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The board of directors of Highmark has terminated Kenneth R....
The board of directors of Highmark has terminated Kenneth R. Melani as president and chief executive. He had been on administration leave since March 29 after being arrested on March 25 for defiant trespass and simple assault. Since then, J. Robert Baum has been acting as CEO in addition to ...
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Nicholas Bozikis, vice president for finance at Coastal Contacts, has...
Nicholas Bozikis, vice president for finance at Coastal Contacts, has been promoted to chief financial officer. He joined the online retailers of eyeglasses and contact lenses in 2008 as corporate controller and took his most recent position in 2010. He succeeds Gordon Howie, who is leaving the company by mutual ...
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Brulimar Optical Group, which claims to be the largest designer...
Brulimar Optical Group, which claims to be the largest designer and manufacturer of eyewear in the U.K., is branching out into Eastern Europe with a new distribution deal with Primavision. Primavision will sell three of Brulimar's top brands – Bench, Lee Cooper and Pineapple – in Poland and Ukraine.
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WestGroupe is going to be the new distributor of Spy...
WestGroupe is going to be the new distributor of Spy optical and sun products among independent eyewear stores in Canada through a new partnership. The initial launch this month included 18 optical styles and 12 sunglass styles, and four of Spy's sports styles will be included in the mix.
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Stéphane Desse, who has worked for 14 years with Essilor...
Stéphane Desse, who has worked for 14 years with Essilor and two years with Carl Zeiss Vision, is promoted to commercial director of Carl Zeiss Vision France
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Oko Eyewear Paris has reported on a distribution agreement for...
Oko Eyewear Paris has reported on a distribution agreement for France, Spain, Portugal, the Benelux countries and Canada with an Australian company, Sunshades Eyewear, for its brands Specs, Henry Holland for Le Specs, Ksubi, Karen Walker and Flint Handcrafted. A press release points out that Le Specs is a brand ...
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Alain Mikli International has appointed a new U.S. sales director,...
Alain Mikli International has appointed a new U.S. sales director, Donna Hoffman, who worked previously for Viva International, Lantis Eyewear and Marcolin
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Ulrich Koch, who has been running the Apollo-Optik chain in...
Ulrich Koch, who has been running the Apollo-Optik chain in Germany and Pearle Optik in Austria since 2006, is reportedly leaving to take over the management of Geers Akustik, another property of the Hal group based in Dortmund, Germany, as of next June. This retail chain comprises more than 600 ...
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Bud Doyle has been appointed U.S. national sales director of...
Bud Doyle has been appointed U.S. national sales director of Desert Sunglass of Scottsdale, an American importer and wholesale of unbranded sunglasses, readers, accessories and displays. Doyle has been licensing product manager for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. He subsequently served as marketing manager for the ...
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Dieter Kurz has become the new chairman of the Carl...
Dieter Kurz has become the new chairman of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, which controls Carl Zeiss and Schott. He takes the place of Theo Spettmann, who resigned as of March 15 for health reasons.
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Two Italian laboratories, D.A.I. Optical and Optilens Italia, have become...
Two Italian laboratories, D.A.I. Optical and Optilens Italia, have become partners of PPG for its new Tribrid material
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Renato Cappuccitti has been named director of sales for Costa...
Renato Cappuccitti has been named director of sales for Costa Sunglasses' RX sun lens division. He has worked most recently as director of professional and business development for For Eyes Optical, one of the major American optical retail chains. He previously held management positions at Hoya, Rodenstock and Vision Systems, ...
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Gary Lee, former managing director of Oakley UK, has the...
Gary Lee, former managing director of Oakley UK, has the distribution rights in the U.K. for Red Bull Racing Eyewear
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Steve Holden has left his position as the president of...
Steve Holden has left his position as the president of Davis Vision, an HVHC company. The company told VMail that the reasons were unknown. Davis Vision is searching nationally for a successor. Also within HVHC companies, Bob Cox has been named senior vice president for HVHC's human resources shared services. ...
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Peter Laaber is leaving Charmant to handle sales for Aoyama...
Peter Laaber is leaving Charmant to handle sales for Aoyama Optical in Germany and Austria
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Jon Jacobs has been appointed commercial director at Fabris Lane,...
Jon Jacobs has been appointed commercial director at Fabris Lane, running a team that is managing the company's high-street retail portfolio. On the other hand, Carl Branigan, a member of the company's European opticians team, has left to join Magimix. Jacobs has worked for several companies before including Marks & ...
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Live Eyewear of San Louis Obispo, California, has appointed Quint...
Live Eyewear of San Louis Obispo, California, has appointed Quint Stevens as creative director. Stevens brings more than 25 years of experience with companies such as Saatchi & Saatchi and Patagonia to Live Eyewear, which markets the OveRx and Cocoons brands.
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The board of directors of Marcolin S.p.A. has approved a...
The board of directors of Marcolin S.p.A. has approved a December agreement making Giovanni Zoppas the company's new chief executive and general manager. Zoppas, who does not own any Marcolin stock, replaced Massimo Saracchi, director, who resigned at the same meeting.
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Concept Eyewear, a Canadian distributor – not to be confused...
Concept Eyewear, a Canadian distributor – not to be confused with the Hong Kong-based Chinese company Concept Eyewear Manufacturer – will distribute and market Variation Design eyewear in Canada, but not in Quebec. This French producer exports its V. Design and V. Design Kids labels to a total of 20 ...
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John Lister has left as chief information officer of Specsavers...
John Lister has left as chief information officer of Specsavers for personal reasons
