Latest News Briefs – Page 208
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Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and Wild...
Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and Wild Country, has agreed to represent Julbo, the 125-year-old French brand of technical sports eyewear, on the Italian market. Major synergies are expected between Salewa and Julbo in this important market. For the past 15 years, Julbo has been distributed in ...
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Pramaor grew by 42 percent in the first nine months...
Pramaor grew by 42 percent in the first nine months of this year and aims to end the year with total sales of €3.4 million. Sales rose by 13 percent in Italy, but outside the domestic Italian market they jumped by 59 percent to represent just under 70 percent of ...
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Black & Lizars saw pretax profits fall to £465,703 (€548,663-$703,795)...
Black & Lizars saw pretax profits fall to £465,703 (€548,663-$703,795) in the year to Sept. 30, 2012, compared with £571,878 (€673,598 - $864,228) the year before. The Glasgow-based eye care specialist has attributed the decline to costs related to acquisitions and store refurbishments. Turnover declined slightly to £11.63 million (€13.69m ...
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In a “non-final office action” at the end of October...
In a “non-final office action” at the end of October in response to a request for re-examination filed by Ocuco last May 21, the U.S. Patent Office recommended that all the 20 claims in Seiko Epson's patent 6,019,470 should be cancelled unless the Japanese company comes out with convincing counter-arguments. ...
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VMail reports that Essilor has settled a suit launched last...
VMail reports that Essilor has settled a suit launched last Feb. 22 in a Texas court against Younger Optics, Indizen Optical Technologies (IOT) and VSP Optics Group, which claimed that they had been infringing on a U.S. patent 6149271, covering progressive addition lenses and processes to make them. IOT, a ...
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Pascale Rouhier will be the new secretary general of Euromcontact,...
Pascale Rouhier will be the new secretary general of Euromcontact, the European association of the leading contact lens companies, starting next Jan. 1. She will replace Anne-Marie Wolters, who is retiring. The new secretary general, who is 36 years old, has been a consultant and secretary general for various other ...
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Italy's Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), which promotes vision correction among...
Italy's Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), which promotes vision correction among the Italian people, recently performed over 600 free eye tests on the occasion of the “G! Come giocare” toy fair in Milan, held on Nov. 22-24, and the results were rather alarming. It found 26 children suffering from hyperopia, 44 ...
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A research project carried out by Allensbach in Germany shows...
A research project carried out by Allensbach in Germany shows that 90 percent of all people wearing glasses in Germany have never tried contact lenses. The Kuratorium für Gutes Sehen (KGS) in Berlin launched a new video on YouTube and on its own website, kgs-info.de, to show opticians the advantages ...
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Professor Brien Holden, the outgoing executive chair of Optometry Giving...
Professor Brien Holden, the outgoing executive chair of Optometry Giving Sight (OGS), has been presented with the organization's inaugural Humanitarian Award, in recognition of his contribution in support of global efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness and impaired vision and reduce the disability, poverty and lack of opportunity associated with vision ...
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Julbo is coming out with a very technical line of...
Julbo is coming out with a very technical line of snow helmets, called Symbios, with double ventilation and a “3D Adjustable Fit.” The helmets are relatively light and include models developed specifically for women.
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Trevi-Coliseum, an eyewear manufacturer in the Cadore district of Italy,...
Trevi-Coliseum, an eyewear manufacturer in the Cadore district of Italy, will make eyewear for Ottici Associati, an Italian buying group of retailers, to be sold under its private label, Ottica Italiana 2.0, which has been completely revamped. Ottici Associati, which federates more than 400 shops, has also another house brand ...
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C.W. Dixey & Son has released a new collection of...
C.W. Dixey & Son has released a new collection of elegantly crafted eyewear that pays homage to Sir Winston Churchill. Established in 1777, the London-based company has been the maker of spectacles to emperors, royalty, artists and political leaders and Churchill was among its loyal customers. Key design elements of ...
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Safilo has signed a five-year deal with Kate Spade for...
Safilo has signed a five-year deal with Kate Spade for the design, production and distribution of Jack Spade eyewear in North America, along with a three-year extension of the current agreement related to the license for Kate Spade New York. For both deals, the expiration date is Dec. 31, 2018. ...
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Thierry Lasry, a well-known French eyewear designer, is developing, for...
Thierry Lasry, a well-known French eyewear designer, is developing, for the first time, the spring/summer 2015 collection of sunglasses for the luxury brand Fendi, which is now licensed by Safilo. The company acquired the rights for production and worldwide distribution of the brand, previously held by Marchon, in July this ...
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Sauflon, the British contact lens manufacturer, received authorization from the...
Sauflon, the British contact lens manufacturer, received authorization from the Federal Drugs Administration in the U.S. for its new product line of daily and monthly contact lenses. The multifocal silicone hydrogel daily lens, Clarity 1day Multifocal, was presented for the first time in September 2012 in Frankfurt.
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers and futsal boots, is...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers and futsal boots, is reportedly launching its first collection of eyewear, produced by a Spanish company called Optim. The line is starting off with a series of prescription frames that are being marketed in Spain by Optica Universitaria on an exclusive basis. Munich saw ...
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The president and the secretary general of Optic 2000, Didier...
The president and the secretary general of Optic 2000, Didier Papaz and Yves Guénin, were shown on television on Dec. 7 presenting a check for €1,070,000 to AFM-Téléthon, the very active French institute for the advancement of research into the prevention and cure of neuromuscular diseases. Stores affiliated with the ...
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Optic 2000, the French cooperative of independent opticians, chose an...
Optic 2000, the French cooperative of independent opticians, chose an atypical marketing tool to promote its collection of eyewear named “Les Inimitables,” last month. On Nov. 6-9, visitors at the Quatre Temps shopping mall at La Défense, near Paris, could stand in front of a giant interactive mirror to scan ...
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Modo Eyewear has donated close to $1 million worth of...
Modo Eyewear has donated close to $1 million worth of eyewear to the SEVA Foundation, which will give it to people in need in Nepal and other countries. The donation was made possible through a program, “Buy a Frame, Give a Frame,” whereby Modo donates one frame for each frame ...
