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New Line Optik, exclusive distributor of the eyewear brands Chloé,...
New Line Optik, exclusive distributor of the eyewear brands Chloé, Nina Ricci, Sonia Rykiel and Enni Marco in Germany and Austria, continues its cooperation with Céphas Bansah, king of the Gbi Traditional area of Hohoe, Ghana. In its ninth edition, which runs from January to May 2013, For the ninth ...
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Rodenstock received three awards during this year's Silmo show in...
Rodenstock received three awards during this year's Silmo show in Paris, even though it did not exhibit this year at the fair. A French buying group, Centrale des Opticiens, or CDO, recognized the benefits of the German company in the categories “optical excellence,” “order processing” and “service quality.” Rodenstock competed ...
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For the third consecutive year, Salmoiraghi & Viganò has won...
For the third consecutive year, Salmoiraghi & Viganò has won the Retailer of the Year 2012 award in the “optical” category in Italy. The survey, now in its fifth edition, was conducted by Q&A Research & Consultancy on a sample of 16,000 consumers who responded to an online questionnaire in ...
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This year's edition of the IOFT show, which was held...
This year's edition of the IOFT show, which was held in Tokyo on Oct. 22-24, featured 520 exhibitors and 14,389 visitors. The previous edition, in October 2011, attracted 521 exhibitors and 16,292 buyers. The trade show mainly targets the Japanese market, but according to its organizers, it is increasingly becoming ...
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The “Nation of Fashion” exhibition, which was inaugurated at the...
The “Nation of Fashion” exhibition, which was inaugurated at the Krasny Oktyabr site in the center of Moscow on Nov. 7, celebrates the Italian eyewear industry. The exhibition is the third step of Exhibitaly, a larger project aimed at promoting the key sectors of Made in Italy in Russia, organized ...
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The upcoming Odma 2013 trade show in Australia has already...
The upcoming Odma 2013 trade show in Australia has already allocated 90 percent of its floor space more than 10 months before the event, which is scheduled to take place at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre at Southbank on July 5-7 next year. That translates into 90 percent of ...
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Tom Davies has invested €60,000 in the renovation of its...
Tom Davies has invested €60,000 in the renovation of its factory in Shenzhen, which lead to an increase in production capacity by 30 percent. A new IT system allows the company to produce much faster with the same number of staff. Opticians have the choice to use the new ...
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Happyview, a pure French e-tailer of spectacles, has announced the...
Happyview, a pure French e-tailer of spectacles, has announced the takeover of a pure French e-tailer of contact lenses, Malentille.com, which has been in the market since 2006, offering discounts of up to 60 percent on its products. It will keep the company's name.
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The biggest German online retailer, Mister Spex, is expanding its...
The biggest German online retailer, Mister Spex, is expanding its logistics center in Berlin by an additional 1,250 square meters in tune with the envisaged growth in terms of capacities and turnover. The company plans to increase the number of its operative staff in logistics, customer service and repairs by ...
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Luxottica is allowing retiring employees to join its company pension...
Luxottica is allowing retiring employees to join its company pension fund, set up in 1996, the year of the major reform of Italy's national insurance system. The fund provides employees with a pension that combines the minimum state pension with their company pension depending on the number of years of ...
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As of Oct. 16, the U.S. company Ophthnoix ceased its...
As of Oct. 16, the U.S. company Ophthnoix ceased its operations. The economic situation put the company in the position of not being able to find the capital needed to continue its operations. The company shipped back all customer frames last week at no charge. Accounts will need to restart ...
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CooperVision appointed Mark Harty as president of its European management...
CooperVision appointed Mark Harty as president of its European management team effective Oct. 8. Harty was most recently general manager of the medical and surgical division of United Drug (UK) Holdings. Previously, he held the positions of vice president and general manager at Boston Scientific, U.K.; president of Masimo PLC, ...
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Oliver Wriedt is the new country manager for northern Europe...
Oliver Wriedt is the new country manager for northern Europe at Cartiers Parfums & Lunettes. He gained experience at L'Oréal Germany as sales director for the division “cosmétique active.” At Cartiers Parfums & Lunettes, he will be responsible for the growing segment of corrective eyewear and sunglasses for the German, ...
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Jürgen Dömel, longtime president of the workers' council of the...
Jürgen Dömel, longtime president of the workers' council of the Carl Zeiss group, left the group on Oct. 11. Most recently, he was vice president of the supervisory board of Carl Zeiss AG. At the end of September, he gave up his seat as president of the workers' council of ...
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Continental Eyewear appointed a new sales manager for the U.K....
Continental Eyewear appointed a new sales manager for the U.K. Kevin Burton, coming from the bicycle sector, who will be covering London and the southeast of England. The company signed new distribution deals for Latvia and Portugal during Silmo.
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L.A. Eyeworks hired Keith Manship as new director of communications...
L.A. Eyeworks hired Keith Manship as new director of communications and retail operations at the beginning of October. He worked previously for the Canadian shoe manufacturer John Fluevog as marketing manager.
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Brulimar signed a new distribution contract for Poland with the...
Brulimar signed a new distribution contract for Poland with the company Primavision in July this year. The company is about to appoint a Russian distributor, too. For its team in the U.K., Brulimar engaged Les Johnson as sales manager, controlling the sales force out in the field.
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Flair signed a distribution contract for Argentina with Scheidtmann. The...
Flair signed a distribution contract for Argentina with Scheidtmann. The Argentinean distributor, who previously sold products from Silhouette, sells Flair's product range from November 2013.
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The French eyewear manufacturer Chamborelle is currently searching for a...
The French eyewear manufacturer Chamborelle is currently searching for a new sales agent in Canada, where it already has existing clients. Chamborelle sells 100,000 pairs per year, with export sales accounting for 15 percent.
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Atol, one of the major French cooperatives of opticians, announced...
Atol, one of the major French cooperatives of opticians, announced earlier this month that it has reached the objective of annexing more than 800 points of sale, compared with 770 one year ago. The retail sales of the affiliated stores have grown by 3 percent so far this year.
