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Shelly Bansal's one-year term as president of the British Contact...
Shelly Bansal's one-year term as president of the British Contact Lens Association has been extended for one more year before Catherine Chisholm takes his place in May 2012
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Rob Robillard, formerly the chief executive at the beauty company...
Rob Robillard, formerly the chief executive at the beauty company Living Proof, is the new CEO at Zoom Eyeworks; Jeff Linden will continue to serve as president and chief operating officer
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Manuel Martin has been made chief financial officer of Menicon...
Manuel Martin has been made chief financial officer of Menicon Europe, after three years spent as CFO of a major Spanish real estate company
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Pierre Fay, the president for the e-commerce business at Essilor...
Pierre Fay, the president for the e-commerce business at Essilor International on a global basis, has left the company, VMail reports. He will be pursuing other interests. Fay joined the company last spring to take up the newly created position, overseeing FramesDirect and the MyOnlineOptical business of Essilor of America. ...
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Fielding Eyewear, a U.S. company specializing in camouflage eyewear for...
Fielding Eyewear, a U.S. company specializing in camouflage eyewear for shooting and other purposes that was recently acquired by Sportsquest, has picked Jim Spangler to be its new vice president for marketing and brand development. Formerly he was the president of World Axis Group, an advertising agency in the state ...
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Xavier Fontanet, chairman of Essilor International, told shareholders at the...
Xavier Fontanet, chairman of Essilor International, told shareholders at the annual meeting that the time seems to have come for the company's current chief executive, Hubert Sagnières, take over his place and become chairman and CEO. The move will be discussed at the next meetings of the board of directors ...
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Nouveau Eyewear has signed a contract with a French distributor,...
Nouveau Eyewear has signed a contract with a French distributor, Lunetterie Parisienne, for the sale in the country of the lines from its Nickelodeon collection bearing the names of three comics characters, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go! and SpongeBob SquarePants. These feature colorful prescription frames and sunglasses for children. ...
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Tura has named Debbie Forstenzer to be its new vice...
Tura has named Debbie Forstenzer to be its new vice president for product development, after two years of consulting for the company. She will be responsible for design and product development with an eye on new strategies and profitability.
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Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer and manufacturer, is launching...
Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer and manufacturer, is launching B. Robinson Optical's Betsey Johnson line of eyewear in France
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Mathias Schmidt is the new managing director of Essilor Deutschland,...
Mathias Schmidt is the new managing director of Essilor Deutschland, replacing Stefan Schicke, who has left the company after five years in the job. Schmidt, 45, acted as managing director of Hoya in Germany until 2004. Most recently, he was a top manager at Flemming Dental, a German company dealing ...
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Two executives are moving up at VSP Optics Group. Warren...
Two executives are moving up at VSP Optics Group. Warren Meyer, vice president for laboratory operations since 2009, is being promoted to senior vice president of the same division. Meyer is the founder of CustomEyes (1989) and Perfect Optics (2006), and also held a management position at Essilor Labs. He's ...
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Immagine Eyewear of Italy is expanding in Turkey and South...
Immagine Eyewear of Italy is expanding in Turkey and South Africa with new distributors for its X-ide and Rye&Lye brands. Delta Optik will handle the company's brands in Turkey, a potentially lucrative market as its economy expands. GM Optical Fashion Group is in charge of the South African market, the ...
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Mondottica Group has opened a sales subsidiary in Italy, Mondottica...
Mondottica Group has opened a sales subsidiary in Italy, Mondottica Italia srl, based near Padova. Egidio Schintu, a partner who holds a minority stake in the company, will manage the subsidiary. The Italian executive was one of the founders of Optiproject, the company that is now named Allison. The company ...
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The Walman Optical Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has signed on...
The Walman Optical Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has signed on to be part of PixelOptics' emPower lab network in the U.S. Walman, the largest independent wholesale laboratory network in the U.S., comprises Walman Optical, Soderberg Optical and Harbor Optical, and has a total of more than 40 branch offices in ...
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Jan Cory, who has spent 12 years with Luxottica in...
Jan Cory, who has spent 12 years with Luxottica in the U.S., most recently as vice president of independents and sun specialty, has been appointed by Viva International as senior vice president of domestic sales, overseeing sales forces in the U.S. and Canada
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Free Optik, an Italian buying group with over 200 member...
Free Optik, an Italian buying group with over 200 member opticians, has a new chairman. Sandro Kichelmacher, who founded the group 18 years ago, is retiring after 60 years in the optical business. On April 3, the group's annual general meeting approved the nomination of his 45-year-old son, Marco Kichelmacher.
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James Harrison, a 40-year-old manager who has worked for Asics...
James Harrison, a 40-year-old manager who has worked for Asics and Nike before, has been named brand manager at Oakley Europe for apparel, footwear and accessories. He takes the place of Urs Egli, who becomes global category manager of Oakley for technical outerwear.
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Luca Zangrandi, the key accounts manager for sport optics at...
Luca Zangrandi, the key accounts manager for sport optics at Bushnell Italia, has been promoted to country manager for Italy. The 32-year-old joined Bushnell last year.
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Seiko Optical Products of America, the U.S. division of the...
Seiko Optical Products of America, the U.S. division of the Japanese company, is the new exclusive American distributor for Minima eyewear, the French specialist in beta-titanium rimless eyewear
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Luxottica's German subsidiary has promoted Andrej Murnik to the position...
Luxottica's German subsidiary has promoted Andrej Murnik to the position of sales manager for the German market and hired Christelle Perreaux as marketing director for Germany and Austria
