Latest News Briefs – Page 244
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Porsche Design is celebrating 40 years of producing luxury accessories...
Porsche Design is celebrating 40 years of producing luxury accessories with a limited edition offering of collectors' boxes for sunglasses. The collection is called 40Y of Innovation, and includes the 1978 P'8478 model, the first to use interchangeable lenses; the P'8480 foldable aviators; the P'8418 with self-attaching interchangeable lenses; and ...
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The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians is setting a goal of...
The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians is setting a goal of a 15 percent increase in attendance at the next Optrafair, due to be held at the NEC in Birmingham, England, on April 13-15, 2013. Numbers have been stable over the past few events, and FMO plans to use an enhanced ...
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Renzo Rosso, the Italian entrepreneur who owns the Diesel brand...
Renzo Rosso, the Italian entrepreneur who owns the Diesel brand of denim jeans, has acquired a 2.018 percent share in Marcolin through one of his investment vehicles, Red Circle Investments. In October 2010, Diesel signed a five-year eyewear licensing deal with Marcolin for five years, replacing the contract that it ...
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Bausch + Lomb is planning to go back to the...
Bausch + Lomb is planning to go back to the stock market after its acquisition by the Warburg Pincus investment fund in 2008, says Les Echos, a French financial daily, without indicating the timing of the move. It says B+L is investing €3.5 million in its three sites in France, ...
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Pro Fit Optix, the recently recapitalized optical technology company based...
Pro Fit Optix, the recently recapitalized optical technology company based in Texas and run by Ruedi Suter, has announced that it has changed its name to PFO Global; it unveiled a new logo this week. The company said the new name better represents the company, which now provides eyewear, mobile ...
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Henri Venet, 47, takes the place of 85-year-old Guy Charlot...
Henri Venet, 47, takes the place of 85-year-old Guy Charlot as executive director of Silmo. Venet has been general manager of GIFO, the French optical industry association, since 2005. Charlot remains chairman of the Silmo Association of three French eyewear guilds, which owns the French trade fair and organizes other ...
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Brett H. Craig has been named president and chief executive...
Brett H. Craig has been named president and chief executive of PixelOptics, effective immediately. He was the president of Transitions Optical from January 2008 through June 2010, having started with that company in 1999. Ronald Blum, who previously held those titles at PixelOptics, is taking instead the resounding role of ...
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Giovanni Pesce is joining Viva International Group as senior vice...
Giovanni Pesce is joining Viva International Group as senior vice president-international, a new position, working on strategy and results on the company's business outside the U.S. and Canada. The Italian was formerly with Safilo, where he was EMEA wholesale director. He also spent 15 years with Luxottica Group. In his ...
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Another experienced Italian manager has joined Alain Mikli International after...
Another experienced Italian manager has joined Alain Mikli International after the nomination of Antonio Bortuzzo as its new chief executive a few months ago. Giuseppe La Boria is now joining the group as its sales and marketing director, a newly created position where he is responsible also for the coordination ...
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Modo Eyewear has a new chief executive for North America....
Modo Eyewear has a new chief executive for North America. Pierre Fay is taking the reins, and will help expand the company in the U.S. and Canada. He was formerly the president for the global e-commerce business of Essilor, and has also held management positions at Luxottica Group. The founder ...
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Coastal Contacts, the international online retailer of contact lenses of...
Coastal Contacts, the international online retailer of contact lenses of eyeglasses based in Vancouver, has named Greg Lechner to be its new vice president for business development. His goal will be to expand the company's presence in the U.S. He worked for Luxottica Group for more than 18 years, including ...
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Zyloware Eyewear has promoted Jennifer Derryberry, the company's vice president...
Zyloware Eyewear has promoted Jennifer Derryberry, the company's vice president for corporate accounts, to be its new senior vice president for corporate accounts. She has been with the U.S. company since 2002.
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David Borbon is the new director of sales for Zeal...
David Borbon is the new director of sales for Zeal Optics. He has held various positions with companies including O'Neill, Hurley International and Oakley.
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Two new executives have joined the sales team of Revolution...
Two new executives have joined the sales team of Revolution Eyewear: Robert Henshillwood III is key account manager, and Peter Klinovsky is director of national (U.S.) sales. Revolution produces eyewear brands such as True Religion, Affliction, the Beatles and Ed Hardy. Henshillwood was formerly with L'Amy America, where he was ...
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The Essilor Vision Foundation has two new top executives. The...
The Essilor Vision Foundation has two new top executives. The nonprofit group has named Bob Colucci as its new chairman, replacing Jacques Stoerr, and Stephen Shawler succeeds Ed Fjordbak in the role of president. Colucci has been with Essilor International for 22 years, currently as president of its Independent Distributor ...
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Transitions Optical is reorganizing its European structure to be closer...
Transitions Optical is reorganizing its European structure to be closer to its partners. Stéphane Haendler has been named director of key accounts in the EMEA region. He will also be in charge of commercial relations with Essilor International at the European level. Haendler was previously business director for France. He ...
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Julbo broke off with its Austrian distributor Kitz Sportive at...
Julbo broke off with its Austrian distributor Kitz Sportive at the end of last year. Starting this month, the company is managing the distribution of its products in Austria on its own. A new customer service center for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets was set up recently in the ...
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Charmant began to cover the Australian market directly last November,...
Charmant began to cover the Australian market directly last November, but its former distributor in the country, Optical Products, has been named sales support agent by the Japanese group. Charmant said the new structure would allow it to provide the Australian market with advanced products and services, while facilitating its ...
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Spy Optic has a new distributor for Switzerland, Bucher +...
Spy Optic has a new distributor for Switzerland, Bucher + Walt S.A. It will sell the Spy brand in all channels, and use its dedicated Action Sports branch to handle MX and performance categories.
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Wager + Kühner recorded an 8 percent sales increase in...
Wager + Kühner recorded an 8 percent sales increase in 2011. The strongest markets for the company are Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as in these markets the licenses of Wagner + Kühner are well known and the marketing is very intense, too. Domestic sales account for about 75 percent of ...
