Latest News Briefs – Page 210
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Gareth Evans, 45, has become the new country manager for...
Gareth Evans, 45, has become the new country manager for Maui Jim in the U.K. and Ireland, taking the place of Mark Polloway who left in April. Evans, who will also take care of Zeal Optics, worked previously for Reebok, Fila and Lacoste Footwear.
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Jay Higdon, who has worked at Kenmark Group for 21...
Jay Higdon, who has worked at Kenmark Group for 21 years, has taken full responsibility for its international sales team, handling all the accounts. He remains as director of international sales, reporting to John Justice. The latter, who has been in charge of international sales for a long time, has ...
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Daniel G. McBride has been promoted to the position of...
Daniel G. McBride has been promoted to the position of executive vice president, chief operating officer and general counsel at The Cooper Companies, parent of CooperVision. McBride acted most recently as the company's vice president, general counsel and “chief risk officer.” Since he joined Cooper in February 2005, he has ...
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Laura Angelini has been appointed president of North America for...
Laura Angelini has been appointed president of North America for Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Among other sales and marketing functions across the company's medical device and diagnostics segment, she was responsible for the introduction of 1-Day Acuvue contact lenses in the Italian market.
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Smith Optics has filled two marketing positions by hiring Aaron...
Smith Optics has filled two marketing positions by hiring Aaron Checkwood as surf promotions manager and John Hechkopf as multimedia manager. Checkwood will oversee the surf and lifestyle programs of the American eyewear brand, serving as the company's key figure for all marketing efforts related to the surf and lifestyle ...
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Novacel, the large French laboratory controlled by Essilor, will move...
Novacel, the large French laboratory controlled by Essilor, will move into Germany and Austria from January 2014. More details will be announced during the Opti 2014 trade show to be held in Munich on Jan. 10-12. Novacel recorded total sales of €80 million in 2012 and expects them to increase ...
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Ic! Berlin has taken over the distribution of its products...
Ic! Berlin has taken over the distribution of its products in some countries. While sales in Russia and the Ukraine are still carried out by a distributor, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia are now to be handled directly by sales representatives of the German company, starting in January ...
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Etnia Barcelona has expanded to Mexico, Japan and Turkey through...
Etnia Barcelona has expanded to Mexico, Japan and Turkey through distribution partnerships. The brand's new distributor in Mexico is Devlyn. Iwaki will take care of the brand's sales in Japan, while Ant Optik will cover the Turkish market. Currently, France, the U.S. and Canada are the Spanish brand's biggest export ...
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Opal plans to set up a subsidiary in China in...
Opal plans to set up a subsidiary in China in 2014. Last July, the French company established a subsidiary in Germany. The company has taken over the distribution in a few other markets: In Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany, sales agents hired by Opal will take care of sales, ...
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+++ Götti, the Swiss eyewear brand that owns the Swiss...
+++ Götti, the Swiss eyewear brand that owns the Swiss lens manufacturer Eyetech, has signed a new distribution agreement for China with Shanghai Corris +++
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Nau!, a fast-growing Italian chain of franchised stores, has just...
Nau!, a fast-growing Italian chain of franchised stores, has just launched its online shop, www.nau.it, in Italian and English, and is considering possible master franchising agreements abroad. The company currently has 28 optical outlets, mainly in northern Italy, but it plans to have 60 in place by the end of ...
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While studying a possible investment in northern Europe, Alain Affelou...
While studying a possible investment in northern Europe, Alain Affelou will shortly enter the Algerian market. Its first store in the country will be in a shopping mall near the international airport of Algiers. Algeria will be the tenth country where the franchised optical retail banner will be trading. Interestingly, ...
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Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide...
Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide by the end of this year. There are 158 of them already in the U.S., with an average space of about 200 square meters. Eyewear represents 68 percent of the product mix. The rest is clothing, footwear and accessories. Customers ...
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TD Tom Davies plans to open its first mono-brand store...
TD Tom Davies plans to open its first mono-brand store on London's Sloane Square next month, according to Optician. It will feature an eye testing room and a glazing laboratory in the basement.
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PPG Industries' Optical and Specialty Materials segment booked revenues of...
PPG Industries' Optical and Specialty Materials segment booked revenues of $313 million in the third quarter, up by 11 percent from the same period a year ago. Sales of optical products improved at a double-digit rate, aided by solid market trends and initial customer inventory stocking ahead of the introduction ...
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Allergan posted a 12.9 percent sales increase to $1,528.4 million...
Allergan posted a 12.9 percent sales increase to $1,528.4 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, driven by both its pharmaceutical and medical device businesses. On a constant currency basis, the increase in total product net sales was of 14.0 percent compared with the third quarter of 2012. Total specialty ...
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Optical retailers' sales increased by 2.4 percent in France during...
Optical retailers' sales increased by 2.4 percent in France during the three months of July, August and September, after a difficult start of the year. According to the Banque de France, 11 out of the 17 sectors that the bank has reviewed showed positive performance during that quarter, and the ...
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Anfao, the Italian optical industry association, has oprganized an intensive...
Anfao, the Italian optical industry association, has oprganized an intensive promotional program to help its members enter new and emerging markets internationally, as the sector is mostly holding up thanks to exports. In the first half of 2013, the sector's total exports grew by 5.4 percent in value compared with ...
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Optic 2000 has been voted the best retail chain among...
Optic 2000 has been voted the best retail chain among opticians in France for 2013. This result emerged from a study that Q & A Research and Consultancy has conducted for six consecutive years on more than 28,000 consumers in France. Optic 2000 beat Alain Afflelou, Atol, Générale d'Optique, Grand ...
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Eyecessorize has recently surpassed the 100,000 “likes” marks on its...
Eyecessorize has recently surpassed the 100,000 “likes” marks on its Facebook page (facebook.com/eyecessorize). Eyecessorize is The Vision Council's campaign to increase awareness of the fashion and lifestyle aspects of eyewear in the U.S. The Eyecessorize Facebook page has been growing steadily since its launch, in October 2008. During this year ...
