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Optical retailers' sales in France declined by 2.5 percent in...
Optical retailers' sales in France declined by 2.5 percent in the last quarter of 2013 as compared to the previous three months, when they had posted a 0.7 percent increase. According to the Bank of France, the negative trend of the optical sector is in contrast with the 0.6 percent ...
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Many people tend to delay their eye exam for years....
Many people tend to delay their eye exam for years. A recent survey by the Simplyhealth Advisory Research Panel (ShARP), an independent group of medical experts in the U.K., has revealed that more than half of potential patients put off their eye test for up to five years. Others admit ...
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The overall optical business rating for December 2013, measured by...
The overall optical business rating for December 2013, measured by the Optical Business Barometer (OBB) in the U.S., has risen to 3.65 from 3.58 in November 2013. The barometer rates independent eye care professionals' attitudes toward current and future optical business as sourced from Jobson Optical Research. The average of ...
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The U.K.'s Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) is inviting for...
The U.K.'s Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) is inviting for the first time companies outside the U.K. to become members of the organization. Membership had been limited until now to British firms and to the British subsidiaries of foreign companies. Members can belong to any of FMO's focus groups for ...
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The creditors of Sover, an Italian eyewear firm that recently...
The creditors of Sover, an Italian eyewear firm that recently filed for bankruptcy protection, have been summoned to appear in a court in Belluno at 9.30 am on Thursday Feb. 13, to agree to a settlement of their debts based on the proposals made by the company last Oct. 25. ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) is labelling all its freeform...
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) is labelling all its freeform lenses with a micro-engraving from this month. MPG owns two lens manufacturing firms, Schulz in Germany and Optic Technologies in Austria. As it aims to present itself as a manufacturer of both frames and lenses, the Austrian firm is launching ...
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Bode Design, a German eyewear manufacturer and licensee, has a...
Bode Design, a German eyewear manufacturer and licensee, has a new license agreement with Timezone, a German sport and streetwear label, for the international development and sales of eyewear collections under the brand name. The first collection was presented during the recent Opti show in Munich. Bode has expanded to ...
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Inspecs has a new licensing deal with Radley, a British...
Inspecs has a new licensing deal with Radley, a British brand of handcrafted leather bags and other accessories born in London in 1998. The first Radley optical collection was launched exclusively at Vision Express stores at the end of last November. It will be available to independent retails from next ...
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Very French Gangsters, a brand of children's eyewear born in...
Very French Gangsters, a brand of children's eyewear born in France a little while ago, launched two limited editions for adult men and women at Opti 2014 in Munich. The first models for women are to be delivered to opticians at the end of March for sale in connection with ...
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Spy has announced a global licensing deal with The J....
Spy has announced a global licensing deal with The J. Fin Group to develop, manufacture and sell apparel, accessories and consumer electronics under the Spy brand name. The timing and the modalities for the release of the new products in the various markets could not be learned at the time ...
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Italia Independent continues with its policy of developing and offering...
Italia Independent continues with its policy of developing and offering limited series of prescription frames and sunglasses in collaboration with well-known designers. This time, at the Opti fair in Munich, the Italian company presented two styles co-branded with Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer. One of the models combined Italian ...
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Rodenstock re-launched its Mercedes Benz eyewear collection, for which it...
Rodenstock re-launched its Mercedes Benz eyewear collection, for which it has held the worldwide license since 2009, at the Opti 2014 show in Munich. The new collection, which is completely made without screws, includes 12 prescription frames and eight sunglasses, each available in four different colors from March this year. ...
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Zeiss launched its first collection of “digital lenses” at Opti...
Zeiss launched its first collection of “digital lenses” at Opti 2014, presenting a totally new first-pair product category for the company. The target customer for this collection is aged between 30 and 45 years and is a frequent user of smartphones and tablets, experiencing near-vision discomfort for the first time. ...
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Etnia Barcelona launched the sunglass collection “Wild love in Africa,”...
Etnia Barcelona launched the sunglass collection “Wild love in Africa,” developed in collaboration with the photographer Steve McCurry, at Opti 2014. Two percent of total sales of the collections will be donated to the Africa Rising Foundation.
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Google has announced through a blog post that it is...
Google has announced through a blog post that it is testing a “smart contact lens” for diabetics to monitor their blood-sugar levels while wearing the lens. The lens prototype uses a tiny wireless chip and miniaturized glucose sensor, embedded between two layers of soft contact lens material, which can generate ...
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Johnson & Johnson came in 57th place, Novartis was ranked...
Johnson & Johnson came in 57th place, Novartis was ranked 99th and Essilor International 100th in an authoritative chart made public at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. Compiled every year by Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media and investment advisory company, the Global 100 index of the most ...
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The Hong Kong Optical Fair reports an 8 percent increase...
The Hong Kong Optical Fair reports an 8 percent increase in the number of buyers to 14,000 for its last edition of Nov. 6-8, compared with the previous one. Most of the buyers came from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, the U.S., Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Australia. The organizers noted major ...
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The forthcoming edition of Mido, running from March 1 to...
The forthcoming edition of Mido, running from March 1 to 3 in Milan, will have 121 more exhibitors than last time. While some are new to the show, others are former exhibitors who have chosen to return. The latter include Essilor, Rodenstock, Logo and Sama. The organizers of Mido have ...
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Rodenstock offered visitors at this year's Opti show in Munich...
Rodenstock offered visitors at this year's Opti show in Munich a chance to design their own pair of sunglasses. The best design concept will be integrated in the brand's next collection of sunglasses, to be launched in August 2014. The winner was awarded on the third day of the trade ...
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TD Tom Davies organized creative labs for the first time...
TD Tom Davies organized creative labs for the first time during the Opti trade show held in Munich on Jan. 10-12. In the creative labs, which will account for 50 percent of the company's trade show business in the future, opticians have the chance to work directly with Tom Davies ...
