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Safilo adds Etro license to portfolio
The Safilo Group has announced a 10-year license agreement with Etro for the design, manufacture and global distribution of Etro-branded optical frames and sunglasses. The first collections will be presented for the spring-summer 2024 season. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Milan, Italy, Etro describes itself as a lifestyle ...
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EssilorLuxottica partners with Harvard on Leonardo platform
EssilorLuxottica has announced that it would enhance Leonardo, its digital learning platform launched in 2021, with over 40 business courses from Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), a subsidiary of Harvard University. The contents supplied by HBP includes three learning courses focusing on personal carreer management, team management and business management. Additionnally, ...
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De Rigo appoints new DACH manager
De Rigo Vision has appointed Andrea Marzaro as its new general manager for the DACH region. Marzaro is a seasoned eyewear excutive with a deep knowledge of the region. The Italian executive spent the last twenty years working for the Safilo Group, the last eight as DACH country manager.
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News briefsExecutive reshuffling at B+L
Bausch + Lomb has promoted the senior vice presidents of all its business units. Luc Bonnefoy (Surgical), John Ferris (Consumer) and Yang Yang (Vision Care) are now members of the executive management team, reporting to chairman and CEO Brent Saunders. In addition, Joseph Gordon, president of Global Consumer, Surgical and ...
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News briefsWalmart ups pay and benefits for optical, pharmacy staff
Walmart is raising wages and funding certifications for thousands of its pharmacists and opticians. Some 3,700 pharmacists have seen their pay rise to “more than $140,000” per year, exclusive of bonuses and incentives. Pay raises are still to come for about 4,000 opticians, who will be earning an hourly wage ...
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Opti on tour to promote 2024 edition
The Munich-based opti trade fair has embarked on an intensive tour that will see its teams participate in person to over fifteen eyewear industry trade shows and congresses, both in Germany and internationally, to promote the 2024 edition of the show. The opti tour kicked off at the last Vision ...
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News briefsThélios updates visual identity with LVMH baseline
Thélios has unveiled its new corporate visual identity during its convention in Rome where the company presented the new Fall 2023 eyewear collections of its Dior, Fendi, Celine, Loewe, Givenchy, Stella McCartney, Kenzo and Fred brands. The main change consists of the addition of the ”LVMH Eyewear Excellence” baseline to ...
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Tooz presents smart glasses with individual vision correction at trade show
Tooz, the smart glasses unit of the Zeiss Group, will showcase its prescription smart glasses at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) USA trade show starting today and lasting until June 2 in Santa Clara, California. The complete customer experience will be presented at its booth where visitors will be able ...
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Bollé Brands sets ESG targets, aims at B.Corp certification
In the wake of the publication of its first sustainable development report, Bollé Brands has announced new Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) objectives. They include a 35 percent reduction of carbon emissions per product by 2027, thanks notably to a gradual increase of the share of “eco-friendly” products in its ...
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EssilorLuxottica expands collaboration with ESSEC through circularity MOOC
EssilorLuxottica is expanding its collaboration on circular economy with the French-based ESSEC business school. The Italo-French eyewear group is one of the three partners, along with L’Oréal and Bouygues, in a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) just launched by the school. The 4.5 hour online course, available in French ...
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New Look Vision Group launches AI sceening tool under IRIS banner
The New Look Vision Group has partnered with DIAGNOS, a Montreal-based stocklisted artificial intelligence (AI) company focusing on health care, for the development of an AI-powered tool for ocular disease screening. The Canadian-based optical retail group is launching the new tool under its IRIS banner, starting with 20 stores across ...
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Thai Optical Group up 11% in Q1
Thai Optical Group (TOG) has reported an 11 percent year-on-year increase in Q1 revenue to 722 million Baht (€19m), driven by the Americas and Europe regions that saw their sales increase by 43 percent and 29 percent respectively. This was partly offset by declining revenue in Africa and the Middle ...
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News briefsBlackfin expands Black Shelter factory tour program
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Italian eyewear brand Blackfin is expanding its Black Shelter factory tour program, which was launched last year. The company said that over 350 international opticians from key European markets will visit its sustainable and futuristic-looking facility, which also serves as its headquarters, in ...
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Change at the top of De Rigo holding
The De Rigo Group has announced that Roberto and Giorgio de Rigo have transferred their shares in De Rigo Holding, corresponding to a 50 percent stake in the company, to Ennio de Rigo, their uncle, and Emiliana De Meio who thus become the sole shareholders in both the holding company ...
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New Vision Council report looks at eye care journey trends by demographics
A new report just published by the Vision Council looks at how consumers’ eyecare journeys differ across different age groups. Among the key findings of the research, the U.S. industry association noticed that, while they have the highest rate of managed vision care coverage, Gen X consumers are the least ...
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Optic 2000 group reports stable revenue for 2022
The Optic 2000 group, one of the leading optical and hearing aids’ retail players in France, has announced that its sales reached €1.2 billion including VAT in 2022. This represents a flattish year-on-year performance against a record comparison basis in 2021. By banner, sales including VAT reached €891 million for ...
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Zeiss Consumer Markets business up 3 % in H1
The Zeiss Group has announced an 18 percent year-on-year revenue increase to €4,836 million for the first half of its fiscal year, with all business units growing. The topline increase was largely driven by the group’s semiconductor business where sales jumped by 41 percent versus H1 2021-22. Revenue from the ...
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DEG appoints new sales director for North America
The Design Eyewear Group (DEG) has appointed Jason Dopheide as its new vice president of sales at its North American subsidiary. Dopheide is an experienced eyewear executive who previously held sales manager positions in the region for Mondottica USA and Marcolin. Since 2016, he was director of sales of Morel ...
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CVI launches new lens-fitting platform for ECPs in Europe
CooperVision has announced that it has launched Visavy, its new digital fitting tool, in the Benelux and Nordic countries. The web-based fitting software is said to enhance the former platform, MyProcornea, by the introduction of new tools to assist eyecare professionnals (ECPs) in the design and selection of CVI’s scleral, ...
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Revo enters into brick-and-mortar retail
Revo has announced the opening of its first flagship store in Barcelona, Spain. The store is located in the town’s Gothic Quarter, a famous area with high traffic from international tourists. Shop visitors will be able to browse through the brand’s complete range, including the entire lens collection and most ...
