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ArticlePro Optik discusses future plans in online video
Inaugurating a new communication format with a round table talk available on Vimeo, four Pro Optik managers gave some insights on the present and future plans of the German optician group, nicknamed Pro Optik 2.0 after the changes the company went through. According to the four managers, Anja Fujan (HR), ...
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ArticleEssilorLuxottica divests shops in Italy, invests in Sweden
EssilorLuxottica and its retail subsidiary GrandVision announced on Dec. 17 that they have found an agreement for Vision Group to acquire their VistaSi chain in Italy, including the brand and 99 stores, as well as 75 GrandVision stores in the country. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ...
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ArticleZEISS reports record revenues in anniversary year
ZEISS has reported record revenues of €7,529 billion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021, with double-digit growths in all segments. The group topline grew by 19.6 percent as compared with the previous year, and by 17.1 percent versus the pre-Covid 2018/19 fiscal year. Over 90 percent of sales ...
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ArticleAfter Balmain, Akoni adds Valentino to portfolio
Valentino, the Italian fashion house, and Luxottica have announced the termination of their global eyewear licensing agreement in June 2022, after a five-year collaboration that has been described as successful by both partners. The Rome-based brand announced on the same day that it had signed a new licensing partnership with ...
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ArticleLVMH takes full control of Thélios
LVMH and Marcolin have announced in a short common statement last Friday the end of their joint venture partnership in Thélios, with the French luxury group purchasing the 49 percent share of Marcolin in the company. No financial details were disclosed. LVMH, which becomes the sole owner of Thélios, said ...
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ArticleSpektrum to diversify after new financing round
Spektrum, the Swedish-based brand of ski goggles and sunglasses, has raised 18 million Swedish crowns (€1.7m-$2.0m) from new partners in order to finance its future international development and the diversification of its product portfolio in the safety equipment sector. Spektrum was founded in 2012 by a group of skiers and ...
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ArticleUkraine eyewear retailer rolls out major growth plans
Ukraine’s eyewear retailer Optika 1st announced plans to boost its network from 168 to 500 stores in Ukraine and launch its first outlets in Europe in the next few months, taking advantage of a rather successful development scheme. Optika 1st’s managers said the company was operating a successful franchise model ...
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ArticleEMEA rebound drove CooperVision in Q4
CooperVision has reported a 12 percent year-on-year increase in Q4 revenues to $564.8 million, an 11 percent hike at constant exchange rates. As compared to 2019, sales grew by 10.8 percent. Commenting on the quarterly results, Al White, CEO of CooperCompanies, noted that the revenue growth had been driven by ...
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ArticleSynsam growth driven by subscription plans
Publishing its first quarterly results since its listing at the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange at the end of October, the Swedish-based retailer Synsam has announced significant sales increases across the board and profitability improvements. Double-digit hikes in both organic and like-for-like sales, the expansion of the group’s stores network footprint ...
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ArticleAfflelou full year sales top 2019 level by 3%
The Afflelou group has reported a double-digit year-on-year increase in network sales for its fourth quarter and for the full year, as the business rebound across all regions was further boosted by a strong development in the hearing aid segment. Both quarterly and yearly sales’ figures stood above levels reported ...
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ArticleKering Eyewear banks on blockchain for supply chain sustainability
Kering Eyewear is launching a blockchain-based sustainable initiative in order to measure the overall impact of its finished products through a collaborative platform involving the suppliers at all levels of its entire value chain. Called V.I.R.T.U.S., an acronym standing for Verified, Integrated, Reliable, Trustworthy and Secure, is being described by ...
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ArticleSunglasses and contact lenses drove Mister Spex’ growth in Q3
Mister Spex, the German-based omnichannel retailer, has reported a double-digit increase in Q3 sales as compared to the same period last year, however falling below its own growth expectations as the prescription glasses’ business, which accounts for about 80 percent of the group’s revenues, underperformed. Total quarterly revenues stood at ...
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ArticleVisottica Comotec consolidates group structure
Visottica Comotec, the Italian supplier of eyewear components, has announced that it had just completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Ookii and Matrix, two businesses in which it invested in 2017. Founded in 1994 and also located in the Belluno district, Ookii is specializing in the production of ...
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ArticleFast-growing Mykita opens first shop in South America
MYKITA, the upscale independent eyewear brand, announced last month the opening of a new store in Mexico, its first retail location in South America. The opening of the store comes about ten years after MYKITA entered the country. Moritz Krueger, founder, said that Mexico City had come to play an ...
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ArticleKits Eyecare slows down in Q3
Kits Eyecare, the Canadian-based eyewear pure online retailer that we started to follow a few months ago, announced that it has reached a record number of 640,000 two-year active customers, up 41 percent from the same number last year. However, Kit’s revenue growth came to a halt in the last ...
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ArticleWarby Parker sees Q3 sales rise 32%, but remains in the red
Warby Parker, the omnichannel U.S. retailer, booked revenues of $137.4 million in the third quarter, up by 32.0 percent on the year earlier and 45 percent higher than the same period of 2019, but its bottom line remained in the red due to charges associated with its recent public listing ...
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ArticleFielmann reports 10% sales hike in Q3
The Fielmann Group reported a 10.0 percent revenue growth in Q3 as compared to the previous year, with total consolidated sales reaching €460.8 million, also up by 15.2 percent from the same quarter in 2019. Units sold increased by 3.6 percent to 2.17 million pairs of glasses, indicating a significant ...
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ArticleSafilo up 11% in Q3 versus 2019
Announcing its Q3 and 9-month results yesterday, Safilo reported a double-digit growth in comparable sales as compared to 2019, driven as in the previous quarters by the U.S. market but this time also by a partial recovery in Europe. The combined effect of the revenue increase and the ongoing progress ...
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Articlebbase launches sustainable materials’ index
The bbase Design Group, an eyewear designer and manufacturer based in Hong Kong, has released a comparative tool measuring the sustainability performance of a number of materials used for the production of frames and lenses with the announced objective of providing the industry with a comparative analysis of existing sustainable ...
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ArticleCharmant Europe displays Japanese heritage and craft with new brand
Visitors at the recent Silmo eyewear trade fair in Paris were able to take a look for the first time at Charmant’s new house brand, Minamoto, just launched by the European subsidiary of the Japanese eyewear maker. Satoshi Otsuki, president of Charmant Europe, told us that Minamoto, which means “origin” ...
