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Thai floods affect Hoya and other lens firms
Hoya Vision Care's factories in Thailand have been severely affected by the disastrous floods that hit the country earlier this month. While announcing that no personal injuries have been reported among the company's staff, company managers outlined a massive deployment of emergency measures to ensure timely shipments of ophthalmic lenses ...
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Luxottica’s North American division sees big changes
The North American Retail Group of Luxottica has adopted new structures for management and regional reporting for its brands, according to VMail, as part of a series of changes in organization and operations. It has also established a new in-house group called EyeCare Centers of Excellence. In addition to an ...
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Massive line-up for new Ron Arad line
One of the highlights at the last Silmo was the much-expected launch of a new line of designer eyewear under the brand of Ron Arad, a famous Israeli architect based in London whose past projects include the very artistic Design Museum of Tel Aviv. The expectations of visitors at the ...
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Chinese supplier bails out Area
A Chinese company called King Song has saved Area from default, and has set up a new company – Area 98 – enabling the Italian company to continue to operate. Run by its creative director, Elisio Tessaro, and with brands such as K-Actor Contini, Genesis, La Matta and Kaos in ...
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Luxottica banks on emerging markets
Luxottica is looking at doubling the size of its business in emerging markets over the next 15 months thanks to recent and expected acquisitions, the expansion of Sunglass Hut International in Brazil, retail and wholesale expansion in China and the start of a direct wholesale presence in new markets. Luxottica ...
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Safilo sees biggest potential in its own house brands
Safilo sees its house brands, especially Carrera, Safilo and Smith Optics, as its “biggest growth opportunity.” House brands represent about 20 percent of the eyewear company's sales and are expected to increase sales, organically, by 9 percent a year until the end of 2015. The company's other brands are Oxydo ...
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Menicon boosts international operations
The Japanese contact lens company has set up a new subsidiary at Emmen, in the Netherlands, Menicon Holdings BV, to manage and coordinate all its operations outside Japan. The move is intended to increase Menicon's international presence on the back of the planned launch in 2012 of a special new ...
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Mykita develops new product segment with innovative material
Mykita presented its newest invention, a special material that offers diverse design options, light weight and individual adaptability, at the Silmo show in Paris last month. The Berlin-based eyewear brand set up a distinct stand at the fair to present the first Mykita Mylon collection to retailers and industry professionals. ...
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The Silmo d'Or Winners
The history of aviation continues to inspire the world of eyewear. Taking its cues from the growing popularity of aviator styles in the Italian sunglass collections, Mido organized a fashion show inspired by this theme at one of its rare gala evenings a few years ago, staged inside the premises ...
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Uvex group grows in safety, not sports
With total sales in the amount of €330 million, the Uvex group managed to increase sales by 9 percent during the 2010/11business year, which ended at the beginning of August. Manufacturing head-to-toe protection gear for sports, leisure and work, the German company has also been able to exceed the sales ...
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Natural Optics takes over Grupo Visual Opticos
Grupo Visual Opticos is a Spanish buying group that works for 178 optical retail stores spread all over the eastern coast of the country. Its retail members signed an agreement last month to join forces with two other Spanish purchasing groups – Red Visual and Provision – that are run ...
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Marchon invests €1 million in Italy
Marchon is strengthening its production in the Belluno eyewear district of Italy to support the recent acquisition of the Ferragamo and Valentino licenses. Along with brands such as Fendi and Pucci, already in the group's portfolio, the two new acquisitions are said to be major symbols of Italy's prestige in ...
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German customers are apparently discovering sunglasses
GfK's European sunglass panel has shown a positive first half of 2011, with growth of 7 percent to more than €1 billion in the optical retail circuit.Germany was the only major country where sales of sunglasses increased markedly in the first half of this year in the optical retail circuit, ...
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Future of Armani license will get attention during Silmo
The future of the Armani licenses will be the highlight of the corporate events surrounding the French trade show Silmo. The Italian fashion group's licenses – A/X Armani Exchange, Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani – are currently in the hands of Safilo but expire at the end of 2012. Safilo, ...
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Bausch + Lomb gets new leadership
Sheila Hopkins, formerly at Colgate-Palmolive Company, will take the reins of Bausch + Lomb's vision care business as global president. In her previous position, vice president, general manager, professional oral care at Colgate-Palmolive, she helped increase both the top and bottom lines, and supported the revitalization of the product stream ...
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Essilor breaks ground on new Innovation and Technology Center
Essilor International has started construction on its new Innovation and Technology Center in Créteil, France, expected to be up and running in 2013. The company has invested €30 million in the center, which will regroup the R&D and engineering teams, about 450 people, and help Essilor get products to market ...
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Salmoiraghi: New CEO, new commercial spot
Italy's largest eyewear chain, Salmoiraghi & Viganò, has a new chief executive with many years' experience in the retail trade. After 20 years with a major Italian hypermarket group, PAM, 48-year-old Giorgio Candido was previously general manager of the Italian branch of Metro, the multinational cash & carry group. Salmoiraghi's ...
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Gatorz changes market positioning
While adopting a new logo and launching a new internet platform to cater to today's more youthful lifestyle trends, the Canadian company has introduced a new line of premium injection-molded sunglasses made in Italy. While their average prices are lower than those of its aluminum sunglasses, which are made in ...
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CVI gains market shares
The revenues of CooperVision grew by 20 percent to $298.3 million in the third quarter ended July 31, rising by 11 percent in constant currencies. Excluding the acquisition of Aime in Japan, which is helping the U.S. company to penetrate an important market for its new line of silicon hydrogel ...
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World sight day on Milan tramway
A special tram, put on by the city's public transport provider, ATM, will run in central Milan on Oct. 13 and 14, providing an unusual service to passengers: They will be able to have their eyes tested on board, free of charge. This is the most spectacular of the various ...
