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AMA, the German buying group, has obtained a license from...
AMA, the German buying group, has obtained a license from Karl Lagerfeld, the well-known German fashion designer, for distribution in its 1,500 affiliated optical stores, starting last Jan. 1. The Karl Lagerfeld line will be added to another exclusive brand of AMA, St. Moritz. AMA has also signed a deal ...
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Allison is the new licensee for Iceberg eyewear, replacing Visibilia...
Allison is the new licensee for Iceberg eyewear, replacing Visibilia since the beginning of 2006. The 5-year renewable license between Gilmar, the brand's owner, and the Italian manufacturer, will start with the men's and women's collections to be showcased at this year's MIDO for the prescription models and at SILMO ...
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Vecellio Occhiali has struck a 5-year licensing deal for a...
Vecellio Occhiali has struck a 5-year licensing deal for a line of sun and prescription frames under the Braccialini brand name that should generate minimum sales of €5 million over the period. Braccialini is a leathergoods brand of Italy's Mariella Burani Fashion Group whose sales reached €33 million in 2005.
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Strenesse has struck a global eyewear licensing deal with a...
Strenesse has struck a global eyewear licensing deal with a German company, OWP Brillen, through 2011. The German fashion brand will have a capsule collection launched at the end of February to outfit the German team competing in the Football World Cup. A broader collection of sunglasses will be offered ...
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While opening a store in Bangkok for his fancy glasses,...
While opening a store in Bangkok for his fancy glasses, Alain Mikli has lunched a highly creative and expensive collection of men's shirts under his own name for the Fall/Winter 2006/07 season. Called ?Ma Première Chemise,? (=My First Shirt), the line features an ingenious buttoning system that allows the wearer ...
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Face à Face, the highly creative 10-year-old French eyewear company,...
Face à Face, the highly creative 10-year-old French eyewear company, has put out a line of jewelry for Valentine's Day that uses materials such as silver, PVC, leather, glass, plexiglass. The models include classy collars that can be used to hang a pair of glasses.
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Essilor, which sold its former contact lens business to Ocular...
Essilor, which sold its former contact lens business to Ocular Sciences, has denied a report that it is interested in acquiring CIBA Vision. With the strong development of Novartis' pharmaceutical business, the world's second-largest contact lens company is becoming less of a core activity for the Swiss-based conglomerate, and in ...
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For its full year ended Jan. 2, 2005, the Acuvue...
For its full year ended Jan. 2, 2005, the Acuvue contact lens division of Johnson & Johnson raised its sales by 11 percent to $1.7 billion, holding the #1 spot in the global contact lens market. The growth was driven by its core product range of spherical, specialty and cosmetic ...
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Bourgeois has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors, following...
Bourgeois has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors, following a major new drop in the French company's revenues from its remaining activities in the areas of ophthalmic lenses and frames. Trading on the company's stock has been suspended. The discontinuation of the contact lens business had already led to ...
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F. Michael Ball has been promoted as president of Allergan...
F. Michael Ball has been promoted as president of Allergan after 10 years with the company. As executive vice president and president of its pharmaceuticals division since 2003, he has been instrumental in the reorganization of global commercial operations. David E.I. Pyott remains as chairman and chief executive of the ...
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Chris Hunt is stepping down as Rodenstock's managing director for...
Chris Hunt is stepping down as Rodenstock's managing director for the UK. He will continue to work as a non-executive director, at least until his replacement is named. Hunt has been running the British subsidiary of Rodenstock for 19 years, achieving major sales gains. In 1989 he founded the Rodenstock ...
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Pamela V. Wood has been named business development manager at...
Pamela V. Wood has been named business development manager at L'Amy America. She comes from Luxottica, where she acted as a sales manager in the USA. She was previously in sales at two other companies in the country ? Rodenstock and Marine Optical. Wood will report directly to Stephen Rappoport, ...
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Diethart Reichardt, who ran Ocular Sciences in Europe before its...
Diethart Reichardt, who ran Ocular Sciences in Europe before its merger with CooperVision, has joined Sauflon Pharmaceuticals as director of global business development, a new position within the UK-based supplier of contact lenses and solutions. Reichardt is still based in Germany, from where he led Optical Sciences' European operations.
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Carl Zeiss Vision has named Randy Dannewitz as senior director...
Carl Zeiss Vision has named Randy Dannewitz as senior director in charge of North American sales and operations, following the departure of Darrell Zoromski who is now reportedly pursuing an opportunity outside the optical industry. Dannewitz's former position as U.S. director of sales and marketing will be filled by David ...
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Optixx of Switzerland says its ixxlens+ was preferred in a...
Optixx of Switzerland says its ixxlens+ was preferred in a comparison test against the best-selling progressives by 70 percent of the customers polled. Developed with MoldSolutions, the new fully aspheric lens uses free-form mold processing technology. It is available in standard C39 and in a new material, MR20, which is ...
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PPG Industries recently announced that sales of lenses made with...
PPG Industries recently announced that sales of lenses made with Trivex have reached one million pairs in Europe and that this new material now holds a 3 percent world market share. Companies that are using Trivex to manufacture ophthalmic lenses include: Augen Optics, Hoya Vision Care, Thai Optical Group, Younger ...
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Modo USA has completed the purchase of the Modo trademark...
Modo USA has completed the purchase of the Modo trademark in Europe and Asia, allowing the company to develop its products for the global market. The company is in the process of setting up an office in Europe that will begin operating in mid-February. Sales in Asia and Europe will ...
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No less than 89.8 percent of the visitors who attended...
No less than 89.8 percent of the visitors who attended last month's Opti München show in Munich said they would come back next year, when the show will be held on Jan. 26-28. The fair booked a 4 percent increase in attendance last month, with further gains from Eastern Europe. ...
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A free symposium titled ?Women Ask for Directions? will take...
A free symposium titled ?Women Ask for Directions? will take place at the Vision Expo East fair in New York in March, focusing on key issues facing women in the optical industry. It is being organized by the Vision Council of America (VCA). The dynamic U.S. association, which is trying ...
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The eyewear market in the Middle East is now valued...
The eyewear market in the Middle East is now valued at more than $2 billion, according to the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), which organizes the Vision-X Dubai 2006 eyewear exhibition, formerly known as Optical Middle East. The relatively high consumption rate is due to extremely warm climatic conditions, which ...
