Latest News Briefs – Page 257
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Luca Biondolillo, head of international communications, has left Luxottica after...
Luca Biondolillo, head of international communications, has left Luxottica after seven years to join Benetton Group. He joined the eyewear company in 2004 supervising corporate and financial communications out of Milan. In 2007, he become head of the group's international communications, moving to New York in 2009. At Benetton, a ...
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MasterImage 3D is going to provide premium 3D eyewear for...
MasterImage 3D is going to provide premium 3D eyewear for Marchon3D under a new distribution agreement. Marchon' EX3D line of glasses will be the centerpiece of a European and Asian rollout of in-theater displays and vending machines. EX3D are circular polarized glasses that sell of €20-60 in theaters and at ...
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Alain Afflelou has set up ephemeral stores in parking areas...
Alain Afflelou has set up ephemeral stores in parking areas along some major French highways. Advertising the French banner, these mobile shops will only offer sunglasses and other private-label items during the holidays and until Sept. 15
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1-800 Contacts, the U.S. company that pioneered sales of contact...
1-800 Contacts, the U.S. company that pioneered sales of contact lenses over the telephone, and then over the internet, has launched a new website to sell prescription eyeglasses. It started up last June 20 under the name of glasses.com, which had been registered 12 years ago by the founder and ...
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Fielmann raised its sales by about 6 percent on a...
Fielmann raised its sales by about 6 percent on a comparable store basis in the second quarter, the same rate achieved in the first one, but profits increased as a slower rate because of a higher proportion of sunglasses sold to consumers. As of June 30, the number of stores ...
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A.T. Cross has reported net income of $3.2 million for...
A.T. Cross has reported net income of $3.2 million for the second quarter, up from $2.7 million in the same period a year ago. Total sales went up by 14.4 percent to $47.8 million, with a 21.4 percent increase to $24.7 million for the Cross Optical Group, which comprises the ...
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PPG Industries reports all-time records for sales and profits in...
PPG Industries reports all-time records for sales and profits in its optical and specialty materials segment for the second quarter ended June 30, with gains in both businesses. Sales in this segment, which includes silicas in addition to well-know ophthamic coatings and materials, grew by 8 percent to $326 million. ...
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Independent eye care professionals in the U.S. felt a little...
Independent eye care professionals in the U.S. felt a little more optimistic about business in June, according to Jobson Research's Optical Business Barometer. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is very negative and 5 is very positive, the rating given by participants in the study was a ...
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De Rigo has signed a license agreement with the French...
De Rigo has signed a license agreement with the French fashion house of Lanvin for the design, production and worldwide distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses. The 2012 collection will be available from December 2011 and will be sold in optical and department stores as well as Lanvin's boutiques. The ...
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Anateo Jeevan by BBGR is the first progressive lens in...
Anateo Jeevan by BBGR is the first progressive lens in the U.K. designed for presbyopes from the Indian subcontinent. A yearlong study of patients in Chennai and Bangalore found significant differences between them and European and North American patients, including eye length, rotational axis and wrap angle. Indians were also ...
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Shamir has created a dedicated line of single-vision and progressive...
Shamir has created a dedicated line of single-vision and progressive lenses for golfers. They are specifically adapted to different types of light conditions, and they can be polarized. They are available in Trivex, polycarbonate and Superlite, and they can be edged to fit a high base-curve frame.
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The Cooper Companies, parent company of CooperVision, has updated its...
The Cooper Companies, parent company of CooperVision, has updated its corporate website, making it more attractive, more user-friendly and more comprehensive in its offerings. Enhancements include improved navigation, additional information, new features and a new look and feel. This is in tune with recent efforts to convey a new image ...
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Russian opticians have run a unique competition for the best-looking...
Russian opticians have run a unique competition for the best-looking female employee working in an optical retail store in their country. Backed by their employers, some 5,000 candidates reportedly participated in the contest for Miss Optica. After a pre-selection made over the internet in the first half of this year, ...
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Essilor International provided more than 2,500 eyeglass lenses to athletes...
Essilor International provided more than 2,500 eyeglass lenses to athletes at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens from June 25 to July 4. It was part of the Special Olympics-Lions Clubs International “Opening Eyes” program, which helps give lenses for prescription glasses to athletes. Essilor's Greek distributor, Bairamoglou, ...
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Orlando Duque and Alain Kohl, professional cliff divers, wear Gloryfy...
Orlando Duque and Alain Kohl, professional cliff divers, wear Gloryfy sunglasses with NXT frames by Intercast Europe. They most recently competed at the Red Bull Cliff Diving event at Lake Garda last weekend. Duque, from Colombia, has nine world championship titles and two Guinness World Records. Kohl, from Luxembourg, has ...
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Small German start-ups are going to get for the first...
Small German start-ups are going to get for the first time a subsidy of up to €7,5000 from the German government to show at the Opti '12 show running next Jan. 13-15 in Munich. Among the conditions for this grant, they will have to be based in Germany, they will ...
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MAFO will organize a convention in Beijing for the first...
MAFO will organize a convention in Beijing for the first time next Sept. 13, on the eve of the CIOF fair in the Chinese capital. MAFO, which already stages similar conferences at Mido in Milan, will work through the Chinese edition of its Focus magazine, which started last year, and ...
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Italian organizations took to the road to promote the country's...
Italian organizations took to the road to promote the country's eyewear industry at an exhibition in Istanbul from June 30 to July 14. The exhibition, called “Eyewear, a Never-Ending Italian Story,” featured more than 100 pairs of eyeglasses, tracing their evolution from their origins to today's latest trends. It was ...
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The technical team and member services of The Vision Council...
The technical team and member services of The Vision Council hosted two seminars in Hong Kong and Xiamen in June, discussing U.S. standards and regulations for optical manufacturers. The Vision Council worked with the Hong Kong Optical Manufacturers Association and the Xiamen Optical Association to set up the seminars, which ...
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Peter Bateman, the former chairman and managing director of the...
Peter Bateman, the former chairman and managing director of the GC Bateman group, has died from cancer at the age of 82. He was a past chairman of the Society of Opticians and Optical Information Council, and joined the family business in 1957. He also helped establish the Federation of ...
