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Colors in Optics of New York has announced a new...
Colors in Optics of New York has announced a new licensing deal for ophthalmic and sun eyewear named after Elie Tahari, an American fashion house whose products are sold in more than 40 countries. Separately, Colors in Optics has become the U.S. distributor of Cesare Paciotti Eyewear. Brands O.I., the ...
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Optic 2000 has reported a 5.7 percent increase in its...
Optic 2000 has reported a 5.7 percent increase in its sales in Switzerland last year. The French buying and franchising group opened, in February, the first of five new stores planned for Switzerland in 2013, adding to the 47 affiliated stores it has. In the same month, Optic 2000 signed a ...
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Vision Express of the U.K. posted a second consecutive year of...
Vision Express of the U.K. posted a second consecutive year of growth in sales and profit for 2012. Operating income increased by 6 percent to £16.4 million (€19.4m-$25.5m) across its 327 owned and joint-venture stores in the U.K. and Ireland, attributed to modest sales growth on a same-store basis and tight ...
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PPG Industries' optical and specialty materials segment saw its sales...
PPG Industries' optical and specialty materials segment saw its sales drop by 6 percent to $314 million in the first quarter of this year, reflecting a return to a more traditional seasonal sales pattern and somewhat lower consumption in the U.S. PPG noted that the first quarter of 2012 had ...
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A.T. Cross continued to grow in the first quarter of...
A.T. Cross continued to grow in the first quarter of 2013, with sales up by 5.9 percent to $44.4 million compared with the first quarter of 2012. This was driven by a 9.1 percent increase to $23.8 million for its Cross Optical Group (COG), which runs the Costa and Native ...
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The U.K. contact lens market grew by 1 percent in...
The U.K. contact lens market grew by 1 percent in 2012 compared with the previous year, reaching a total value of £234.4 million (€278.7m-$364.1m). This and other data were recently released by Britain's Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers (ACLM), based on information supplied by 12 industry members. Daily disposables represented ...
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The Vision Council and the California Optical Laboratories Association (COLA)...
The Vision Council and the California Optical Laboratories Association (COLA) signed a definitive merger agreement on April 26, as announced in January. Under the terms of the agreement, COLA's current leadership will remain in place to ensure a smooth transition. COLA members will join The Vision Council as The California ...
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Zenni Optical has won a patent dispute with Aspex Eyewear...
Zenni Optical has won a patent dispute with Aspex Eyewear relating to the use of magnets to connect the bridges of eyeglasses and clip-on sunglasses. In 2002, Aspex sued Altair Eyewear, distributor of Tommy Bahama sunglasses, believing that Altair had been marketing and selling a magnetic clip-on sunglass product infringing their ...
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Baidu, China's largest internet search engine, is reportedly working on...
Baidu, China's largest internet search engine, is reportedly working on its own smart eyeglass technology, similar to the Google Glass project. The “Baidu Eyes” project would consist of a small LCD screen attached to a slim headset. The new glasses are expected to be able to do searches on the ...
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Okia has launched an original collection of eyewear that uses its...
Okia has launched an original collection of eyewear that uses its patented HDA Technology in combination with a special “BMT” technique. High Definition Acetate (HDA) is a patented technology allowing the transformation of textures and colors into crisper and more realistic colors, including 3D effects and textures, on acetate sheets. Thanks ...
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Glasses.com, the American online eyewear retailer, plans to launch a...
Glasses.com, the American online eyewear retailer, plans to launch a 3D virtual try-on app that is supposed to generate an interactive photo-realistic image. For the past year it has been controlled by the same investors who own the 1-800 Contact e-commerce platform. Developed by 1-800 Contacts' founder and chief executive, ...
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Rodenstock is launching a campaign for greater brand recognition at...
Rodenstock is launching a campaign for greater brand recognition at the point of sale (POS) featuring a display window competition. The Munich-based eyewear company is offering to opticians around the world standardized advertising materials to develop a clearly structured and consistent POS marketing strategy and facilitate brand recognition. A competition ...
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Silhouette is launching Faces of Litestyle, a new project for...
Silhouette is launching Faces of Litestyle, a new project for 2013 that will tell stories about people who are icons of quality and lightness, the brand's symbols, in their own way. The first people chosen for the project are Benedetta Barzini, an Italian actress who was a notable fashion model ...
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The Vision Council, the U.S.-based trade association for manufacturers and...
The Vision Council, the U.S.-based trade association for manufacturers and suppliers of the optical industry, has named two new spokespeople, Lawrence Zarian and Jenn Falik, for its Eyecessorize campaign. Eyecessorize is the council's initiative to increase awareness of the fashion and lifestyle aspects of eyewear. Lawrence Zarian, or LZ as ...
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The German Federal Ministry responsible for families, elder people, women...
The German Federal Ministry responsible for families, elder people, women and young people has granted the so-called “Logib-D” award to Uvex, the manufacturer of sports helmets and goggles. The seal of quality is given by the ministry for successful efforts to create gender equality in salaries. Uvex accepted the ministry's ...
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Rudy Project will be the title sponsor of the first...
Rudy Project will be the title sponsor of the first Relay Marathon, which will take place next July 21 at Volpago del Montello, in Northern Italy, as part of the Marathon World Championships for mountain biking, which has been renamed “Le Terre Rosse” (red earth). One hundred teams are expected ...
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Wearlite, a Swiss lens manufacturer, won this year's Swiss Innovation...
Wearlite, a Swiss lens manufacturer, won this year's Swiss Innovation Prize, awarded by Idee-Suisse, a non-profit organization for the promotion of innovation and the management of innovative concepts. Idee-Suisse said it was rewarding Wearlite's sustainable technologies for the manufacture of lenses. They are made with energy-efficient and environmentally friendly processes ...
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Charmant shut down its Spanish subsidiary at the end of...
Charmant shut down its Spanish subsidiary at the end of last year because of its insufficient turnover, and it is looking for a distributor there before taking on new orders. Meanwhile, Rolf Sieglen, who has been working for Charmant Europe in Germany since 1996, has been promoted sales manager for ...
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There was a lot of unconfirmed speculation at the Vision...
There was a lot of unconfirmed speculation at the Vision Expo show in New York last month about some of Essilor's next moves. Executives of Shamir declined to comment on a rumor that Essilor would integrate the sales functions of some of its national subsidiaries in various European countries into ...
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Schneider continued to grow briskly last year, with sales up...
Schneider continued to grow briskly last year, with sales up by about 19 percent to an undisclosed level. Sales grew the most in Asia, Latin America and the U.S. A few weeks ago, the German manufacturer of free-form lens processing equipment and other types of tools for precision optics inaugurated ...
