All Distribution articles – Page 9

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    Safilo is creating a joint venture in South Korea, in...

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    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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    Healy Optical Group, the Australian distributor of eyewear, has gone...

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    Marchon Eyewear is introducing Paul Smith eyewear in the U.S....

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    Nidek has set up a subsidiary in Korea. One of...

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    Brille24 has opened a new logistics center in Leipzig from...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Brille24 has opened a new logistics center in Leipzig from which it plans to send out up to 15,000 products per day. Orders will be delivered within 24 hours to customers living in Germany and within 48 hours to customers abroad. Brille24 exhibited for the first time at the Opti trade show ...

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    Since January, 4Care has been handling distribution in Germany for...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Since January, 4Care has been handling distribution in Germany for Reebok-licensed eyewear as well as for Bolon, the medium-priced Chinese brand of optical frames and eyewear partly owned by Essilor. 4Care belongs to the U.K.-based MyOptique Group that was acquired by Essilor in 2016. For the Bolon brand, this has meant ...

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    Another Canadian distributor, WestGroupe, has agreed to launch the Helly...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    Rodenstock signed a cooperation agreement with TR Optical during the...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    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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    Wagner + Kühner has signed new distribution agreements in Austria...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    >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...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2018-11-05T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2018-11-05T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2018-11-05T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2018-11-05T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2018-11-05T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2018-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Blake Kuwahara started to sell its collections of corrective frames and sunglasses in Thailand through a local sales agent in August.