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Google has a challenger in Will Powell, a 2010 Oxford...
Google has a challenger in Will Powell, a 2010 Oxford graduate who has come up with glasses that provide real-time translations of ongoing conversations. Powell's product uses Vuzix video eyewear, Raspberry Pis, an iPhone and an iPad. With the translation help of Bing by Microsoft, a translated “caption” appears across ...
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Revo, the American brand of polarized sunglasses owned by Luxottica,...
Revo, the American brand of polarized sunglasses owned by Luxottica, will act as official eyewear sponsor of the 2012 Reel Rock Film Tour of climbing and other adventure films. The festival will consist of more than 300 screenings addressing more than 100,000 people in selected cities around the world. One ...
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No less than 107 athletes wearing Oakley sunglasses won medals...
No less than 107 athletes wearing Oakley sunglasses won medals at the recent London Olympic Games. More than 700 athletes from 205 countries competed in the Games with Oakley glasses, including the recent innovative RadarLock series. Many of them went to the Oakley Safehouse established on the southern bank of ...
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Brulimar has launched a new high-tech website for its Bench...
Brulimar has launched a new high-tech website for its Bench and Bench Kids brands, two of its best-selling ranges in the U.K. Developed in partnership with Itonic Solutions, Bencheyewear.com features 360-degree rotating images of each model, to maximize the front-end user experience. It also includes online checkout facilities and a ...
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This week's International Vision Expo West, being held Wednesday through...
This week's International Vision Expo West, being held Wednesday through Saturday in Las Vegas, has more of a focus on social media than in previous editions. Twelve hours of its conference courses look at social media and internet marketing, and meet-ups are scheduled so members of online forums can connect ...
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Het Huis, the Dutch chain of high-end optical retail stores...
Het Huis, the Dutch chain of high-end optical retail stores controlled by Hans Anders, is joining the Hal galaxy. Brilmij Groep, a subsidiary of GrandVision, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Optical Service Group, which operates 89 Het Huis stores directly and 18 others as franchises. With 350 ...
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The European Commission has approved Lion Capital's acquisition of a...
The European Commission has approved Lion Capital's acquisition of a controlling stake in Alain Afflelou Group under the EU Merger Regulation. Afflelou himself, a 64-year-old former optician who founded the company 40 years ago, retains a 22 percent stake. The price of the transaction has been reported at €800 million, ...
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Bugatti Eyewear was acquired by Fidéla on June 29. The...
Bugatti Eyewear was acquired by Fidéla on June 29. The French company had been previously acquired in December 2009 by Mythic, who itself got the license from Augar. Fidéla is particularly interested in the market position of the Bugatti brand in the Middle East and Asia. Like the legendary car ...
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Hoya Corporation has increased the capital of a subsidiary in...
Hoya Corporation has increased the capital of a subsidiary in Hong Kong, Hoya Optical (Asia) CP, by US$12 million. The Japanese company said the move was intended to establish the appropriate organization to deal with the continued growth in demand expected by China and other developing countries.
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Jai Kudo has set up its manufacturing laboratory in Leeds,...
Jai Kudo has set up its manufacturing laboratory in Leeds, England. The British company, which manufactures and distributes frames and contact lenses throughout Europe and the world, will now have a 100 percent European production, aimed at guaranteeing the highest quality standards. The company warned about possible delays in the ...
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Bausch + Lomb has launched a tender offer to purchase...
Bausch + Lomb has launched a tender offer to purchase up to $300 million of its outstanding 9 7/8 percent senior notes due 2015. The offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York time, on Aug. 17, unless extended or terminated earlier. Holders who validly tender (and do not validly ...
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Essilor has established a new committee of European experts to...
Essilor has established a new committee of European experts to work on protection from ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The group, which met for the first time at the Leibniz Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany, on June 21-22, aims in particular to set the necessary references for the Eye-Sun Protection Factor (E-SPF), so ...
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Daniel Abittan, the founder of Acuitis, Grand Optical and Photo...
Daniel Abittan, the founder of Acuitis, Grand Optical and Photo Services in France, has moved into the sector of funeral services. Argos Soditic, a Parisian private equity firm, has sold its stake in Roc-Eclerc, France's second-largest provider of funeral services, to Abittan and his management team. The firm bought Roc-Eclerc ...
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Krys reorganizes its management team. Following the launch of its...
Krys reorganizes its management team. Following the launch of its KG20 strategy last March, aimed at reaching a 20 percent market share by 2020, the French group names Franck Deschamps as brand director for Krys, to replace Joël Plat. Deschamps has been director of strategic marketing and communication since 2010, ...
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Menicon, the Japanese leader in contact lenses, has hired Anatole...
Menicon, the Japanese leader in contact lenses, has hired Anatole Diep to be the chief executive of its European subsidiary, Menicon Holdings BV. In the new role he will oversee the company's European launches of a hyper-Dk monthly disposable lens and a new daily disposable lens pack. Diep, a Frenchman, ...
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Celina Burns, a veteran of the health and insurance industry,...
Celina Burns, a veteran of the health and insurance industry, has been named president of Davis Vision, the provider of vision benefits that is part of the HVHC family of companies. She was most recently a market leader and principal at Buck Consultants, a Xerox Company in Dallas, Texas. She ...
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Frank Rescigna is going to be the new president of...
Frank Rescigna is going to be the new president of licensing worldwide for Guess, reporting to Paul Marciano, the company's co-founder and chief executive. In the new job, he will handle all domestic and international licensing. He joins from Viva International Group, which is Guess' eyewear licensee, where he was ...
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Massimo Renon has been named head of the EMEA business...
Massimo Renon has been named head of the EMEA business region for Safilo Group. As leader of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, Renon will report to Roberto Vedovotto, the chief executive of Safilo. He was formerly the global head of sales and after-sales for Ferrari. Before that, he ...
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Hoya Vision Care has appointed Donald Currie, former managing director...
Hoya Vision Care has appointed Donald Currie, former managing director of Carl Zeiss Vision in South Africa, as the managing director of Hoya Hill Optics. He takes the place of Clifford Sher, who founded Hill Optics, a leading manufacturer and distributor in South Africa, in 1984. The company has been ...
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Peter Schiessl is the new director of the Christoffel-Blindenmission CBM,...
Peter Schiessl is the new director of the Christoffel-Blindenmission CBM, an international aid organization that supports supports 749 vision-related projects in 81 countries.Since July 16, Schiessl has been in charge of the administration and finance department. Together with Rainer Brockhaus, director of communication and fundraising, he forms the executive board ...
