All Distribution articles – Page 8
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Safilo is creating a joint venture in South Korea, in...
Safilo is creating a joint venture in South Korea, in which it will have a 51 percent stake, with a local company, Parma International. Safilo's existing distributor in the country, Seeone, will continue to manage the distribution of Dior and Fendi with a focus on optical shops and department stores. ...
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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.
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Nidek has set up a subsidiary in Korea. One of...
Nidek has set up a subsidiary in Korea. One of its functions will be to follow changes in regulatory issues for medical devices in order to respond quickly to them, building up a stronger foundation for the sale of its products in the market.
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Marchon Eyewear is introducing Paul Smith eyewear in the U.S....
Marchon Eyewear is introducing Paul Smith eyewear in the U.S. The British fashion designer's eyewear collection has been licensed since last December to Cutler and Gross for all the countries except Japan. A few months earlier, Marchon had become the exclusive distributor of Cutler and Gross in the U.S.
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Healy Optical Group, the Australian distributor of eyewear, has gone...
Healy Optical Group, the Australian distributor of eyewear, has gone into liquidation. On March 8, executives at the company agreed to wind up the business and approved the appointment of Michael Hogan and Brendan Copeland, of the accounting firm HoganSprowles, as liquidators. According to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...
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Fleye, the Danish eyewear manufacturer, has engaged two new sales...
Fleye, the Danish eyewear manufacturer, has engaged two new sales representatives for the German market. It now has three people selling the brand in Germany. Sales outside the company's core markets of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland represent 80 percent of total sales. Germany is the only export market where the ...
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Lanctôt, a big Canadian distributor involved in many fields, has...
Lanctôt, a big Canadian distributor involved in many fields, has formed a joint venture for the distribution of Morel's eyewear in Canada. Lanctôt, a family-owned company that started in 1953 as a distributor of sporting goods brands, has also taken on the distribution in Canada of Mondottica's Sandro line of ...
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>Classique Eyewear of San Diego, California, is to become the exclusive...
>Classique Eyewear of San Diego, California, is to become the exclusive U.S. distributor of the O'Neill and Superdry optical and sunglass collections of Inspecs USA, the American subsidiary of the U.K.-based
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Wagner + Kühner has signed new distribution agreements in Austria...
Wagner + Kühner has signed new distribution agreements in Austria and Spain. In Austria, the Aigner, S.Oliver and Head lines of eyewear, for which Wagner + Kühner has the license, will be distributed by BMM Sports, based in Linz. Wagner + Kühner's private brands as well as the Liebeskind licensed ...
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Rodenstock signed a cooperation agreement with TR Optical during the...
Rodenstock signed a cooperation agreement with TR Optical during the Opti show in Munich last month. Founded in 2011, the Chinese lens manufacturer is located in Danyang. It will distribute the complete Rodenstock lens portfolio in China, along with market-specific lens designs. It is also planned that TR Optical will ...
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Another Canadian distributor, WestGroupe, has agreed to launch the Helly...
Another Canadian distributor, WestGroupe, has agreed to launch the Helly Hansen line of eyewear in North America, starting with optical frames in March and sunwear featuring interchangeable lenses in the spring. The U.S. will come next in 2020. Helly Hansen, a sports brand based in Norway, first launched a line ...
