Latest News Briefs – Page 2
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New head of EMEA & India at Satisloh
Optical equipment maker Satisloh has announced the appointment of Xavier Maillard as new head of EMEA & India in replacement of Pascal Elsener who has stepped down to “explore new horizons” after ten years at the company, including the last seven in this position. Satisloh said it saw Elsener leave ...
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News briefsCarl Zeiss Meditec acquires DORC
Regulators having cleared the way, Carl Zeiss Meditec has finished acquiring the Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (DORC). Negotiations began in December of last year. The seller is Eurazeo, an investment firm headquartered in Paris. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed, but Eurazeo reports the following: “The transaction has generated ...
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Optiswiss appoints new manager to grow internationally
Optiswiss has announced the appointment of Frederik Zimmermann as head of global expansion for the company. Zimmermann has been working in the eyewear industry since 2009. After a couple of years at Mykita, he joined the Rodenstock group in 2011 where he held several management positions until last March. In ...
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ECOO joins European AI project on macular degeneration
The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) is one of the twelve European partnering institutions involved in I-SCREEN, an AI-powered project aimed at identifying and monitoring age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at its early stages. Backed by the European Innovation Council’s Pathfinder program, which will invest €4.7 million in the ...
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News briefsWCO dispatching myopia ambassadors
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) has appointed four ambassadors to spread the gospel of its myopia-management standard of care resolution. Developed with CooperVision and introduced in April 2021, the resolution prescribes mitigation, measurement and management. The four ambassadors are: Nicola Logan, Jagrut Lallu, Síofra Harrington and Ashley Wallace Tucker. ...
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Lenskart starts rolling out Le Petit Lunetier in India
Following its $4 million investment in Le Petit Lunetier last year, Lenskart has launched the French eyewear brand in 50 of its 1,500+ stores across India. A selection of Le Petit Lunetier models are being present with a shop-in-shop style concept including separate visual merchandising for the brand. Peyush Bansai, ...
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New director for Lissac
Lissac, the premium retail chain of the Optic 2000 group, has announced the appointment of Anne-Charlotte Guillaud as its new director. A trained optician, Guillaud boasts 18 years of experience in the French optical retail market with previous experiences at Atol and Optic 2000. She joined Lissac in 2019 and ...
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Cecop promotes chief of operations from within
Spanish-based buying group Cecop promoted David Silva Carvalho to the position of director of operations at the sart of this year, we just learned. Carvalho joined the company in 2016 as country manager for Portugal, acting in parallel as the group’s financing manager from 2019. In 2022, he was appointed ...
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A third of US workers experience daily screen fatique, survey finds
American workers experience eye strain after just 27 minutes in virtual meetings, according to a survey by VSP Vision and OnePoll of 2,000 employed Americans. Of the 71 percent of survey participants attending virtual meetings, a significant number said that they have experienced some form of eye strain, such as ...
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News briefsNexeye launches in-store “Show Don’t Tell” app
Dutch-based retail group Nexeye and tech company Ditar have developped Show Don’t Tell, an app to help the employees and customers of optical stores select frames and lenses by providing a preview of all possible options on the screen of a tablet. The app is being progressively rolled out at ...
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Movitra appoints international sales director
Italian high-end eyewear brand Movitra has announced the appointment of Andrea D’Arrigo as its global sales director as the company expects to grow globally thanks to the Italian manager’s expertise in the US and European markets. D’Arrigo has been working in both regions since 2008 through 1 Alternativa, his own ...
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News briefsMarcolin preliminary annual results show slight revenue hike, margin improvements
Marcolin revenue inched up by 2.0 percent year-on-year to €558 million in 2023, the group announced in a preliminary communication ahead of its shareholder meeting at the end of next week. Based on previously released figures for the first nine months of the year, we understand that sales in Q4 ...
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French Optique Lafayette plans to triple retail footprint by 2028
Optique Lafayette, a French optical retail chain with 48 stores at the end of 2023, has announced plans to open 20 new locations this year and grow its network to a total of 150 shops in the next five years. The company is also introducing a teleophthalmology service at its ...
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French association releases new poll results on kids eye health
AsnaV, whose acronym stands for “association for eyesight improvement” in French, and research company OpinionWay have published the results on an opinion poll focusing on the eye health of children under 12 years old in France. Based on online questionnaires filled by 1,302 people including 473 parents, the survey showed ...
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WCO launches global framework for optometry competencies, partners with Essiluxottica on presbyopia
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) is introducing its Competency Framework for Optometry, a new resource aimed at harmonizing the optometry profession and enhancing optometrics education globally. Aligned on the World Health Organization Eye Care Competency Framework (ECCF), the framework outlines the competencies expected from optometry graduates in five different ...
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CECOP expands German footprint
CECOP, the Spanish-based buying group, is expanding its presence in Germany with the acquisition of Macoma, a German buying group boasting over 200 members and headquartered in Bavaria. It is the third acquisition of a German buying group by CECOP in recent years following investments in Optic Society (2022) and ...
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News briefsMeta, U.S.Vision using Zenni’s IT platform
Zenni Optical has struck deals with Meta, U.S.Vision and PPG to provide “eye care solutions” through its B2B platform, Zenni Business. Zenni has in fact been working with Meta since early 2023, supplying prescription lens inserts for the Meta Quest 3 headset. U.S.Vision is using the platform for e-commerce, so ...
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News briefsRay-Ban partners with Lenny Kravitz for Reverse
EssilorLuxottica is partnering with Lenny Kravitz for a capsule collection of sunglasses under the Ray-Ban Reverse brand name. Launched last year by the Italo-French group, Reverse sunglasses have an inverted look, substituting a convex lens shape for the standard concave design. Frames in the capsule collection developed for the rock ...
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Vision Expo East bids farewell to NY ahead of Florida move
Vision Expo East organizers, RX and The Vision Council, have expressed both their satisfaction about the 2024 edition of the show and their anticipation at the move of the event to Orlando, Florida, next year. “We could not be happier to close our final show in New York City on ...
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News briefsMarcolin inaugurates NY showroon
Marcolin officially opened its new showroom in New York on March 14. Located in Manhattan, the showroom was desiged by Milan-based design studio Navone Associati and includes offices and a large space presenting Marcolin’s collections. As was the case when the company opened its showroom in Paris in November 2023, ...
