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Officials of Fielmann indicate that the leading German optical retail...
Officials of Fielmann indicate that the leading German optical retail chain continued to post increases in comparable store sales in the last months, revolving around 3 to 4 percent year-on-year. In a preliminary statement, the group said it achieved a pre-tax profit of €78 million in the first six months ...
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Specsavers is continuing is domestic expansion, planning to open 20...
Specsavers is continuing is domestic expansion, planning to open 20 new practices in the U.K. and Ireland in the next year. It already has 648 shops in the U.K. and 36 in Ireland. The company is now working to expand in smaller communities. Also in the next year, many of ...
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Optical Master Club has confirmed its status as a sales...
Optical Master Club has confirmed its status as a sales group rather than a more traditional buying group. The Italian club's latest initiative is called the Opto Service Card, which its 70-plus members (all in Italy) provide to their customers, to ensure them of quality technical assistance if an urgent ...
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Ilori, the chain of luxury eyewear boutiques run by Luxottica...
Ilori, the chain of luxury eyewear boutiques run by Luxottica in the U.S., has expanded its offerings, adding prescription services for glasses and sunglasses. The company started the program last year on a test basis in a few stores, and in June rolled it out to all its 24 stores. ...
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Luxottica purchased 435,000 of its own shares in June for...
Luxottica purchased 435,000 of its own shares in June for a total outlay of €8.9 million as part of a buyback program launched on Nov. 16. Conversely, during the month, the company's Arnette Optics Illusions unit sold 410,000 Luxottica shares, raising €8.4 million. Since the beginning of the buyback program, ...
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Luxottica and its trade unions have agreed on a welfare...
Luxottica and its trade unions have agreed on a welfare package of more than €1.5 million for 2010, financed by the company and available to its 7,500 Italian workers. Luxottica launched, in agreement with the unions, its first welfare package in 2009. But this year's proposal includes the introduction of ...
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Essilor has canceled 4 million shares as part of its...
Essilor has canceled 4 million shares as part of its commitment not to create any dilution for existing shareholders. Of these, 2.13 million shares were canceled to offset the dilutive impact of the vesting of performance shares of the exercise of stock options granted to employees. The other 1.87 million ...
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Nicolas de Lambert is the new general manager of Essilor...
Nicolas de Lambert is the new general manager of Essilor France, taking the place of Eric Léonard. A former executive of Danone, De Lambert has worked with the group since 2003 as French commercial director for lenses. This position that is being taken on by Ludovic Mathieu who has been ...
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Dominik Müser, 42, is the new chief executive of Nigura...
Dominik Müser, 42, is the new chief executive of Nigura Metzler, replacing Salvatore Grillo who is returning to London after restructuring logistics and other processes at the German company, taken over by an English private equity firm, Sisu, in 2005. Müser already joined Nigura Metzler last February from Roland Berger ...
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Alexis Cardona is the new chief marketing officer for Transitions...
Alexis Cardona is the new chief marketing officer for Transitions Optical, and will also be chairman of the Transitions Global Marketing Council. He comes from Procter & Gamble, where he was most recently marketing director for the global oral care delivery division.
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Essilor New Zealand has named Thomas Martin to be its...
Essilor New Zealand has named Thomas Martin to be its new general manager. He most recently worked as optometry liaison manager for New South Wales, Australia, at Vision Group Holdings. He previously held management positions with Bausch + Lomb, Allergan and the International Center for Eyecare Education. He spent five ...
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Giuseppe La Boria, the senior vice president for worldwide sales...
Giuseppe La Boria, the senior vice president for worldwide sales at Allison, is now also in charge of product and marketing. He takes over these duties from Antonio Bortuzzo, president and chief executive of the company, and will report to him. Lucio Lozza will remain in place as senior vice ...
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Joe Donahoe, president of sales in the Americas for Carl...
Joe Donahoe, president of sales in the Americas for Carl Zeiss Meditec, will be stepping in to be president for the Americas region at Carl Zeiss Vision as of Oct. 1. At the end of this month, Fred Howard will be leaving the job to explore other opportunities. Also on ...
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Orange 21 is creating a new music division, following up...
Orange 21 is creating a new music division, following up on the partnership it announced recently with Mary J. Blige and Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records (see previous issue). Fran Richards, Orange 21's vice president for marketing, will move over to be vice president for business development as well as ...
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Perry Ellis International has a new licensing deal with Oxford...
Perry Ellis International has a new licensing deal with Oxford Ophthalmic Corporation, which will design, produce and distribute men's and women's eyewear under the Cubavera brand. Cubavera is a fashion line with a Latin flavor that is intended to appeal to a broad range of customers. The eyewear collection will ...
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The Cross Optical Group helped lead A.T. Cross Company to...
The Cross Optical Group helped lead A.T. Cross Company to good results for the second quarter ended July 3. The unit had a 23.1 percent sales increase to $20.4 million, and its operating income rose by 28.6 percent to $4.5 million. The company said the growth was led by its ...
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Worldwide, sales grew by 12.5 percent to $1.89 billion at...
Worldwide, sales grew by 12.5 percent to $1.89 billion at Alcon in the second quarter of 2010. At constant currencies and excluding acquisitions, this was 11.3 percent growth. Net earnings rose by 15.1 percent to $670 million. Revenues in the U.S. were up by 12.7 percent on the strength of ...
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Christian Roth will not renew the license granted to Charmant...
Christian Roth will not renew the license granted to Charmant for the production of its sun and prescription eyewear, when it runs out in December 2010. Charmant had put worldwide distribution of the brand in the hands of an exclusive group of retail stores including Bergdorf Goodman in New York ...
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General Ophthalmic Services in England and Wales provided a report...
General Ophthalmic Services in England and Wales provided a report of ophthalmic activity through the National Health Service, and found that the number of eye exams carried out in those two regions grew by 4.7 percent to 11.8 million for the 12 months ended March 31. The study found that ...
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Primary ophthalmic care would be one of the areas that...
Primary ophthalmic care would be one of the areas that would be commissioned through a new National Health Service Commissioning Board under a new proposal in England. Under the plan, general practitioners would be responsible for spending the budget and implementing services, as the 152 primary care trusts would be ...
