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Shopko Optical has appointed Russ Steinhorst as chief executive officer,...
Shopko Optical has appointed Russ Steinhorst as chief executive officer, replacing Jim Eisen, who held the position in an interim capacity after a bankruptcy court approved the $8.5 million takeover of the American optical retail chain by an investment firm, Monarch Alternative Capital, in May. The company will be opening ...
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Lissac, the high-end retail banner belonging to the French Optic...
Lissac, the high-end retail banner belonging to the French Optic 2000 group, has appointed Jean-Luc Favene as its new general manager
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Hoya has expanded the executive board of its German subsidiary,...
Hoya has expanded the executive board of its German subsidiary, appointing Oliver Fischbach and Mirijam Rösch as general managers for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Fischbach has been chief executive of Hoya Lens Germany since 2009 as well as vice president of the Hoya Vision Care subsidiaries in Western Europe, responsible ...
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Alcon has appointed Carla Mack as global head of professional...
Alcon has appointed Carla Mack as global head of professional affairs for its global vision care franchise. Reporting to Andy Pawson, the franchise's president and general manager, Mack will be coordinating strategy and initiatives in partnership with regional professional leaders and teams. She was previously head of professional strategy and ...
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Modo has announced the appointment of Rebecca Giefer as chief...
Modo has announced the appointment of Rebecca Giefer as chief executive of Modo Americas, effective Sept. 1. Giefer has worked at Modo since 2004, when she was hired as a customer service representative. In 2014, she was named chief operating officer. She is also a current board member of The ...
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Visall, a German manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, has appointed Carsten...
Visall, a German manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, has appointed Carsten Mertens to the new position of sales manager. He will be responsible for strategic planning, international clients and the management of the field service team. Mertens has worked in the ophthalmic optics industry for the past 28 years. For the ...
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Centrale des Opticiens (CDO) has appointed Nelly Barbeau as its...
Centrale des Opticiens (CDO) has appointed Nelly Barbeau as its new managing director. She takes over the role from Fabrice Masson. Barbeau has more than 25 years of experience in retail, where she has held functions in purchasing, sales and marketing. The French network of independent opticians has also announced ...
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Neurolens has hired Pierre Bertrand as its new chief marketing...
Neurolens has hired Pierre Bertrand as its new chief marketing officer. Before joining Neurolens, he served as president of vision associates for Essilor, where he supervised more than 200 retail locations across the U.S. Bertrand has more than 20 years of marketing and retail experience. During his eight-year tenure at ...
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The Carl Zeiss group has selected its new president and...
The Carl Zeiss group has selected its new president and chief executive from within the group. On April 1, 2020, Karl Lamprecht will assume the two titles, succeeding in both cases Michael Kaschke, who has served for one decade and sat on the executive board for two. Kaschke will not ...
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Afflelou has made Anna Bordes chief executive of Optical Discount...
Afflelou has made Anna Bordes chief executive of Optical Discount in replacement of Olivier de Mendez. She will be tasked with reinforcing the low-cost French chain's territorial presence and spurring its digital development. Prior to joining Optical Discount, Bordes was a manager at Amazon Retail. She also worked for four ...
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Enot Amsterdam, a Dutch lens manufacturer, has appointed Michael Keip...
Enot Amsterdam, a Dutch lens manufacturer, has appointed Michael Keip to the position of managing director. He succeeds his father, Lorens Keip, and is the family's fourth generation to join Enot's management. He began working for the company in 2012, after graduating from the Hult Business School. For its 100th ...
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Julbo has appointed Stefano Finazzi as its new country manager...
Julbo has appointed Stefano Finazzi as its new country manager for Italy, where the French company took over the distribution in April. He worked previously for an Italian importer of sports products, Socrep. He then took care of the Italian market for two of Oberalp's brands, Dynafit and Pomoca, before ...
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VSP has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Wendy Hauteman,...
VSP has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Wendy Hauteman, to succeed Mark Ginsberg, who has become VSP's “chief giving officer”
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Viu has recently appointed Mario Muttenthaler to the new position of...
Viu has recently appointed Mario Muttenthaler to the new position of chief marketing officer. The fast-growing Swiss retail chain is expanding its management team and aims to shift the focus to its international expansion and brand development. Muttenthaler joined Viu in mid-May. He was previously managing director at Swear, a sneaker ...
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Hartje has taken over the distribution of Bollé cycling eyewear...
Hartje has taken over the distribution of Bollé cycling eyewear in Germany and Austria
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Under a previously agreed plan, Giovanni Zoppas will concentrate on...
Under a previously agreed plan, Giovanni Zoppas will concentrate on his role as chief executive and general manager of Thélios, the joint venture officially created between the Marcolin Group and LVMH in April 2018, in which the French luxury group has a 51 percent stake. Zoppas, who had been running ...
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Alcon appointed Timothy C. Stonesifer as its new senior vice...
Alcon appointed Timothy C. Stonesifer as its new senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective on April 9. Stonesifer succeeds David Murray, who decided to remain with Novartis and return to Europe. At their annual general meeting, the shareholders of Novartis approved the separation of the Alcon eye care ...
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GrandVision has appointed Jorge Gervasi as managing director of For...
GrandVision has appointed Jorge Gervasi as managing director of For Eyes, the company's U.S. business unit. Gervasi has held senior level positions at GrandVision for several years, including overseeing GrandVision's MasVision business in Spain for many years, then moving to Mexico in 2012, to become MasVision Mexico's managing director. In ...
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Taking a position previously occupied by Joel Sandoz, Mark Phares...
Taking a position previously occupied by Joel Sandoz, Mark Phares has gone back to Smith Optics to serve as its new vice president of global sales. He had already spent 17 years with the U.S.-based Safilo subsidiary in various sales and management roles before leaving for OluKai, where he oversaw ...
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Julbo is searching for a new marketing director after the...
Julbo is searching for a new marketing director after the departure of Benjamin Thaller, who held that role for the past 12 years
