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Krys Group acquires second-hand eyewear e-commerce startup
KRYS GROUP, the leading optical retail player in France, is changing gears in its second-hand eyewear business with the full acquisition of Seecly, an online marketplace established in 2020 that is selling second-hand sunglasses and prescription glasses online. The service is open to both individuals and eyewear professionals and reportedly ...
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Zeiss Vision Care France appoints new general manager
Zeiss Vision Care has appointed Bertrand Dupourqué as new general manager of the group’s French subsidiary. Dupourqué joins Zeiss from CooperVision where he has served as general manager France since 2020. His previous experiences include senior management roles at Pierre Fabre Group (14 years) and L’Oréal (7 years) according to ...
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JINS opens branch in the Philippines
JINS HOLDINGS has announced the opening of a subsidiary in the Philippines. The retail group has been developing a franchise business in the country since 2018 in partnership with Suyen Corporation, building a small network of eight stores. The switch to a 100 percent-owned subsidiary, in which JINS is investing ...
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Alcon contact lens sales grow 3% in Q1 on price increases, innovation
Alcon generated contact lens sales of $688 million in the first quarter of 2025, up by 3 percent compared to the year earlier, as price increases and product innovation fuelled top line growth, more than offsetting declines in legacy products. At constant currency rates, contact lens sales were up by ...
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TOG reports 7% topline hike in Q1, plans strategy adjustments to reduce US market dependency
Thai Optical Group has reported total revenue from sales and services of 899 million thai baht for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, up by 6.6 percent year over year. The topline progression was primarily driven by a 21.6 percent sales increase to THB293 million in the Americas market and ...
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News briefsMister Spex offering eyewear subscriptions
Mister Spex has introduced the subscription service mentioned in our report on its Q1 results. Called Mister Spex Switch, the service covers prescription glasses and sunglasses and is operative in all 65 of the stores Mister Spex operates in its home country of Germany. A monthly fee starting at €9 ...
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Vuzix Q1 revenue down year by year but up from Q4 2024
Smart glass waveguides manufacturer Vuzix has reported a 21 percent year-on-year decline in quarterly revenue to $1.6 million, attributing most of the drop to reduced unit sales of its M400 smart glasses. However, the company stressed that sales improved quarter-on-quarter thanks to both new and follow-on orders. ”Vuzix is entering ...
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News briefsVSP Vision releases new ‘Oculomics’ report
VSP Vision has announced the release of “The Future of Oculomics,” its newest report exploring the connections between eye health and broader body health. While the term ”oculomics,” defining the study of the eye for biomarkers linked to systemic health issues, remains relatively unknown by eyecare providers (87 percent of ...
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Topcon Healthcare recruits former Heidelberg Engineering manager to steer its digital innovation strategy in Europe
Topcon Healthcare has appointed Krysten Williams as Head of Digital Health Solutions & Clinical Development EMEA. Practically, Williams will lead the expansion of the company’s digital innovations across Europe in support of Healthcare from the Eye, the Japanese-based group’s AI-powered online platform for the detection and management of ocular and ...
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Specsavers partners with Elton John on eyewear collection
Specsavers launched earlier this week an exclusive collection of Elton John Eyewear, in partnership with the British pop music star. The collection includes 12 optical frames and two limited-edition sunglasses inspired by Elton John songs or career moments. The frames are available at Specsavers stores and online shop in the ...
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Pro Optik has a new CEO
German retail chain Pro Optik has appointed Dietmar Mauschitz as its new CEO, replacing Micha Siebenhandel who has left the company after fiver years at its helm. Earlier in his career, Mauschitz has worked in the optical retail sector in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium, most notably at Eye ...
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Carl Zeiss Meditec appoints new CEO from within
Following the stepping down of Dr. Markus Weber, its President and CEO, and a mutual agreement “on the best of terms” to end his mandates at the end of this month, Carl Zeiss Meditec has announced that Maximilian Foerst, currently Head of ZEISS Greater China, will take over both roles. ...
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Kits Eyecare posts record revenue and adjusted margin in Q1
Kits Eyecare Q1 amounted to a record 46.6 million Canadian dollars (€29.7m), up by 34.0 percent year-on-year, the Canadian-based e-commerce company has announced. The number of two-year active customers grew by 8.7 percent versus Q1 2024 to 946,000. Price-mix effects significantly contributed to the fast topline growth as the average ...
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House of Modo appoints sales director for Europe
House of Modo, formerly MODO Group, has recruited Andrea Palermo as Sales Director Europe. A senior eyewear industry executive, Palermo joins the company from Look where he was serving as Global Sales Director. His previous experiences in the sector include sales management roles at Gigi Studios, Etnia Barcelona and Safilo. ...
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Optik Hallmann has a new managing director
Optik Hallmann, a retail chain of the Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG), has appointed Tobias Andersen as its new Managing Director. Andersen joins the company from Pawlik Consultants, a management consultancy. His prior experiences in the eyewear retail sector include management positions at Fielmann, eyes + more and Optiker Bode. Optik ...
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Topcon Healthcare acquires retinal AI imaging company
Topcon Healthcare has announced the acquisition of RetinSight, an Austrian-based company specializing in retinal AI imaging software. Topcon stressed that the move would further enhance Healthcare from the Eye, its AI-powered disease detection and management platform. Founded in 2020, RetinSight has its origin in research of the Medical University of ...
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Zyloware announces initiatives to mitigate US tariffs impact
Zyloware, an established US eyewear vendor with over 100 years of business history, has announced on its corporate blog several initiatives aimed at mitigating the impact of the US reciprocal tariffs announced by President Donald Trump last month. The company’s main measures include the diversification of its manufacturing footprint by ...
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SightGlass Vision announces new clinical research results
SightGlass Vision, a joint venture between EssilorLuxottica and CooperVision, is presenting new clinical research related to its Diffusion Optics Technology (DOT) at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) currently taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah. SightGlass Vision says that a recent study ...
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News briefsZeiss to release AI research platform
“The future of healthcare is in the data,” says Euan S. Thomson, head of the Digital Business Unit at Zeiss Medical Technology. In line with this belief, the German firm has collaborated with the pharmaceuticals multinational Boehringer Ingelheim to create the Zeiss Research Data Platform (Zeiss RDP). Source: ...
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Bausch + Lomb Q1 contact lens sales inch up 3%
Bausch + Lomb said it generated contact lens sales of $236 million in the first quarter of 2025, up by a reported three percent compared to the year earlier and five percent higher at constant currency rates, with growth led by its daily disposable silicone hydrogel and ULTRA monthly contact ...
