sales up 5% in Q1
Afflelou Group has reported a 5.1 percent year-on-year increase in external sales to €217 million for the first quarter of its current fiscal year ended on last Oct. 31, decelerating slightly from the previous quarter (8.1 percent growth). Sales were up by 4.2 percent in France, by 9.8 percent in ...
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Alain Afflelou appoints new digital and marketing manager
The Alain Afflelou group has appointed Stéphanie Rozan as its general manager “clients”, a position where she will oversee the retailer’s marketing, communication and digital teams. Rozan is a seasoned executive with previous experiences in marketing, clients relations and omnichannel operations at major French retailers and luxury brands, including Sephora, ...
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News briefsStrong children myopia increase in Spain, research finds
A fifth of Spain’s schoolchildren suffer from myopia, whose incidence over the past six years has increased by 17.8 percent. So says this year’s edition of the “Barometer of Myopia in Spain,” a report put out by the Alain Afflelou Foundation and Madrid’s Complutense University. Myopia is most prevalent (30%) ...
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ArticleAlain Afflelou banner posts 8% growth in Q3, Spain up double digits
The Afflelou Group has reported a 4.2 percent year-on-year increase in external sales to €220 million (see table) for its third quarter, ended April 30. On a like-for-like basis, they were up by 5.1 percent versus FY 2022. The company commented that the quarterly sales uptick reflected higher volumes rather ...
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ArticleAfflelou driven by historical banner optical sales in Q2
The Afflelou Group has reported a 4.2 percent year-on-year increase in Q2 network sales to €224.9 million (see table), with a relative underperformance in its domestic market compared with international markets, due to declining hearing aids’ sales and a reduced retail footprint related to the phasing out of the Optical ...
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ArticleAfflelou up 2.1% in Q1 with return to growth in France
The Afflelou group has posted a 2.1 percent year-on-year increase in network sales to €213 million for the first quarter of its 2022 financial year, ended on Oct. 31, with growth in all its markets in spite of the troubled macroeconomic environment. On a like-for-like basis, sales were up by ...
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Afflelou launches ophthalmology teleconsultations’ service
After a successful test at five of its optical shops, Alain Afflelou has announced the launch of an ophthalmology teleconsultation service, which the company plans to implement in at least 25 stores in France by the end of the year. The remote service is aimed at facilitating access to ophthalmology ...
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ArticleAfflelou Q3 growth driven by COVID recovery, DOS and hearing aids
The Afflelou group has reported a strong increase in network sales for the third quarter of its current fiscal year, thanks mostly to a strong performance in the French-based retailer’s domestic market while the activity in Spain was more subdued (see chart). Afflelou Group- Q3 Network Sales - ...
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Anthony Afflelou becomes general manager of the Afflelou group
The Afflelou group has appointed Anthony Afflelou as its general manager, fifty years after the opening of the first Afflelou shop by his father Alain. After he graduated from a business school in Bordeaux, Anthony Afflelou specialized in digital communication and cut his teeth at an online advertising videos company ...
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ArticleAlain Afflelou family holding doubles its stake in the group
The Afflelou group announced at the end of last month that Alain Afflelou’s family holding acquired in December 2021 the company stake that was indirectly held by Apax France. Earlier in January, Altamir, a partner company of Apax, had announced that it had sold its shares in the group for ...
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Afflelou wins CSR prize from Spanish chamber of commerce
In recognition of its efforts in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, Afflelou Group has received the COCEF prize from the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in France (itself called the COCEF, for short). Over the past year, the French optical firm has produced more than 100,000 sustainable frames through its MAGIC ...
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ArticleLuxottica facing €125m penalty from French competition watchdog
L’Autorité de la concurrence , the French market competition regulator, sanctioned Luxottica yesterday with a €125 million penalty for anti-competitive behaviors in France between 2005 and 2014. EssilorLuxottica immediately announced that it would appeal the decision, highlighting that the group had always conducted its business according to the ...
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Afflelou raises brand awareness in Belgium and Switzerland
Alain Afflelou , the French-based optical retail chain of mostly franchised stores, is gaining awareness in Belgium and Switzerland, according to a survey commissioned to the reseach company Opinion Way . In Belgium, where the chain has about 50 retail locations, prompted awareness of the Afflelou brand name progressed from ...
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Afflelou continues its expansion in Spain
Look Vision , the Spanish trade publication on our sector, reports that Alain Afflelou opened ten new shops in the country in the last nine months, including 8 franchised stores. The retail group plans to continue its development this year in Spain, its second largest market after France, adding ...
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French opticians in large malls ordered to close
As part of the new Covid-19 regulations implemented by the French government on Jan. 30, all shops operating in malls of 20,000 square meters and more have to close, to the exception of food retailers and pharmacies, but not opticians. All optical shops, regardless of their locations, had been considered ...
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News briefsAfflelou voted best customer service in French optical sector
Alain Afflelou , the optical and hearing-aids retail group has been voted the best French customer service in France in the optical retail category for the fifth consecutive year. Taking place since 2007 and organized by the research companies Viséo Consumer Insights and BVA , the annual survey tests ...
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ArticleMarc Simoncini, Alain Afflelou most admired French businessmen
Marc Simoncini and Alain Afflelou were elected as the most admired French businessmen in a poll organized by the magazine, Capital. Simoncini, who topped the ranking, is the founder of the dating website Meetic and until recently involved in the eyewear business. He entered the eyewear business in 2011 with ...
