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De Rigo Launches Sports Apparel Under The Police Brand
De Rigo recently signed a licensing agreement with A.Moda, a producer of sports apparel based in Florence, to launch a line of men's and women's fashion under the Police brand, which it created for eyewear in 1983. A few prototypes were showcased at Pitti Immagine Uomo, the menswear fair held ...
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New Ceo At Bausch & Lomb
Gerald Ostrov is the new chief executive officer and chairman at Bausch & Lomb, after a very short retirement and 8 years at the helm of Johnson and Johnson's international eyecare division. He is replacing Ronald Zarrella who will retire in March and become honorary chairman of the company. ...
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Top Executives Come And Go At Highmark
Robert Gray has retired as Highmark's executive vice president of finance and subsidiary services and as chairman of Highmark's Vision Group after 20 years with the American company, where he recently supervised the acquisition of Viva International and Eye Care Centers of America (ECCA). He started up in ...
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Luxottica Will Run Oakley Differently In Europe
Luxottica, which took over Oakley last November, has decided to set up a new company in Zurich to coordinate sales of Oakley products to the sporting goods trade all over the continent, except in the UK. Sales of Oakley products to opticians all over Europe will be handled by Luxottica's ...
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The German Industry Is Doing Well
The German eyewear industry achieved a 2.4 percent sales increase to €3.68 billion in 2007, with increases of 2.8 percent to €1.85 billion at home and of 2.1 percent to €1.92 billion abroad, according to the German industry's trade association, Spectaris. For 2008, Spectaris expects the growth rate to increase ...
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New Italian Start-up Works With Lotto And Others
Yuka is a new Italian eyewear company set up last year by Luigi Bellocchio, former commercial director of Marcolin and then general manager of Marchon in Italy. While finalizing another important license, it has signed an intial two-year licensing deal with Lotto Sport Italia for the development, the ...
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Mixed Results For Opti München
Officially, GHM, the new organizer of the 10-year-old Munich show states that the number of exhibitors and visitors remained more or less the same last Jan. 11-13 as one year ago. They quoted many of them as being satisfied with the more compact format of the fair, pointing to a ...
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Ppg Reports Record Results
PPG Industries' revenues from the optical and specialty materials segment grew by 14 percent by $29 million, or by 14 percent, in the 4th quarter of 2007, thanks to improved sales in the optical division and stronger foreign currencies. The segment's earnings were up as much as $2 million for ...
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Luxottica Aims For 1,000 Chinese Stores In 5 Years' Time, And Ilori Goes Well
ttica aims to expand its Chinese retail network to 1,000 stores in five years' time, compared with 266 currently. The company aims to book sales of nearly €75 million this year in this promising market and reach €100 million in 2008. Local sales are expected to rise by 15-20 percent ...
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Marcolin's Md Quits For Allison
colin's managing director, Antonio Bortuzzo, has left the company with immediate effect for the fast-growing rival Allison, where he will hold a similar position. Bortuzzo, who spent five years at the helm of Marcolin, will retain his post of general manager at the company until Jan. 31. Bortuzzo, a ...
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Marcolin Streamlines Cebe Further
While studying purchase offers received for Cébé from third parties, Marcolin has decided to close down the remaining production facilities in France of this ailing sports eyewear subsidiary. The group has decided to pull the plug on its winter-specific sports products ? ski goggles and helmets ? to focus on ...
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Chanel Sticks With Luxottica, Which Pushes For More Female Managers
Luxottica has successfully concluded negotiations with Chanel to renew its licensing agreement when it runs out in March 2008, according to a lengthy financial supplement devoted exclusively to Leonardo Del Vecchio's company in Corriere della Sera, the prestigious Italian daily newspaper. An official announcement will be made in the next ...
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Comotec Moves More Output To China
Comotec, the manufacturer of metal components acquired in 2003 by Italy's Mazzucchelli 1849, is set to close most of its production facilities in the Jura region of France, leaving just 93 people working on design, technical assistance and production of the most high-tech items. The remainder of production will be ...
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Coopervision Settles With Ciba Vision, Expresses Optimism Over Future Results
Revenues at CooperVision (CVI) galloped ahead of the global growth of the soft contact lens market in its fourth quarter, ended Oct. 31, as the company finally resolved manufacturing problems in the growing segments of single-use and silicone hydrogel lenses. CVI's revenues went up by 11 percent on a constant-currency ...
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German Lens Companies See A Slowdown
While Fielmann's recent results indicate steady improvement, some other important players are feeling differently. The demand for optical products from the German market has been falling sharply in recent months, according to officials of Rodenstock, which still generates 40 percent of its turnover from its domestic market, and this will ...
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Spy's Parent Company Improves Processes And Results
The management of Orange 21 admits that it still has work to do to complete its turnaround and to pave the way for new growth but feels that some important changes have already been successfully implemented. Product development has improved and production priorities have changed, making the manufacturing process less ...
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Salmoiraghi & Vigano Continues To Expand Its Retail Network
Salmoiraghi & Viganò, the largest Italian eyewear retailer, closed the full year ended Sept. 30 with 398 stores, or 90 more than at the same date one year ago, and the company intends to continue expanding the network to reach 488 stores at the end of the current financial year. ...
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Strong Interest For Drivewear In Europe
Younger Optics has sold more than 100,000 Drivewear lenses in Europe ? about twice more than originally budgeted - since the launch of this novel photochromic technology at the SILMO trade show in Paris one year ago. It has been a big success in Germany, Italy, the UK and Russia. ...
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Hal Enters Turkey
HAL Holding, the parent company of Pearle Europe, has bought a 60 percent stake in Fahri Kuz Optik, a small Turkish optical chain based in Istanbul. Following a pattern that it has already used for its incursion into the Russian market, it plans to acquire the remaining 40 percent in ...
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Rem Opens European Subsidiary
REM Eyewear, the California-based eyewear licensee of Barbie, Converse and other brands, has announced a similar new deal with Lucky Brand Jeans, an American vintage-inspired brand of sportswear rooted in rock ?n' roll, that will make its debut with 15 prescription frames in the USA next month. Meanwhile the ...
