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General Óptica promotes new CEO from within
Juan Antonio Franzi is replacing Jordi Fontcuberta as CEO of General Óptica, the Spanish-based optical retail chain belonging to Italian eyewear maker De Rigo. Fontcuberta is retiring after 24 years at the helm of the company, which expanded from about a hundred to three hundred shops during his tenure, including ...
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ArticleDe Rigo wholesale and retail up double digits in 2023
De Rigo Group has announced solid revenue growth for both its wholesale and its retail operations in 2023, as the company’s consolidated sales reached €506 million, up by 11.8 percent year-on-year on a reported basis. This is the first time that the topline has exceeded €500 million since 2008, when ...
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Bags and accessories’ luxury sales up 15 % in 2022
Luxury good sales in the bag and accessories segment, in which eyewear is included, went up by 15.3 percent year-on-year to $3.6 billion in 2022 according to Deloitte’s annual ranking of the hundred largest luxury companies worldwide. The category, which accounts for approximately 1 percent of total luxury goods’ sales, ...
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De Rigo expands partnership with Philip Plein
De Rigo Group has announced the signature of a new license agreeement for the creation, production and global distribution of PLEIN SPORT-branded sunglasses and prescription frames, a brand of PHILIP PLEIN, the Swiss-based luxury fashion company. The Italian eyewear maker has been the licensee for PHILIP PLEIN’s main brand since ...
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ArticleDe Rigo celebrates 40 years of Police
The De Rigo group celebrated the 40th anniversary of its house-brand Police with a large-scale and festive event in Rome on Wednesday last week. Dubbed “Daring Evolution”, the anniversary party gathered more than 500 guests, including De Rigo’s subsidiaries, distributors, licensing partners and customers, coming from over 80 countries around ...
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De Rigo appoints new DACH manager
De Rigo Vision has appointed Andrea Marzaro as its new general manager for the DACH region. Marzaro is a seasoned eyewear excutive with a deep knowledge of the region. The Italian executive spent the last twenty years working for the Safilo Group, the last eight as DACH country manager.
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Change at the top of De Rigo holding
The De Rigo Group has announced that Roberto and Giorgio de Rigo have transferred their shares in De Rigo Holding, corresponding to a 50 percent stake in the company, to Ennio de Rigo, their uncle, and Emiliana De Meio who thus become the sole shareholders in both the holding company ...
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De Rigo adds new license to portfolio
The De Rigo group has announced the signature of a new license agreement for the design, production and global distribution of optical frames and sunglasses under the Twinset Milano brand. Founded in 1987, Twinset is a brand of women’s clothing active in the contemporary luxury sector, according to the announcement. ...
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ArticleDe Rigo to acquire Rodenstock eyewear division
De Rigo Vision has announced the signature of an agreement to acquire the full ownership of Rodenstock’s eyewear division, a transaction that is scheduled to be completed at the end of second quarter of 2023. The amount of the acquisition was not disclosed. The family-owned Italian group said the investment ...
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ArticleEyewear companies climb in Deloitte luxury players’ ranking
Along with Thélios and Kering Eyewear, the eyewear subsidiaries of LVMH and Kering, three Italian-based eyewear manufacturers have been listed in the 2022 edition Deloitte’s “Global Powers of Luxury Goods”, an annual report ranking the 100 largest luxury companies in the world. Companies were ranked according to their consolidated sales ...
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De Rigo signs Roberto Cavalli license
The De Rigo Group has signed a license agreement for the degisn, production and global distribution of Roberto Cavalli and Just Cavalli-branded eyewear. The sunglasses and prescription eyewear collections will be available in optical stores and in Roberto Cavalli own stores and e-commerce website from 2023. Michele Acrari, managing director ...
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ArticleTransatlantic retail alliance inks deals with Hoya and Rodenstock
KRYS GROUP, the French optical retail leader, has joined forces with Canadian-based Newlook Vision Group and General Optica, the Iberian retail subsidiary of De Rigo, to create a new purchasing alliance. Called Global Optical Alliance (GOAL), the organization has just announced the signature of partnerships with Hoya Vision Care and ...
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ArticleStrong wholesale and retail rebound for De Rigo in 2021
The De Rigo group has announced a solid rebound in both sales and profits for 2021, following a significant revenue drop and a negative net result in 2019 because of the COVID-19 impact on the business. As shown in the table below, the family-owned Italian eyewear company saw its topline ...
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Lozza is named a historic Italian brand
Lozza , the eyewear brand owned by the De Rigo Group , has been added to the special register of historic Italian brands. Founded in 1878 by Giovanni Lozza and the Frescura brothers in the Belluno eyewear district, the brand is renowned for its pioneering use of celluloid, ...
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De Rigo adds new house brand for women
De Rigo is adding a new brand to its portfolio of house brands which already includes Police , STING and Lozza , in addition to the licensed fashion brands. The new brand, Yalea , is presented as a 100 % female brand of prescription eyewear and sunglasses, designed ...
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New MD for De Rigo in France
De Rigo appointed Romain Vanini as its new managing director for France last month, replacing Franck Leclere who had been at the helm of the French subsidiary since 2008 and has left the Italian group. Since 2017, Vanini had been the sales director of Safilo France , ...
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De Rigo and FILA renew their partnership
De Rigo and Fila Luxembourg , holder of the FILA brand rights, have agreed to renew the license agreement for the design, production and distribution of FILA eyeglasses and sunglasses in EMEA, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand. The Italian eyewear maker and the sports and lifestyle brand ...
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ArticleDe Rigo enters distribution deal with DIFF Eyewear in North America
De Rigo Vision has reached a multi-year agreement under which its Los Angeles-based unit De Rigo REM will be the sole distributor of DIFF Eyewear ’s sun and optical frames in the North American optical market. DIFF Eyewear is a rapidly growing American-based fashion eyewear company ...
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News briefsMarchon obtains the Converse license
Marchon has entered an exclusive, long-term global licensing agreement with the American footwear and apparel brand Converse . The sun and optical collections designed under the new partnership will roll out globally at the beginning of January 2021. Taking cues from the brand’s footwear, most notably the Chuck ...
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De Rigo in license agreement with Tumi
Tumi , a high-end brand of travel and business accessories, has signed with De Rigo an exclusive agreement for the design, production and distribution of sunglasses and prescription frames for both men and women. The collection is set to debut at Vision Expo East , scheduled for March ...
