Latest News Briefs – Page 213
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According to a new report from Jobson Optical Research, two...
According to a new report from Jobson Optical Research, two thirds of U.S. consumers, 66 percent, purchase eyeglasses at the same location or from a retailer where they first had their eyes examined. Seven out of 10 consumers, 72 percent, said they selected their eyeglasses in less than an hour. ...
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Cirillo Marcolin, who was re-elected president of the Italian eyewear...
Cirillo Marcolin, who was re-elected president of the Italian eyewear industry association (Anfao) and Mido in July, has finished his mandate of president of Fiamp, an Italian industry federation that group's Anfao and other associations dealing with shoes, handbags, jewelry, furs and other personal fashion accessories. Astrid Galimberti, managing director ...
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A bill proposed by the European Union on using a...
A bill proposed by the European Union on using a ‘made in' label on products is worrying the German optical industry association, Spectaris. It would require the place of the main manufacture rather than where the article was designed or finished to be given. The law would be a bureaucratic ...
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The German opticians' association, ZVA, has reported that the biggest...
The German opticians' association, ZVA, has reported that the biggest German marketing group for ophthalmic optics, MDA, filed a petition of bankruptcy at the end of August. At the same time, another German cooperative of independent opticians with a common online shop, Brillebitte, decided to shut down its business by ...
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France is not the only country where opticians are said...
France is not the only country where opticians are said to be making windfall profits. ZVA, the German optical retailers' federation, has criticized a highly publicized article in a leading German magazine, Der Stern, which suggests that some opticians are overcharging their customers. It alleges that they generate gross margins ...
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Ocuco has filed a new request with the U.S. Patent...
Ocuco has filed a new request with the U.S. Patent Office in relation to technological claims for the development of back-surface free-form progressive lenses. The company had already asked to review a patent by Seiko Epson. This time it is questioning the patent numbered 6,078,713 obtained by Carl Zeiss Vision ...
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Paget has signed an agreement to be the first licensee...
Paget has signed an agreement to be the first licensee for Viktor & Rolf eyewear. A collection of 25 styles will be launched in Europe next summer. Based in the Jura region of France, Paget is already the licensee for Georges Rech and Inès de la Fressange.
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Sportmax, the luxury Italian clothing brand, will launch its first-ever...
Sportmax, the luxury Italian clothing brand, will launch its first-ever eyewear collection together with a London-based eyewear brand, Cutler and Gross, for spring/summer 2014. Sportmax is part of the Max Mara group, one of the major fashion houses in the world. The first Sportmax collection appeared in 1969. Cutler and ...
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Vunetic, a new type of front-connection magnetic eyewear, will make...
Vunetic, a new type of front-connection magnetic eyewear, will make its world debut at the Silmo 2013 trade show in Paris. Designed in the U.S. by Ron Lando, Vunetic is described as a patented luxury product, completely manufactured in Italy from fine frame materials and the highest standards in quality ...
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Rodenstock had a positive reaction to its roadshow, called ‘System...
Rodenstock had a positive reaction to its roadshow, called ‘System of a Better Vision,' which toured around 20 German cities from June 3 to 11 and attracted 2,000 visitors, interested in the company's latest product news. The show toured in a two-story mobile house, the so-called ‘House of a Better Vision,' ...
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Ashley Arnold, a female ultra-runner who came first in the...
Ashley Arnold, a female ultra-runner who came first in the Leadville 100-mile race in August, has joined Julbo's team of sponsored athletes. She has been an associate editor of Trail Runner magazine in Colorado.
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Starting tomorrow, the Silmo show near Paris' Charles de Gaulle...
Starting tomorrow, the Silmo show near Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport will welcome visitors to new spaces designed to provide more information about exhibiting brands and the style trends. A “Fashion Style” area in Hall 6 will show the combination of clothing with eyewear on a podium through about 100 ...
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The online ticket sale for Opti 2014, to be held next...
The online ticket sale for Opti 2014, to be held next Jan. 10-12 in Munich, has just started. Visitors can check on the English website opti.de/en for additional information about the fair and how to get there. Tickets are €7 cheaper online than at the show. Lufthansa is offering discounts of up ...
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As every year, Spectaris, the German optical industry association, is...
As every year, Spectaris, the German optical industry association, is organizing its Trend Forum in Berlin. This year's Trend Forum, to be held on Nov. 11, will be tackling the subject of improving sales, with experts from the industry and sales experts providing visitors with tips and tricks, which can ...
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Optometry Giving Sight has made a £20,000 (€23,700-$32,139) donation to fund...
Optometry Giving Sight has made a £20,000 (€23,700-$32,139) donation to fund a new Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) center in Manchester, U.K. for three years. VCHP already has centers in central, west and east London, as well as in Brighton and Birmingham. Optometry Giving Sight, whose global head office is ...
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Our German friend and colleague Jörg Spangemacher has transferred all...
Our German friend and colleague Jörg Spangemacher has transferred all his shares in his publishing company, MediaWelt, to his two daughters, Isabel Karen Spangemacher-Fürst and Julia Anout Eckmann. Isabel, 35,who has been involved in the Ratingen-based company for several years, will oversee the editorial operations of its various publications, including ...
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Mister Spex has bought two Swedish online eyewear retailers, Lensstore...
Mister Spex has bought two Swedish online eyewear retailers, Lensstore and Loveyewear, to speed up its international expansion. Total annual sales for all three companies are expected to reach €48 million in 2013. Lensstore sells contact lenses with a major focus on Sweden, Norway and Finland. Loveyewear offers prescription frames ...
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Specsavers has acquired Healthcall Optical Services, one of the largest...
Specsavers has acquired Healthcall Optical Services, one of the largest providers of eye care for the housebound in the U.K., paying an undisclosed amount. Healthcall sends out its mobile opticians to conduct eye tests at the customer's home or care home free of charge, as the British National Health Service ...
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David Moulsdale has agreed to make a significant investment in...
David Moulsdale has agreed to make a significant investment in his chain, Optical Express, as part of a settlement of its debts with The Royal Bank of Scotland. According to a local report, Moulsdale owed more than £30 million (€34.8m-$46.5m) to the Scottish bank. The chain closed down 40 stores ...
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Kirk Originals has closed down its store on Conduit Street...
Kirk Originals has closed down its store on Conduit Street in London and signed a license for the U.K. market with Optoplast Actman Eyewear. These moves follow the appointment of David Wilkinson, one of the numerous shareholders of Kirk Originals, as the latter's chief executive. The founder and former managing ...
