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Alain Afflelou, the French optician who still owns a large...
Alain Afflelou, the French optician who still owns a large minority stake in the optical retail network named after him, has become president of Aviron Bayonnais, one of the leading rugby teams in France, where he is the major shareholder. He is said to have invested €4 million annually into ...
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò has appointed Francesco Iovine as marketing and...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò has appointed Francesco Iovine as marketing and purchasing manager, a position that didn't previously exist in the Italian retail chain. The 40-year-old business and economics graduate previously worked in sales and purchasing for two other major Italian retail groups, Rinascente and Pam, first as category manager and ...
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Ashley McEvoy, worldwide president for Ethicon Products at Johnson &...
Ashley McEvoy, worldwide president for Ethicon Products at Johnson & Johnson, will be starting the new year with a new position. The company has just appointed her group chairman of J&J Vision Care, replacing Michael Sneed, who moves on to become vice president, global corporate affairs for Johnson & Johnson ...
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Marcolin has appointed Giovanni Zoppas as its new chief executive...
Marcolin has appointed Giovanni Zoppas as its new chief executive and general manager, effective on Feb. 1, 2012. He will replace Vito Varvaro, who has held the position on a temporary basis since the end of September after the resignation of Massimo Saracchi. Varvaro will retain his job as ...
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Marchon has appointed Tony Klijn, a Dutch executive coming from...
Marchon has appointed Tony Klijn, a Dutch executive coming from Luxottica, as managing director of Marchon Germany, responsible also for the Austrian market. The position had remained vacant for about four months following the move of Micha Siebenhandl to the U.S., where he was named vice president of global house ...
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Gilda Mehraban has been promoted to be director of brand...
Gilda Mehraban has been promoted to be director of brand management at REM Eyewear. She was previously the brand manager of Tumi and Jones New York, having joined REM just six months ago. She will oversee all the brands, which also include John Varvatos and Converse. Her background is in ...
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Hoet, an eyewear producer from Belgium, will be exhibiting at...
Hoet, an eyewear producer from Belgium, will be exhibiting at Opti in January, presenting new models from its Cabrio sunglasses collection and new accessories for optical stores, following a change in its distribution model. Hoet's business activities fall into three different categories: the Hoet collection of premium eyeglasses, which is ...
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Bob Hughes has stepped down suddenly from his position at...
Bob Hughes has stepped down suddenly from his position at the helm the country's Association of Optometrists, but according to Optician, he doesn't want to go into specifics about why. When the British magazine tracked the British industry veteran down for details, all he would say was that his reasons ...
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David Kellner has replaced Rupert Loibl as commercial director of...
David Kellner has replaced Rupert Loibl as commercial director of Rodenstock for the German market
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REM Eyewear recently signed a new distribution contract for the...
REM Eyewear recently signed a new distribution contract for the promotion of Converse eyewear products in Germany. The new partner, Freudenhaus, produces its own eyewear brands and also distributes brands such as Nine, Gorge, Gina & Lucy and La Loop accessories. Freudenhaus owns four stores in Munich, where it also ...
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Moscot has signed a deal with its Mexican distributor, Independent...
Moscot has signed a deal with its Mexican distributor, Independent Eyeware, to take its products to several countries in South America. Moscot, the New York-based eyewear retailers and supplier, is the company of The Moscot Originals, Moscot Originals Sun and Moscot Spirit collections. Through the expanded partnership, they will be ...
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Having moved to direct distribution in the U.K., the German...
Having moved to direct distribution in the U.K., the German company Heidelberg is working on building up its own team there. It has selected Kenny Boyle and Tosh Vadhia as regional business managers, handling the north and the south, respectively. Phill Ennion is the sales and technical support manager for ...
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Karavan Production has taken on the distribution in France of...
Karavan Production has taken on the distribution in France of the eyewear collection named after Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, the Spanish fashion designer licensed by Optim
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Pearle Vision, a division of Luxottica Retail in the U.S.,...
Pearle Vision, a division of Luxottica Retail in the U.S., has named Srinivas (Srini) Kumar to be its senior vice president and general manager. He is tasked with expanding Pearle Vision's franchise network, much as he did in his previous position as president and chief operating officer of Baskin-Robbins International. ...
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Jim McGrann will take over as president of VSP Vision...
Jim McGrann will take over as president of VSP Vision Care as of Jan. 1. Until now he has been the chief technology officer for VSP Global – a role he will continue – and the chief executive of Eyefinity. Before joining VSP in 2008, he was senior vice president ...
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Ogi Eyewear, founded in Minnesota in 1997, is seeking to...
Ogi Eyewear, founded in Minnesota in 1997, is seeking to expand abroad. After discreet success at home in the US and Canada, the company is now exporting 10 percent of its production of prescription sunglasses. Using titanium and acetate – often sourced from Italy – and manufactured in Japan, a ...
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Wagner + Kühner is the new exclusive sales agent for...
Wagner + Kühner is the new exclusive sales agent for Polaroid Eyewear in Germany and Austria, replacing Vistan Brillen and reporting to Polaroid Eyewear's Swiss office since last August. Founded in 1945, Wagner + Kühner represents other brands. The company has a special e-commerce platform, www.brillen-butler.de, where it sells sunglasses ...
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Kaenon is searching for new sales agents in order to...
Kaenon is searching for new sales agents in order to expand further in Europe. Last April, the company opened a European office in France, in cooperation with the company Knitoptic. The Swiss company has been the exclusive distributor of Kaenon in its domestic Swiss market for seven years. Its new ...
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Massimo Barberis, marketing manager of Essilor Italia, is now also...
Massimo Barberis, marketing manager of Essilor Italia, is now also in charge of sales as well
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Safilo has appointed Cristina Andresano to the new position of...
Safilo has appointed Cristina Andresano to the new position of worldwide head of public relations and communication. She will report to Luca Fuso, head of the group's licensed brands division. She will be based in Milan and will coordinate Safilo's 24 press offices wordwide. Andresano previously ran the public ...
