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ArticleOne thing is growing faster than online fashion sales: digital CMR
The Covid-19 pandemic has truly changed the rules of the fashion retail game, accelerating some trends that were already developing and leading to completely new scenarios that are testing the strengths of even the strongest brands. Digitilization is a major force in this scenario, but it is not growing fastest ...
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Luxottica to open 250 Sunglass Huts shop-in-shops in Hudson stores
Luxottica, the Italian frame manufacturing unit of the EssilorLuxottica group, will open 250 Sunglass Hut shop-in-shops in Hudson stores and localized convenience concepts across North America. The decision comes after a successful pilot at Richmond International Airport earlier this year. Hudson plans to open nine additional shop-in-shops by August, with ...
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Michael Pachleitner Group extends distribution of Red Bul SPECT
Red Bull SPECT Eyewear, a brand of the Austrian group Michael Pachleitner Group, is expanding its sales network. From this autumn, the brand will be available in most stores of the Austrian retailer Blue Tomato as well as at the chain Intersport Austria and Switzerland.
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Bausch prepares for launch of Infuse contact lenses after U.S. clearance
Bausch + Lomb, the eyecare business of Bausch Health, is preparing to launch in the U.S. the sale of its trademark Bausch + Lomb Infuse daily disposable silicone hydrogel (SiHydaily) contact lenses in the second half of the year, after receiving clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...
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Menicon relocates distribution center in Germany
Menicon has moved its European distribution center from Rödermark to another German town, Offenbach. The relocation took place in April, as the relatively recent distribution center in Rödermark (opened in 2018) quickly became too small for the company. The new distributon center is only 25 kilometers from the old one, ...
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Kering Eyewear takes over Chloé license from Marchon
Kering Eyewear is taking over the worldwide eyewear license for the Chloé brand, which is owned by the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont, from Marchon, who has held it for the past nine years. The handover is scheduled to take effect in January 2021. Kering Eyewear is controlled by the ...
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ABB starts distributing contact lenses in Canada
ABB Optical Group, a Florida-based provider of optical products and business solutions, has started distributing contact lenses to Canadian eyecare professionals. To serve its Canadian customers, ABB has opened a distribution center in Delta, British Columbia, and will employ about 20 people, and expects to expand during the year. It ...
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Hapter may set up a direct-to-client channel in countries not covered by its network
Hapter, the high-end Italian manufacturer that retails it products at €400-500 a pair, is considering the possibility of setting up a direct-to-client sales channel in countries not covered by its network of agents and distributors.
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Eyeglass prescriptions may fall by 3 million in France this year
In a series of recent interviews by the French website Acuité, several optical retail chain managers including Jean Pierre-Champion, general manager of Krys Group, Yves Guénin, general secretary of Optic 2000 and Gad Dhéry, CEO of Optic Duroc, have expressed concerns about a significant decline in eyeglass prescriptions in France, ...
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ArticleWGSN sees three major consumer groups emerging from the crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated societal changes and is forcing industries worldwide to adapt to the resulting changes in consumption, and WGSN has set out to predict what consumers will be looking for in the next couple of years.
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Prada sales rise over 10% in China in May
Prada’s sales in China rose “significantly” more than 10 percent in May compared with April, the company’s chief executive officer Patrizio Bertelli told Bloomberg TV. But, the rise is still far from sufficient to compensate for the decline in sales in the country following the lockdowns introduced to block the ...
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Safilo obtains Ports license for Mainland China
Safilo has signed with Ports Asia Holding a 10-year license agreement for the design, manufacture and distribution of Ports branded sunglasses and optical frames for Mainland China. The deal gives Safilo the option to expand distribution to other markets. The first Ports collection will be launched in January 2021 and ...
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ArticleItalian eyewear industry reopens amid hopes that demand will pick up
Despite having had the right to operate stores during the industry lockdown that is now being lifted in Italy, as eyeglasses were considered an essential medical device, the Italian eyewear industry has remained largely closed for lack of demand.
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ArticleEssilorLuxottica’s Q1 sales drop by 10%
EssilorLuxottica’s first-quarter revenues were down by 10.1 percent from the year-ago quarter to €3,784 million, or by 10.9 percent in constant currencies, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But, the company is confident that pent-up demand will underpin sales when the crisis is over. Thanks to its financial ...
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Bollé Brands hires digital director
Bollé Brands continues to boost its management. The holding company for Bollé, Bollé Safety, Serengeti, Cébé, H2Optix and Spy Optics eyewear has appointed Damien Hars as digital director, responsible for the development of their B2B and B2C online sales platforms worldwide. Hars previously worked for the Rossignol Group, responsible for ...
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Menicon gets new distributor for Italy
Menicon, the Japanese producer of contact lenses, has changed distributors in Italy. On Jan. 31, Menicon dropped Occhio per Occhio for Soleko, an Italian producer and distributor of contact lenses, which it bought in October 2019. When it took over Soleko – through the acquisition of its parent company, Fineko ...
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Doubleice chooses distributor for Italy
Doubleice, an Italian brand of eyewear founded in 2005, has chosen Formelli 1945 as its distributor of prescription frames and sunglasses to Italian opticians. So far, Doubleice has been sold in concept and department stores. Formelli 1945 already distributes the brands Moleskine, Vinyl Factory and Flair.
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International interest in Novacel's Leica Eycare is said to be...
International interest in Novacel's Leica Eycare is said to be high, especially after its recent launch of its new Variovid Volterra progressive lens, which won a Silmo d'Or award in September (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 20 N° 13+14 of Nov. 4). Leica Eyecare has already found distributors in Hungary, the Baltics, ...
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Thélios has established a U.S. subsidiary, Thélios USA, opening a...
Thélios has established a U.S. subsidiary, Thélios USA, opening a new office in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In an interview with Vision Monday, Thélios' chief executive, Giovanni Zoppas, said that the unit will be separate from Marcolin USA, which supported the launch of the company in North America. Marcolin has ...
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Libuda Optic World took over the distribution in Germany of...
Libuda Optic World took over the distribution in Germany of KLiiK Denmark from Eydentity on Dec. 1. KLiiK Denmark is one of the brands of Canada's Westgroupe. Libuda, which has been in the eyewear industry for 30 years, is already the German distributor of three other Westgroupe brands: Fysh, Evatik ...
