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The new Kirk Originals store on Conduit Street in London...
The new Kirk Originals store on Conduit Street in London was listed among the “11 insanely cool flagship stores” in Business Insider, along with the Apple store in New York City, a Nike store in Japan and others. In the same week, the designers of the Kirk store, Campaign Design, ...
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Atol, the French buying and franchising group, reports a 5.22...
Atol, the French buying and franchising group, reports a 5.22 percent increase in the sales of its affiliated optical stores, with growth of 0.94 percent on a same-store basis, for the first nine months of this year. Eric Plat, the managing director of the cooperative, says 124 of the 770 ...
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PPG Industries' Optical and Specialty Materials segment raised its sales...
PPG Industries' Optical and Specialty Materials segment raised its sales by 8 percent to $311 million in the third quarter, with consistent growth in North America and emerging markets offsetting declining volumes in Europe. Segment profits rose by $11 million to a record of $93 million for the quarter, thanks ...
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Binoche expects to close the year with sales up by...
Binoche expects to close the year with sales up by 20 percent, to €1 million, a repetition of its 2010 performance. The Belgian company, whose name combines the names of its two founders' – Gino Gommers and Biche Gils – produces its eyewear in Italy and France. Retailing at €220 ...
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Borsalino, whose eyewear license is held by Brands O.I., expects...
Borsalino, whose eyewear license is held by Brands O.I., expects to be selling 20,000 pairs of eyewear a year by 2013. In 2010 it sold half that volume, with turnover of €1.5 million, which is expected to almost double in 2011, to €2.8 million. Such high growth can be accounted ...
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Jobson Optical Research has found that in September, U.S. opticians...
Jobson Optical Research has found that in September, U.S. opticians had a more gloomy outlook on the industry than they did the month before. The Optical Business Barometer showed an overall rating of 3.5 in September, compared with 3.7 in August, on a scale where 1 is very negative and ...
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The TWC/L'Amy group has a new licensing agreement to design...
The TWC/L'Amy group has a new licensing agreement to design and distribute prescription eyewear and sunglasses worldwide for the French fashion brand Carven. Buyers will be able to get their first glimpse of the new collection at next year's Mido.
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Marcolin has renewed its licensing deal with Montblanc whereby it...
Marcolin has renewed its licensing deal with Montblanc whereby it designs, produces and distributes Montblanc optical frames and sunglasses worldwide. The companies have worked together for 10 years; the new deal runs through December 2016.
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Rodenstock aims to remind people that it is a manufacturer...
Rodenstock aims to remind people that it is a manufacturer of both lenses and frames. The “System of Vision” program is part of the 100-day action plan launched by the new chief executive, Oliver Kastalio, who joined the company at the end of last year. The program intends to unify ...
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Rolf already produces exclusive hand-made eyewear using wood, but at...
Rolf already produces exclusive hand-made eyewear using wood, but at this year's Silmo show Roland Wolf, the Austrian craftsman who launched this type of wooden frame together with Marija Iljazowic, showcased frames made of stone. In reality, fine sheets of slate are applied to either side of a wooden frame. ...
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Nigura Metzler presented the first Aston Martin collection at Silmo...
Nigura Metzler presented the first Aston Martin collection at Silmo after signing the license agreement at the beginning of this year. Also during Silmo, the company announced that it has signed additional agreements with Jacques Lemans and with the Dutch brand Oilily. Both collections are scheduled to be launched at ...
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Flair cooperated with Swarovski for its new Art Couture collection,...
Flair cooperated with Swarovski for its new Art Couture collection, which is available in three different models. The frames are decorated with Swarovski jewels and are sold in a golden box together with a matching Flair ring with Swarovski crystals. The Art Couture collection was presented for the first time ...
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Cione, the Spanish retail cooperative of opticians, has launched a...
Cione, the Spanish retail cooperative of opticians, has launched a special ultralight progressive lens for women for sale in affiliated stores. The lens was developed after checking out the specs of more than 5,000 women for pupillary distance, reading distance and other parameters. At the same time, another Spanish chain, ...
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Oftalmica Galileo Italia has just introduced its Galileo Ettorino lenses,...
Oftalmica Galileo Italia has just introduced its Galileo Ettorino lenses, designed especially for children. Done as part of a partnership with its distributor Moa Ottica, the lenses are touted as being comfortable and suitable for everyday activities. Through Dec. 31, they will be sold with an accompanying fish-shaped case.
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Oliver Peoples is now selling a new line stemming from...
Oliver Peoples is now selling a new line stemming from a collaboration with the Japanese designer Takahiro Miyashita and his TheSoloIst fashion label. It includes two unisex styles, one for optical frames and one for sunglasses. The Teardrop and Round styles use stock parts (or, if not available, inspiration from) ...
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Italia Independent is seeking to attract a young clientele with...
Italia Independent is seeking to attract a young clientele with some rather fancy technology, gleaned from its collaboration with the Fiat Style Centre. The result is velvet-smooth, phosphorescent frames, with mirror-effect lenses. Research on materials developed for automobile interiors has been adapted for the miniature scale of eyewear frames, resulting ...
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Oko, a Paris-based company that produces the Oko by Oko...
Oko, a Paris-based company that produces the Oko by Oko and My Muse brands, is now also distributing a number of other brands, beginning with two Australian collections of sun and prescription eyewear called Le Specs and Ksubi, distributed by Oko in Europe and Canada. The French company has also ...
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Polaroid Eyewear is inviting stylists and sunglass wearers worldwide to...
Polaroid Eyewear is inviting stylists and sunglass wearers worldwide to help it to select 10 frames for its 2013 Best Under the Sun collection, featuring models inspired by the 10 decades between 1930 and 2020. The company has received more than 700 submissions from students, professionals and design aficionados from ...
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ClearVision Optical was named the Best Healthy Workplace of the...
ClearVision Optical was named the Best Healthy Workplace of the Year in the 2011 Small Business Awards from the New York Enterprise Report. The awards, sponsored by United Healthcare, honor the best small businesses in the greater New York metropolitan area. The award for health workplace is new this year, ...
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L.A. Eyeworks launched the recently published “Framed” book at this...
L.A. Eyeworks launched the recently published “Framed” book at this year's Silmo trade show in Pairs. The book features 171 black-and-white photographs, taken by the renowned photographer Greg Gorman for the L.A. Eyeworks print advertising campaigns. From 1982 to the present, Greg Gorman photographed over 200 unique personalities wearing L.A. ...
