Latest News Briefs – Page 289
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REM Eyewear has launched Lipstick Eyewear, a collection of 10...
REM Eyewear has launched Lipstick Eyewear, a collection of 10 stylish frames geared toward women in the 18-45-year age group and retailing for under $100, as well as a collection of children's frames under its licensed Lucky brand of jeans. Meanwhile, the company has named a new communications, manager, Jezzica ...
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Viva International Group has signed a licensing deal to design,...
Viva International Group has signed a licensing deal to design, market and distribute Mark Nason sunglasses and prescription eyewear. Mark Nason, an American company, is known for its footwear, which is made in Italy. The new eyewear line is set to be launched early next year in better department stores ...
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Oliver Peoples and Balmain, the French luxury fashion house, have...
Oliver Peoples and Balmain, the French luxury fashion house, have worked together on the first eyewear styles bearing the Balmain trademark, which are due out this spring. The first of the two limited-edition unisex sunglass styles will be in stores in March or April.
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Tom Ford International and the Marcolin Group have renewed their...
Tom Ford International and the Marcolin Group have renewed their licensing agreement for the production and distribution of Tom Ford branded eyewear ahead of time. The collection was launched in October 2005 through a contract that has now been extended through Dec. 31, 2015. It was set to expire at ...
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Modo has signed an exclusive international license to produce and...
Modo has signed an exclusive international license to produce and distribute eyewear under the Seven For All Mankind name, an apparel brand based in Los Angeles renowned for its use of denim in high fashion. The first collection produced by Modo will be showcased at Mido, with 7 sunglass models ...
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De Rigo is increasing its advertising budget for its house...
De Rigo is increasing its advertising budget for its house brands, Lozza, Police and Sting, by 60-70 percent, and is no longer using Mediaedge as its advertising agency: the new campaign will be devised and run by Media Sphaera. Barbara De Rigo, head of the group's house brands, has confirmed ...
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L'Amy Group and Chloé International have renewed their licensing agreement...
L'Amy Group and Chloé International have renewed their licensing agreement for the manufacture and distribution of Chloé brand prescription eyewear. The new deal runs for five years.
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Brett Craig has been named vice president at PPG Industries,...
Brett Craig has been named vice president at PPG Industries, a position he will hold in conjunction with his current role as president of Transitions Optical. He has been with Transitions since 1999, and took over as president in 2008. He will report to Richard C. Elias, senior vice president, ...
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A. Stone Douglass, the chairman and chief executive of Orange...
A. Stone Douglass, the chairman and chief executive of Orange 21, has additionally been named acting chief financial officer in the wake of the resignation of Jerry Collazo earlier this month. Douglass will remain a director, but his slot as chairman has been filled by another member of the board, ...
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Two experienced managers have joined OptoTech. One is Paul Woodhead,...
Two experienced managers have joined OptoTech. One is Paul Woodhead, who recently resigned as managing director of Satisloh UK. The other is Steffen Runkel, who worked for Singlus Technologies for nine years, pre-marketing a revolutionary lens coating system that never reached the commercial stage. Woodhead will run OptoTech's ophthalmic operations ...
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Robert Price has been named director of European sales for...
Robert Price has been named director of European sales for Optical Shop International. He has been with the company since 2006, when he was hired as sales manager for the U.K. and Scandinavia. His previous experience includes positions with Pentax Vision Europe, Logo Eyewear, Luxottica and Alain Mikli. OSI's European ...
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Jim McGrann has been named chief technology officer of VSP...
Jim McGrann has been named chief technology officer of VSP Global, the new parent company of Marchon Eyewear. He comes to the position from VSP's Eyefinity/OfficeMate, where he was president. He will be succeeded in that position by Steve Baker, former chief technology officer of the division, who will report ...
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Silhouette claims to be the first manufacturer offering comprehensively glazed...
Silhouette claims to be the first manufacturer offering comprehensively glazed optical eyewear with an eight-base curve. The eight-base frames it makes for the Ambition Performance Optics range of Adidas Eyewear, for which it holds a license, were developed for everyday athletes. Silhouette is teaming up with the German glazing specialist ...
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Fourth-quarter sales grew by 41 percent to $1.53 billion at...
Fourth-quarter sales grew by 41 percent to $1.53 billion at Corning Inc. For the period, ended Dec. 31, net income boomed by 197 percent to $740 million. The gross margin also excelled, rising to 42 percent from 2008's 28 percent. For all of 2009, turnover fell by 9 percent to ...
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The Irish rugby player Paul O'Connell is the new face...
The Irish rugby player Paul O'Connell is the new face of Ultralase in Ireland. Since his laser eye treatment, the captain of the Munster team no longer has to wear contact lenses when playing.
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A new international standard for mounting lenses came into effect...
A new international standard for mounting lenses came into effect on Feb. 1 with the cooperation of industry officials from the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.S., Japan, Australia and China. In Europe, the only commonly accepted standard has been the British one until now. It has been changed ...
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An independent expert is analyzing the results of a survey...
An independent expert is analyzing the results of a survey conducted by the European Contact Lens Forum in order to provide factual data on significant incidents that have occurred in Europe in the prescription and manipulation of contact lenses sold to end consumers. A total of 276 professionals from 21 ...
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A Swedish brand, Odd Molly, is entering the eyewear market...
A Swedish brand, Odd Molly, is entering the eyewear market with a collection called Sun-days, available starting next month. The collection is produced in collaboration with Ego Eyewear. One of the 30 models is a classical aviator style dedicated to and named for Amelia Earhart, the famous American female aviator ...
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Optic 2000 is investing €9 million in a major nationwide...
Optic 2000 is investing €9 million in a major nationwide advertising campaign in France for the promotion of I Titan Gom, a special type of proprietary titanium frames whose arms can be twisted to change color. Relayed on TV, on posters and on magazines, the campaign will make use of ...
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Julie Diem Le, the director of the specialist children's eyewear...
Julie Diem Le, the director of the specialist children's eyewear manufacturer Zoobug, won the Highly Commended award for best new fashion and leathergoods product at the Duty-Free News International (DFNI) product awards 2009. These awards honor the best stores, products and marketing of the last year, awarding innovation in travel ...
