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Bourgeois has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors, following...
Bourgeois has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors, following a major new drop in the French company's revenues from its remaining activities in the areas of ophthalmic lenses and frames. Trading on the company's stock has been suspended. The discontinuation of the contact lens business had already led to ...
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VidiVici is sponsoring a basketball team in Bologna....
VidiVici is sponsoring a basketball team in Bologna.
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Pamela V. Wood has been named business development manager at...
Pamela V. Wood has been named business development manager at L'Amy America. She comes from Luxottica, where she acted as a sales manager in the USA. She was previously in sales at two other companies in the country ? Rodenstock and Marine Optical. Wood will report directly to Stephen Rappoport, ...
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Diethart Reichardt, who ran Ocular Sciences in Europe before its...
Diethart Reichardt, who ran Ocular Sciences in Europe before its merger with CooperVision, has joined Sauflon Pharmaceuticals as director of global business development, a new position within the UK-based supplier of contact lenses and solutions. Reichardt is still based in Germany, from where he led Optical Sciences' European operations.
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Boots plc says its Boots Opticians chain recorded a sales...
Boots plc says its Boots Opticians chain recorded a sales decline of 1 percent during the fiscal 3rd quarter ended Dec. 31, but while the underlying market conditions in the UK remain difficult, the management is confident that recent structural reorganization measures and increased marketing will have a positive effect ...
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The Destiny Of Moulin's Italian Brands And Operations Will Be Sealed Soon
A court in Venice is set to rule on Feb. 9 whether Metzler International Italia should be sold or liquidated. The company, which is a subsidiary of the bankrupt Moulin Global Eyecare Group, has requested protection from its creditors, asking for a partial settlement with them of its debts, which ...
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The Business Mood Improves In Germany And In France
Spectaris, the German eyewear industry association, is projecting higher growth rates for German eyewear consumption in 2006 after a relatively good year. It expects its members to record a 6 percent increase in its turnover this year to a projected €3.46 billion level, with growth of 9 percent domestically and ...
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Essilor, which sold its former contact lens business to Ocular...
Essilor, which sold its former contact lens business to Ocular Sciences, has denied a report that it is interested in acquiring CIBA Vision. With the strong development of Novartis' pharmaceutical business, the world's second-largest contact lens company is becoming less of a core activity for the Swiss-based conglomerate, and in ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision has named Randy Dannewitz as senior director...
Carl Zeiss Vision has named Randy Dannewitz as senior director in charge of North American sales and operations, following the departure of Darrell Zoromski who is now reportedly pursuing an opportunity outside the optical industry. Dannewitz's former position as U.S. director of sales and marketing will be filled by David ...
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Jeffrey A. Cole, former chairman, chief executive and shareholder of...
Jeffrey A. Cole, former chairman, chief executive and shareholder of Cole National, has been appointed as a member of Refac's board of directors and as an initial member of its newly established executive committee. Refac, a licensing company based in New Jersey, has been working with Cole's consulting firm, Cole ...
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Charles Lee, formerly with Marine Optical and Nouveau Eyewear, gets...
Charles Lee, formerly with Marine Optical and Nouveau Eyewear, gets appointed as director of sales at The McGee Group
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Chris Hunt is stepping down as Rodenstock's managing director for...
Chris Hunt is stepping down as Rodenstock's managing director for the UK. He will continue to work as a non-executive director, at least until his replacement is named. Hunt has been running the British subsidiary of Rodenstock for 19 years, achieving major sales gains. In 1989 he founded the Rodenstock ...
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Modo USA has completed the purchase of the Modo trademark...
Modo USA has completed the purchase of the Modo trademark in Europe and Asia, allowing the company to develop its products for the global market. The company is in the process of setting up an office in Europe that will begin operating in mid-February. Sales in Asia and Europe will ...
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The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) will hold...
The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) will hold its next practical examination in Cologne next June 8-10. A multiple-choice written test will follow in St. Etienne, France on Sept. 28-30. The deadline for applications is March 10. The German opticians' association, ZVA, continues to organize the project. ...
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Strenesse has struck a global eyewear licensing deal with a...
Strenesse has struck a global eyewear licensing deal with a German company, OWP Brillen, through 2011. The German fashion brand will have a capsule collection launched at the end of February to outfit the German team competing in the Football World Cup. A broader collection of sunglasses will be offered ...
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Depending on the status of an investigation into a Korean...
Depending on the status of an investigation into a Korean subsidiary for questionable revenue reporting, Bausch & Lomb plans to release its 4th quarter and full-year results for 2005 in early March
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Seiko's frames will be distributed by Vega in Italy...
Seiko's frames will be distributed by Vega in Italy
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Rem's New Luxury Division Launches Varvatos And Herrera Lines
REM Eyewear, the U.S.-based licensee of Converse and other brands, has set a new independent fashion division, called Base Curve, which is coming to the market with two lines sunglasses and prescription frames bearing the names of two well-known fashion designers - Carolina Herrera for women's styles and John Varvatos ...
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Mondottica, which recently dropped the Jiigsaw license, is the new...
Mondottica, which recently dropped the Jiigsaw license, is the new licensee of Lulu Guinness, the British designer of fashion accessories, but the agreement will not cover the USA where Tura holds the license for the brand
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The eyewear market in the Middle East is now valued...
The eyewear market in the Middle East is now valued at more than $2 billion, according to the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), which organizes the Vision-X Dubai 2006 eyewear exhibition, formerly known as Optical Middle East. The relatively high consumption rate is due to extremely warm climatic conditions, which ...
