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Marchon Eyewear and Cutler and Gross have signed an exclusive...
Marchon Eyewear and Cutler and Gross have signed an exclusive partnership for U.S. distribution of the British-based brand's optical glasses and sunglasses. The Cutler and Gross eyewear line, previously distributed directly by the company in the U.S., will be sold at optical retailers, specialty stores and selected department stores, thereby ...
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After the appointments earlier this year of Formelli 1945 and...
After the appointments earlier this year of Formelli 1945 and William Morris as their distributors in Italian and U.K. distributors, respectively, Moleskine Eyewear has signed a new distribution deal for France with Seaport Odlm. Germany and other European countries are scheduled to start in 2019. The brand is also ...
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Edel Optics and Jérôme Boateng have renewed their license agreement...
Edel Optics and Jérôme Boateng have renewed their license agreement for a line of optical frames and sunglasses named after the famous German football player. The Austrian-based Michael Pachleitner Group remains in charge of product development and distribution to opticians in the German-speaking countries. Founded in 2009 in Hamburg, Edel ...
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Raen, a U.S. brand of eyewear, is creating a subsidiary...
Raen, a U.S. brand of eyewear, is creating a subsidiary in Germany as a platform for its expansion in Europe. It will either be called Raen Optics or Raen Europe. Christian Grund, founder of Raen's former European eyewear distributor, Eyegents, will manage the new subsidiary. He was responsible for the ...
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The Safilo Group has moved its head office and showroom...
The Safilo Group has moved its head office and showroom for the German-speaking countries to a new central location in Cologne, in a building designed by Sir Norman Foster. It covers 600 square meters on two floors. It's one of more than 20 sales offices operated by the company around ...
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Immagine 98 has appointed Ottica Dante Americas as its new...
Immagine 98 has appointed Ottica Dante Americas as its new exclusive U.S. distributor for Immagine 98's X-IDE and Rye & Lye product lines. Ottica Dante Americas will be responsible for all sales and customer support for the two collections as well as the business development activity in the U.S. Both ...
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Krys Group is partnering with Privé Revaux, a new American...
Krys Group is partnering with Privé Revaux, a new American brand of affordable eyewear, for the distribution of its optical and sunglasses collections to the opticians affiliated with its network, which comprises more than 1,000 stores in France. Founded about a year ago by David Schottenstein, a fashion entrepreneur, together ...
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Angel Eyes, the French eyewear company behind the Vinyl Factory...
Angel Eyes, the French eyewear company behind the Vinyl Factory 1964 and Freakshow brands, is expanding its footprint by opening its first foreign subsidiary in Spain. Led by Jordi Ponce, a former business unit manager of Oakley, the Iberian operation will market both brands in Spain and Portugal. Separately, the ...
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Safilo North America has appointed Stephen Wright as chief commercial...
Safilo North America has appointed Stephen Wright as chief commercial officer, replacing Henri Blomqvist who is leaving to pursue new opportunities after two years in the post. Wright has held various positions of increasing responsibility at VSP Global, including those of president of Altair Eyewear and senior vice president for ...
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Andrea Milletti has taken the place of Paola Rizzetto as...
Andrea Milletti has taken the place of Paola Rizzetto as Italian country manager for CooperVision. The manager has held senior leadership roles in food and pharmaceutical groups like Nestlé, Angelini and Arkopharma.
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The Cooper Companies have announced two major management changes. Holly...
The Cooper Companies have announced two major management changes. Holly Sheffield has been named executive vice-president and chief strategy officer, effective June 4. She will be responsible for corporate strategy, business development and global human resources, reporting directly to Cooper's president and chief executive, Albert White. Sheffield joins Cooper from ...
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Essilor France has appointed Laurent Cohu to the position of...
Essilor France has appointed Laurent Cohu to the position of sales director for lenses. The 39-year-old executive had joined the company in 2016 as key account manager, after six years at Coca-Cola and previous jobs in finance and consulting. In his new position, he takes over from Sébastien Picot who ...
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Safilo has split brand management between Vladimiro Baldin and a...
Safilo has split brand management between Vladimiro Baldin and a newly appointed chief executive, Angelo Trocchia, following the departure of Stefano Biondo. Baldin is in charge of of the group's licenses as chief licensed brands and global product officer, while Trocchia supervises Safilo's proprietary brands - on an interim basis. ...
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Jan Rosenberg has informed the supervisory board of Silhouette International...
Jan Rosenberg has informed the supervisory board of Silhouette International Schmied that he is leaving as the Austrian company's chief executive for personal reasons. As a result, Arnold Schmied is stepping out of the supervisory board to serve again as CEO of the company owned by his family, joining two ...
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Marc'ennovy, the Spanish developer of individually tailored contact lenses, is...
Marc'ennovy, the Spanish developer of individually tailored contact lenses, is beginning to do business in Australia through a dedicated ordering platform. The operation is led by Chris Harous, managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 1997, Marc'ennovy sells about one million contact lenses per year. It is reportedly expecting ...
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Maui Jim is looking for a new marketing coordinator for...
Maui Jim is looking for a new marketing coordinator for the U.K. and the Nordic countries, stationed at its office in Guildford, as the person filling the position, Alex (Andra) Grant, has decided to leave the company
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De Rigo Vision has promoted Enrico Furlan, making him creative...
De Rigo Vision has promoted Enrico Furlan, making him creative director for all the brands in its portfolio ahead of a sales meeting scheduled for the end of June in Barcelona. After working for Safilo, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana, Furlan entered De Rigo in 2016 to take care of ...
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The Marcolin Group has announced another joint venture agreement in...
The Marcolin Group has announced another joint venture agreement in an important market. The deal has been signed with Moendi, described as the largest independent eyewear distributor in Mexico, with more than 250,000 frames and sunglasses being sold annually in the country to more than 1,000 clients through a nationwide ...
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Mosaic Eyewear has become the distributor of Zen Eyewear from...
Mosaic Eyewear has become the distributor of Zen Eyewear from Barcelona in the U.S.
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Blackfin has started to be distributed in Greece
Blackfin has started to be distributed in Greece
