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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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>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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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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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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The Marcolin Group has signed an agreement to be the...
The Marcolin Group has signed an agreement to be the exclusive distributor of Barton Perreira's sunglasses and optical frames in certain parts of the world, starting on Feb. 1. It will market the line to select retailers and optical stores in Southern Europe (including Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy), Eastern ...
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OptoVision, a subsidiary of the Rodenstock Group, is restructuring its...
OptoVision, a subsidiary of the Rodenstock Group, is restructuring its distribution, connecting its international sales team with the company's domestic sales team in Germany to further foster its international growth strategy. Thomas Hitz has been appointed to the recently created position of general sales director of the German lens manufacturer. Thomas ...
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The licensing agreement between Eyewear by ROI and Karen Kane...
The licensing agreement between Eyewear by ROI and Karen Kane has been extended through 2022. The agreement covers the design, manufacturing and distribution of Karen Kane Eyewear in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. Eyewear by ROI, founded in 1986, is based in Phoenix, Arizona and distributes Karen ...
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Von Arkel, the Swiss eyewear brand, has recently signed a...
Von Arkel, the Swiss eyewear brand, has recently signed a contract with the French sales agent Michael George
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The Marcolin Group opened a new office for the Asia-Pacific...
The Marcolin Group opened a new office for the Asia-Pacific region in the Harbour City shopping mall of Hong Kong last month. With double the space of its former office in the city, it hosts a larger staff and a large showroom. Marcolin already started to expand the local staff ...
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Ioves, a subcontractor based in the Italian eyewear district, has...
Ioves, a subcontractor based in the Italian eyewear district, has opened a subsidiary in New York. It will be run by Mattia Costan, the son of one of the company's two owners. Two multi-brand agents have already been hired handle both the brands managed by Ioves and the supply of ...
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Markus T, the German eyewear brand, has been represented in...
Markus T, the German eyewear brand, has been represented in Scandinavia and the Benelux by independent sales agents since Silmo 2018. Three agents are taking care of sales in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and another three agents will cover Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg as of this autumn. Markus T ...
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Blake Kuwahara started to sell its collections of corrective frames...
Blake Kuwahara started to sell its collections of corrective frames and sunglasses in Thailand through a local sales agent in August.
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Orgreen, the Danish eyewear brand, has set up new distribution...
Orgreen, the Danish eyewear brand, has set up new distribution in Canada. The brand's previous distributor in the Canadian market was the Prisme Optical Group. Orgeen's U.S. subsidiary took over its Canadian distribution directly in July 2018, using two sales representatives. Orgreen opened its U.S. subsidiary two years ago in Berkeley, ...
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Morel, the French eyewear company, opened a subsidiary in Portugal...
Morel, the French eyewear company, opened a subsidiary in Portugal in May
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Ultra Limited has a new agent for the Netherlands, Optical...
Ultra Limited has a new agent for the Netherlands, Optical Agency, and it is about to sign up with a distributor in the U.S. It already has distributors in Germany and Austria. All the glasses sold under the Italian brand, which is owned by a four-year-old company, 450Vision, are unique ...
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Rodenstock announced earlier this month during the China International Optics...
Rodenstock announced earlier this month during the China International Optics Fair that it is teaming up with TR Optical. 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 ...
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Marchon Eyewear and Cutler and Gross have signed an exclusive...
Marchon Eyewear and Cutler and Gross have signed an exclusive partnership for U.S. distribution of the British-based brand's optical glasses and sunglasses. The Cutler and Gross eyewear line, previously distributed directly by the company in the U.S., will be sold at optical retailers, specialty stores and selected department stores, thereby ...
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After the appointments earlier this year of Formelli 1945 and...
After the appointments earlier this year of Formelli 1945 and William Morris as their distributors in Italian and U.K. distributors, respectively, Moleskine Eyewear has signed a new distribution deal for France with Seaport Odlm. Germany and other European countries are scheduled to start in 2019. The brand is also ...
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Edel Optics and Jérôme Boateng have renewed their license agreement...
Edel Optics and Jérôme Boateng have renewed their license agreement for a line of optical frames and sunglasses named after the famous German football player. The Austrian-based Michael Pachleitner Group remains in charge of product development and distribution to opticians in the German-speaking countries. Founded in 2009 in Hamburg, Edel ...
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Raen, a U.S. brand of eyewear, is creating a subsidiary...
Raen, a U.S. brand of eyewear, is creating a subsidiary in Germany as a platform for its expansion in Europe. It will either be called Raen Optics or Raen Europe. Christian Grund, founder of Raen's former European eyewear distributor, Eyegents, will manage the new subsidiary. He was responsible for the ...
