All Distribution articles – Page 28
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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
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William Morris London will distribute the Kenmark Group's Original Penguin...
William Morris London will distribute the Kenmark Group's Original Penguin lines of eyewear and sunwear in the U.K. and Ireland
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Menicon's German subsidiary has taken on the distribution of Solocare...
Menicon's German subsidiary has taken on the distribution of Solocare Aqua solutions in Germany and Austria
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Ogi Eyewear, a U.S. producer of frames and sun eyewear...
Ogi Eyewear, a U.S. producer of frames and sun eyewear based in Minneapolis, is now distributing its products direct on the Canadian market, rather than through Ogi Canada, the independent distributor that was selling Ogi eyewear in Canada until recently. Joe Tallier, Ogi Eyewear's vice president for global sales, is ...
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Henri Venet, 47, takes the place of 85-year-old Guy Charlot...
Henri Venet, 47, takes the place of 85-year-old Guy Charlot as executive director of Silmo. Venet has been general manager of GIFO, the French optical industry association, since 2005. Charlot remains chairman of the Silmo Association of three French eyewear guilds, which owns the French trade fair and organizes other ...
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Another experienced Italian manager has joined Alain Mikli International after...
Another experienced Italian manager has joined Alain Mikli International after the nomination of Antonio Bortuzzo as its new chief executive a few months ago. Giuseppe La Boria is now joining the group as its sales and marketing director, a newly created position where he is responsible also for the coordination ...
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Modo Eyewear has a new chief executive for North America....
Modo Eyewear has a new chief executive for North America. Pierre Fay is taking the reins, and will help expand the company in the U.S. and Canada. He was formerly the president for the global e-commerce business of Essilor, and has also held management positions at Luxottica Group. The founder ...
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Charmant began to cover the Australian market directly last November,...
Charmant began to cover the Australian market directly last November, but its former distributor in the country, Optical Products, has been named sales support agent by the Japanese group. Charmant said the new structure would allow it to provide the Australian market with advanced products and services, while facilitating its ...
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Julbo broke off with its Austrian distributor Kitz Sportive at...
Julbo broke off with its Austrian distributor Kitz Sportive at the end of last year. Starting this month, the company is managing the distribution of its products in Austria on its own. A new customer service center for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets was set up recently in the ...
