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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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In January 2020, Wagner + Kühner will initiate a new...
In January 2020, Wagner + Kühner will initiate a new sales concept, called “Sehlounge,” to bring German opticians together under a common banner. The cooperation will begin with 65 opticians that own and manage a total of 77 stores in Germany. Wagner + Kühner has 600 partnering opticians in Germany ...
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Wöhlk, the German contact lens company formerly owned by Bausch...
Wöhlk, the German contact lens company formerly owned by Bausch & Lomb, is replacing Bach Optic as the distributor of UltraVision contact lenses in Germany
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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 ...
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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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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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Menicon, through its wholly-owned subsidiary NKL Contactlenzen, and Visioneering Technologies...
Menicon, through its wholly-owned subsidiary NKL Contactlenzen, and Visioneering Technologies have announced a sales and distribution agreement for Europe. Visioneering, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a medical-device company and the producer of NaturalVue Multifocal 1 Day contact lenses (NaturalVue MF). Under the terms of the new agreement, Visioneering will supply ...
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Baumvision, an eyewear design, manufacturing and distribution firm in Costa...
Baumvision, an eyewear design, manufacturing and distribution firm in Costa Mesa, California, has become the exclusive distributor in North America for Haffmans & Neumeister, the German eyewear brand that made its debut at Vision Expo West in Las Vegas on Sept. 19-21. Haffmans & Neumeister is the third luxury brand ...
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Messy Weekend, a Danish sunglass firm, is continuing its international...
Messy Weekend, a Danish sunglass firm, is continuing its international expansion by entering the Colombian market through a collaboration with a local apparel and footwear group, Brahma. With this partnership, Messy Weekend's sunglasses will be sold online in the country through Brahma's website and will be available in the stores ...
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Spektra has obtained the exclusive rights to distribute the Treboss...
Spektra has obtained the exclusive rights to distribute the Treboss collection in Greece from FM Optics of Israel. Founded in 2014, Spektra has a network of agents covering the whole of Greece as well as the Greek part of Cyprus. FM Optics will show its Treboss collection at Silmo Paris ...
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Alain Afflelou is now selling branded sunglasses through its e-commerce...
Alain Afflelou is now selling branded sunglasses through its e-commerce website, afflelou.com. The site receives some 200,000 visits per month. In early July, to steer those potential customers toward its brick-and-mortar stores, the French optical brand took 312 pairs of sunglasses from 11 top brands – plus items from Alain ...
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Optiswiss, the Swiss-based independent lens laboratory, reports that it has...
Optiswiss, the Swiss-based independent lens laboratory, reports that it has recently signed a four-year contract with Santéclair, the French insurance group with 55 affiliated insurance companies. In addition to Optiswiss, Santéclair has signed contracts with Essilor, Zeiss and Nikon. In the French health insurance system, lens manufacturers compete to become suppliers ...
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HKT Products will distribute the Red Bull SPECT line of...
HKT Products will distribute the Red Bull SPECT line of eyewear in the U.K. The line of sport-specific sunglasses and goggles is licensed by the Austrian-based Michael Pach Leitner Group. HKT also distributes Ninjaz sports gloves, special bike components and other products.
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MSK, a French company that already distributes the Matsuda and...
MSK, a French company that already distributes the Matsuda and Marni eyewear collections in its country, has agreed to become the French distributor of Kirk & Kirk, the original line created by Jason Kirk. The British designer was previously selling it directly to French retailers.
