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Marcolin is setting up a new office and showroom in...
Marcolin is setting up a new office and showroom in Hong Kong. Located in the Ocean Centre on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong, the space is divided into two separate areas, one for management and display, and the other for working in a dynamic spirit.
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Allison will open a new showroom in Barcelona by the...
Allison will open a new showroom in Barcelona by the end of this year. The showroom will be located in Paseo de Gracia 37, in a well-known shopping area of the city, a few steps from the Pedrera, the famous creation of Antoni Gaudì. The opening coincides with the arrival ...
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Reykjavik Eyes' collections are now distributed in France, thanks to...
Reykjavik Eyes' collections are now distributed in France, thanks to an exclusive distribution agreement that the brand has signed with a French distributor, Socodeix. Originally designed by an optician named Gunnar Gunnarsson in Iceland, the brand's models are made from a single sheet of titanium, to make them strong and ...
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Carl Zeiss has entrusted an American partner, Total 3D Solutions,...
Carl Zeiss has entrusted an American partner, Total 3D Solutions, with the distribution of its Cinemizer OLED multimedia glasses in the U.S. and Canada. Like OneButton, its European distributor for these glasses, Total 3D Solutions supplies retailers with special services related to 3D viewing. The multimedia glasses are available in ...
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Lissac achieved a cumulated sales increase of 5.37 percent on...
Lissac achieved a cumulated sales increase of 5.37 percent on a same-store basis in the first nine months of this year, compared with the year-ago period, although the French optical retail market declined by 0.2 percent, according to GfK. The positive result for the French banner, which was acquired by ...
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Allergan delivered good results in the third quarter, in spite...
Allergan delivered good results in the third quarter, in spite of the strong U.S. dollar relative to virtually all major currencies. The U.S.-based company reported product sales of $1,391.1 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, representing a 6.1 percent increase over the same period a year earlier, or 9.4 ...
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A.T. Cross expects that its Cross Optical Group, comprising the...
A.T. Cross expects that its Cross Optical Group, comprising the Costa and Native brands of eyewear, will grow by 13 percent this year, delivering an operating margin of more than 15 percent. In the third quarter, the segment saw its sales increase by 8.0 poercent to $19.5 million.
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In France, eyewear and contact lenses are among the products...
In France, eyewear and contact lenses are among the products that sell the least on the web. Only 2 percent of French consumers bought either contact lenses or glasses on the internet over the last 12 months, compared with 7 percent of them who bought handbags and fashion accessories online, ...
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Italy's Commissione della Vista (CDV), which promotes vision correction in...
Italy's Commissione della Vista (CDV), which promotes vision correction in the country, recently performed over 1,000 eye tests on the occasion of the G! Come Giocare toy fair in Milan, held on Nov. 16-18, and the results are rather alarming. More than 20 percent of the adults who took an ...
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Optic 2000 will contribute to the French edition of the...
Optic 2000 will contribute to the French edition of the Téléthon fund-raising event on Dec. 7, with the support of 150 volunteers from its headquarters in Clamart, near Paris. The company's initiatives will revolve in particular around rare diseases and ocular gene therapy and will complement the planned collection of ...
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Since the launch last April of the campaign “Mon permis...
Since the launch last April of the campaign “Mon permis à portée de vue” (Tr.: “My driver's license within eyesight”) by the retail partners of Optic 2000 and Optissimo, nearly 1,000 people have had a chance to test their sight for free in the French northeastern region of Alsace, in ...
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The Vision Council in the U.S. is launching a new...
The Vision Council in the U.S. is launching a new web series on in-office processing. Eight eye care providers (ECPs) from different backgrounds talk unscripted in the web series about their use of in-office processing equipment and discuss how such equipment can capture new customers, reduce errors and speed up ...
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Eyecessorize has hit 50,000 “likes” on Facebook. This program is...
Eyecessorize has hit 50,000 “likes” on Facebook. This program is The Vision Council's campaign to increase awareness of the fashion and lifestyle aspects of eyewear in the U.S. The Facebook page, which has been growing steadily since its launch in October 2008, offers its fans an inside look at each ...
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Allison has signed a licensing deal with Fashion Box for...
Allison has signed a licensing deal with Fashion Box for the production of prescription frames and sunglasses under its Replay brand. Taking the place of Marcolin, the new contract with Allison will last for five years. It calls for the development of a line that will target various distribution channels, ...
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Mondottica has agreed on an extension until June 2026 of...
Mondottica has agreed on an extension until June 2026 of its eyewear licensing contract with Anna Sui Corporation. Like the existing one, the new contract covers the whole world except Japan. Thanks to its global expansion and the opening of new offices in various countries, Mondottica has been regularly adding ...
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Cesare Paciotti has appointed Brands O.I. to manufacture and distribute...
Cesare Paciotti has appointed Brands O.I. to manufacture and distribute its new eyewear collections. Cesare Paciotti is an Italian footwear brand with stores both in Italy and abroad, including major cities such as London, Istanbul, Dubai, Seoul, Beijing, Miami, Los Angeles and New York. Brands O.I. is a company dedicated ...
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Vanni for Icons of Italy features an expanded range of...
Vanni for Icons of Italy features an expanded range of spectacles featuring two new styles that celebrate the cities of Florence and Rome. This line of sun and vision eyewear features “nocturnal cityscapes” on the eyewear frames that are obtained through silk screening, on acetate, and through a new 3D ...
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Flair continues with the development of its exclusive Art Couture...
Flair continues with the development of its exclusive Art Couture product line. Manufactured in Germany, the frames are decorated with 24-karat gold and Swarovski jewels and are sold in a golden box together with matching accessories with Swarovski crystals. The German company's Pure product line is made of bio-steel in ...
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Mnemosline is the name of a device that claims to...
Mnemosline is the name of a device that claims to improve the wearer's memory through its frames. Instead of lenses, the glasses have two red LEDs with light impulses that stimulate alpha brain-wave activity to help memory recovery. The device is the result of 10 years of research by Francesco ...
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OPSM, the large Australian optical retail chain owned by Luxottica,...
OPSM, the large Australian optical retail chain owned by Luxottica, is associating itself with the game of cricket, promoting the use of efficient sunglasses to protect the players and the spectators from UV radiation, which can be particularly strong during cricket matches in the country. Under a five-year deal signed ...
