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Electric California has signed a master franchising deal for Europe,...
Electric California has signed a master franchising deal for Europe, the Middle East and Africa with Pilot Fish, a company in the French city of Biarritz that specializes in the distribution of emerging brands in the action sports sector. The brand of sunglasses was previously distributed in Europe by Volcom, ...
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Safilens has a new distributor in Belgium, LensGroup BVBA...
Safilens has a new distributor in Belgium, LensGroup BVBA
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Galileo Italia, an Italian lens manufacturer that has been part...
Galileo Italia, an Italian lens manufacturer that has been part of the Essilor group since 2008, has set up a new department for the sale of optical instruments, thus providing a major support for a stronger presence on the Italian market of a strategic sector for Essilor's business. The French ...
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Etnia Barcelona, the Spanish brand of colorful glasses that just...
Etnia Barcelona, the Spanish brand of colorful glasses that just inaugurated a seven-floor flagship store in its hometown (see our last issue), recently opened a showroom in Miami through its American subsidiary. Located in the Little Haiti area of the city and designed by KoDA Miami architecture studio and Daniel ...
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Nadine Roth is taking charge of international distribution for Budri...
Nadine Roth is taking charge of international distribution for Budri Eyewear, the innovative Italian line of marble spectacles that we have already reported about (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 17 N°16+17). Last year she left Architectures, the French company that she had founded with Pascal Jaulent in 1995 to market the Face ...
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To build up its business in South America, Lensware International,...
To build up its business in South America, Lensware International, a provider of lab management systems, opened a new subsidiary in Brazil earlier this month. Lensware Brasil Limitada is located in the district of Libertade, in São Paulo. Since 2015, the company has been distributed in Brazil by Grupo Acert. ...
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De Rigo is focusing on reorganizing the distribution of all...
De Rigo is focusing on reorganizing the distribution of all its products in the U.S. through a new De Rigo Rem subsidiary at the Sun Valley, California head office of Rem Eyewear, the U.S. company that it acquired last June (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 17 N° 9). The Italian company closed ...
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Komono, the fast-growing Antwerp-based eyewear and watches company, has signed...
Komono, the fast-growing Antwerp-based eyewear and watches company, has signed an exclusive sales agency with Baumvision to sell and distribute its sunglasses and its new optical collections in the U.S.. Komono s sunglasses were previously sold directly to retailers by Komono Inc., the company's U.S. subsidiary, which will remain in ...
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Mad Vision has announced a new agreement to distribute the...
Mad Vision has announced a new agreement to distribute the Aston Martin eyewear line developed by Marma London in the U.S.. Mad Vision had already announced a few weeks ago a deal to distribute Vinyl Factory in the U.S..
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Olivier Cantet, a former top executive of Lafuma, Rip Curl...
Olivier Cantet , a former top executive of Lafuma , Rip Curl and Oakley , is going to be the new managing director of Jules , a French chain of about 400 apparel stores owned by the Mulliez family
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The German Marc Cain line of eyewear will be distributed...
The German Marc Cain line of eyewear will be distributed in Canada by Mood Eyewear
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Vinyl Factory, the French brand of music-inspired eyewear has signed...
Vinyl Factory, the French brand of music-inspired eyewear has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the U.S. market with Mad Vision, the Florida-based distributor whose portfolio also includes Red Bull Racing Eyewear, iHuman, Von Arkel and The Little Prince. Vinyl Factory recently signed distribution agreements in Sweden, Italy and Greece ...
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Associated Optical has announced that it has been appointed as...
Associated Optical has announced that it has been appointed as the new exclusive distributors in the U.K. of eSight Eyewear, described as the only patented eyewear solution that enables the legally blind to see. The U.K. launch will take place on Feb. 4, at the 100% Optical optical trade show ...
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Kirk & Kirk is launching Kirk & Kirk Distribution, a...
Kirk Kirk is launching Kirk Kirk Distribution, a new arm of the British company that is said to be designed to support independent opticians in the U.K. in the discovery of new eyewear brands. Kirk Kirk was founded by Jason and Karen Kirk more ...
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Mercedes-Benz has signed a global licensing agreement with PDM Germany,...
Mercedes-Benz has signed a global licensing agreement with PDM Germany, a partner company of the Fink Group, for the production, marketing and distribution of sunglasses and corrective frames under the Mercedes-Benz Style brand. PDM Germany will also assume the distribution of the Mercedes-Benz Style collection previously developed under license by ...
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Safilo has announced an exclusive distribution agreement for the South...
Safilo has announced an exclusive distribution agreement for the South Korean independent optical market with Seeone, an eyewear specialist. The agreement will take effect on Feb. 1. Safilo had announced in December that it was seeking to change its local affiliate business model in the Asian country to further develop ...
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Starting on Feb. 1, Novacel, a French laboratory controlled by...
Starting on Feb. 1, Novacel , a French laboratory controlled by Essilor , will distribute Univet safety eyewear in France
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Komono, the Belgian brand of sunglasses and watches, opened a...
Komono, the Belgian brand of sunglasses and watches, opened a new franchised mono-brand store with its Greece distributor in Athens in July. In 2017, the company plans to open two additional units - a franchised store in Tokyo and a company-owned store in Los Angeles, where the company is distributing ...
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Toms Shoes is the American brand that is famous for...
Toms Shoes is the American brand that is famous for its policy of giving away a free pair of shoes or to help someone in need of a prescription for his eyesight for each pair of shoes or glasses sold. The brand plans to separate the distribution for its eyewear ...
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Andy Wolf, the highly creative Austrian manufacturer of acetate frames...
Andy Wolf, the highly creative Austrian manufacturer of acetate frames that recently acquired a factory in the Jura region of France specializing in the production of hand-made metal eyeglasses, created a subsidiary for the U.S. market in September, in New York City. A logistics and distribution partner previously sold the ...
