Latest News Briefs – Page 288
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The creditors of Visibilia SpA, which is now in liquidation,...
The creditors of Visibilia SpA, which is now in liquidation, have been asked by a Venice court to submit their claims in view of a hearing for a settlement scheduled for April 28. As reported elsewhere in this issue, Charmant is taking on its Trussardi eyewear licenses. Two other licenses ...
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Italia Independent has decided to take over distribution of its...
Italia Independent has decided to take over distribution of its collections from February 2010, the aim being to establish complete control over its activity, from design through to sale to the opticians. There will be 7 agents for the domestic market, while in other countries distributors will be responsible for ...
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Sover will distribute the Umbro and Nickelodeon brands of prescription...
Sover will distribute the Umbro and Nickelodeon brands of prescription and sun eyewear licensed by Nouveau Eyewear in Italy. Umbro sponsors the English football team, and was acquired by Nike in 2007. Nickelodeon is an international TV channel that started broadcasting cartoons in the UK in 1993 and arrived in ...
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Timothy Jankowski has been elected chairman of the board of...
Timothy Jankowski has been elected chairman of the board of VSP Global, the large American company that recently bought Marchon. He has been on the board since 1999, and vice chairman since 2008. Jankowski replaces Jim Short in the role. His chairmanship runs for two years.
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Antonio Requena has been named general manager of the newly...
Antonio Requena has been named general manager of the newly formed optics division at Leybold Optics of Germany. In addition to the former optics business unit, which was handling 3-D coating, ophthalmics and precision optics, the new optics division also includes the activities previously performed by Leybold's customer support and ...
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Ocuco has obtained regulatory approval to take its Acuitas Enterprise...
Ocuco has obtained regulatory approval to take its Acuitas Enterprise suite of optical practice management software to Sweden. This follows new regulatory changes in the country, requiring all retailers to use a government certified POS system. Ocuco has also work in progress on Italy and Canada. The Irish-based company has ...
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Gerber Coburn, the division of Gerber Scientific that sells processing...
Gerber Coburn, the division of Gerber Scientific that sells processing equipment for ophthalmic lenses, had an 11.3 percent drop in revenues to $11.0 million in the third quarter ended Jan. 31. For the first nine months of its fiscal year, revenues dropped by 16.3 percent to $36.5 million. At Gerber ...
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Signature Eyewear's revenues declined by 13.3 percent to $5.2 million...
Signature Eyewear's revenues declined by 13.3 percent to $5.2 million for the first quarter ended Jan. 31, with a 28.1 percent drop in net income to $143,000. The fall in sales was blamed on the overall slow economy and market for optical frames. The gross margin fell by 1.8 percentage ...
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Trenti showed a new collection of men's styles at Mido,...
Trenti showed a new collection of men's styles at Mido, designed by Roberto Cabras, that have bamboo temples and can be fitted with sun lenses. The front piece comes in clear or colored plastic or in metal. The new sun and vision frames for women have leather details on the ...
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OGI Eyewear has enlisted distributors in Europe as part of...
OGI Eyewear has enlisted distributors in Europe as part of its international expansion. Eye Society of the Netherlands and Eye Society of Switzerland will be its new partners for the Seraphin Collection. That collection, and others of OGI, will be displayed in Mido's Design Lab in the next days.
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Viva International Group launched its revamped website this week. Vivagroup.com...
Viva International Group launched its revamped website this week. Vivagroup.com promises a more user-friendly experience for eye care professionals as well as an improved order processing system. Right now the B2B aspect of the site is only available in the U.S., but will expand internationally in the first quarter of ...
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The 29-year-old publishing company of Jörg Spangemacher, which puts out...
The 29-year-old publishing company of Jörg Spangemacher, which puts out Focus, MAFO and other periodicals for the German-speaking countries and organizes international conferences on vision care, is launching a trade magazine in Chinese. The project, which is led by a Chinese and conducted in cooperation with a young Chinese publishing ...
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Two different eyewear trade shows were in held in different...
Two different eyewear trade shows were in held in different parts of Moscow last month, organized by different companies. The winner was apparently the fair held at the more modern Crocus Exhibition Center on Moscow's ring road, which has been recently linked to the city by subway. It got about ...
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Daniel Abittan, founder of the French GrandOptical and Général d'Optique...
Daniel Abittan, founder of the French GrandOptical and Général d'Optique chains, which are now the property of Hal Trust, has inaugurated a new optical retail chain, called Acuitis, that intends to offer high-end products in good taste at reasonable prices for the whole family. The frames are all based on ...
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Marcolin will do all its Italian manufacturing in a single...
Marcolin will do all its Italian manufacturing in a single company-owned plant, in Longarone, and will close its Vallesella facilities in August. The workforce has been notified in advance in order to prepare for what will make longer journeys to work for many people, and the group is currently discussing ...
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Buchmann Optical Holding has signed an agreement to acquire Schöne,...
Buchmann Optical Holding has signed an agreement to acquire Schöne, distributor in Germany of Briot and Indo lens edging equipment as well as Luneau instruments. Buchmann owns Briot and has started a wide-ranging cooperation with Indo.
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Conad, a major Italian supermarket chain, is pursuing its new...
Conad, a major Italian supermarket chain, is pursuing its new policy, begun in December, of putting optical corners into its stores. The recent openings in Modena and Bologna take the total of Conad optical corners to five, mainly in the north of Italy. Another five openings are scheduled through the ...
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Luxottica Group and Essilor International are forming a joint venture,...
Luxottica Group and Essilor International are forming a joint venture, majority controlled by the French group, for the Australian and New Zealand markets. The joint venture will manage Eyebiz, an optical lens finishing lab established by Luxottica in Sydney for its various chains, including OPSM and Laubman & Plank. Eyebiz' ...
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Luxottica Group has joined 350 other suppliers on VisionWeb, allowing...
Luxottica Group has joined 350 other suppliers on VisionWeb, allowing American opticians to order its products online, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Bvlgari, Burberry, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Polo, Ralph Lauren and Versace. Along with the addition of Luxottica's catalog, VisionWeb is revamping its frames ordering service to make it more functional. ...
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Reed Exhibitions, organizer of the International Vision Expo shows in...
Reed Exhibitions, organizer of the International Vision Expo shows in New York and Las Vegas, has promoted Tom Loughran to industry vice president and Courtney Muller to senior vice president. Loughran previously was event director, and Muller was a group vice president.
