Latest News Briefs – Page 269
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Prada Eyewear has launched a capsule line called Minimal-Baroque Sunglasses...
Prada Eyewear has launched a capsule line called Minimal-Baroque Sunglasses Collection available from this month in Prada boutiques, some department stores and Ilori shops in the U.S. Luxottica holds the Prada license and owns the Ilori chain.
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Oakley's 3D glasses have obtained official certification by RealD, a...
Oakley's 3D glasses have obtained official certification by RealD, a provider of digital 3D cinema technology. The certification indicates that Oakley eyewear is compatible with RealD 3D-equipped theaters. To allow consumers to use the same glasses for home and cinema 3D entertainment, Oakley is pursuing partnerships with manufacturers of home ...
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Liberty Sport is launching a new sports eyewear frame specifically...
Liberty Sport is launching a new sports eyewear frame specifically designed to alleviate dry eye symptoms. Its new Trailblazer Dry Eye MagTraxion frame traps moist air around the cornea and blocks wind that would otherwise disturb the eye. It does so through a magnetic back cushion with ventilation holes that ...
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Ocuco is in the process of installing its Acuitas Enterprise...
Ocuco is in the process of installing its Acuitas Enterprise software in the 500 stores of Salmoiraghi é Viganò, the largest optical retail chain in Italy. It has already finished the first phase of the undertaking, introducing the software in the company's 375 own stores. It was rolled out at ...
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Lumos has published a revised version of its engravings finder...
Lumos has published a revised version of its engravings finder for opticians. With the help of the book, opticians are able to find the engravings that were made on a certain glass and the company that produced the glass. More than 22,000 different glasses are listed in the book. The ...
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The French national health service will reduce reimbursements for prescription...
The French national health service will reduce reimbursements for prescription lenses and frames as part of a far-ranging program of government cuts in medical spending. Under the review, the health service will only refund between 50-60 percent, against 65 percent previously, of its recommended price for spectacles, which is often ...
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Lynx Optique, one of the retail banners of the French...
Lynx Optique, one of the retail banners of the French Krys Group, increased same-store sales by 6.0-6.5 percent in 2010 compared with the previous year, according to Acuite.fr. The chain boosted its overall turnover by about 9 percent compared with a 2 percent rise for the total French market. About ...
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Pearle Europe, a subsidiary of HAL Holding, has bought 100...
Pearle Europe, a subsidiary of HAL Holding, has bought 100 percent of the shares of Tide Ti, a sunglass and optical retailer based in Cancun, Mexico. Safilo Group previously owned 60 percent of the shares, with the other 40 percent held by Tide Ti's founders. Financial details of the deal ...
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Jason Kirk has successfully reopened his Kirk Originals store at...
Jason Kirk has successfully reopened his Kirk Originals store at a new location on Conduit Street in London. The new flagship features an eye-catching design behind its special show windows, where lenticular blining eyes stare at the shoppers and change aspect as they move by. Besides Kirk's own new Kinetic ...
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Jason Kirk is one of three partners in New Eye,...
Jason Kirk is one of three partners in New Eye, a company in London that is developing a «revolutionary» new eyewear collection being designed by Ron Arad, a famous architect and interior designer whose past projects include the design of Tel Aviv's Design Museum. He has been based in London ...
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After closing its doors on Nov. 22 last year, there...
After closing its doors on Nov. 22 last year, there is a chance that Italy's Vecellio Occhiali may be back in business. The news came at the end of December from the unions and the company's liquidator, as a company producing metal frames is apparently interested in taking over Vecellio's ...
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Luneau Technology Group, based in Chartres, France, has become the...
Luneau Technology Group, based in Chartres, France, has become the French distributor of Indo Instruments' ophthalmic equipment. Indo Instruments is the only remaining activity in France of the Indo group following a corporate shake-up which led to the closure of the French sales subsidiary in November.
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Luneau Technology Group is continuing its efforts to be more...
Luneau Technology Group is continuing its efforts to be more efficient by moving the tasks of its overseas production and logistics, done by subsidiaries, to France. The subsidiaries, including Weco Buchmann in Düsseldorf, are thus free to concentrate on sales and service. R&D will stay in Düsseldorf, thus ensuring the ...
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Safilo has spent about €4.5 million to buy back 2.3...
Safilo has spent about €4.5 million to buy back 2.3 percent of its high-yield bonds, thus reducing financial charges paid to service the bond. The Italian eyewear company had already bought about 3.0 percent of the debt in August for an outlay of €5.7 million. The bonds expires in May ...
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Curtis Jackson, better known as the rapper 50 Cent, has...
Curtis Jackson, better known as the rapper 50 Cent, has become an investor in Gunnar Optiks. He first became interested in the company based on billboards. While Gunnar wanted an endorsement deal, instead Jackson invested in the company. This is promising: He invested in Glaceau, the maker of Vitamin Water, ...
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Dr. Norbert Gorny is Essilor International's new senior vice president...
Dr. Norbert Gorny is Essilor International's new senior vice president for the Central Europe region, comprising Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He takes the place of Thierry Robin and will sit on the executive committee of the parent company, with responsibilities for production, logistics, materials handling and IT. Gorny has been ...
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Maurizio Roman will start on March 1 as global supply...
Maurizio Roman will start on March 1 as global supply chain, logistics and production operations officer at Safilo. He will report directly to the chief executive, Roberto Vedovotto. Roman was general manager in charge of development and product strategy at Piaggio, the big Italian producer of motorcycles and light vehicles. ...
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Philippe Lafont, president of Lunettes Lafont, is the new chairman...
Philippe Lafont, president of Lunettes Lafont, is the new chairman of Silmo, the big French optical fair. He will work with the former chairman, Guy Charlot, who continues to run the Silmo Association, which organizes training sessions for opticians and collective stands at foreign shows in India, Brazil and other ...
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REM Eyewear has created a new Sunwear & Accessories division,...
REM Eyewear has created a new Sunwear & Accessories division, and named Christopher Allen, an industry veteran, to lead it. In his position as director of the new division, he will work to build sales outside the optical channel, looking at department stores and e-tailers. Allen was most recently with ...
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AMD Alliance International, a consortium of vision, seniors and research...
AMD Alliance International, a consortium of vision, seniors and research agencies that spans 70 groups and 25 countries, has named Narinder Sharma to be its new chief executive. AMD's mission is the help people affected by age-related macular degeneration. Sharma, who has been an executive with health and seniors' organizations ...
