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The new store of Salmoiraghi & Vigano on Milan's centrally...
The new store of Salmoiraghi & Vigano on Milan's centrally located Piazza San Babila has been featuring a special exhibition of former styles of Giorgio Armani glasses from the past decade during the month of February. They have been shown in connection with the launch of a series of prescription ...
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An appeals court has dismissed a case brought against Hans...
An appeals court has dismissed a case brought against Hans Anders Opticians by Synope, a French syndicate of optical retailers, and six opticians. The claim accused the Dutch-based discount retail chain of misleading advertising, specifically its slogan «70 percent cheaper than the others,» which the plaintiffs said was not true. ...
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To make life easier on those attending the InternationalVision Expo...
To make life easier on those attending the InternationalVision Expo East in New York on March 18-21, the organizers have arranged for numerous travel discounts. Certain hotels have been chosen as official accommodations, and include the best available pricing for attendees as well as a daily shuttle service to the ...
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The 40th edition of Mido is packing the same number...
The 40th edition of Mido is packing the same number of exhibitors into three days instead of four, from March 5-7, but the number of companies and the space rented out have both shrunk. Like last year, the Mido Design Lab will be open until 10 p.m. on Saturday night. ...
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Specsavers reports a 4.46 percent sales increase on a same-store...
Specsavers reports a 4.46 percent sales increase on a same-store basis in the U.K. for the 2009 calendar year, in spite of the recession, as the British retailer boosted its offer of low-priced eyewear. The rate of increase grew to 5.80 percent in the fourth quarter. Same-store growth of 25 ...
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Barberini SpA, Italy's leading producer of mineral lenses for eyewear,...
Barberini SpA, Italy's leading producer of mineral lenses for eyewear, has acquired the ophthalmic division of Schott Group, the major German glass manufacturer with annual revenues of over €2.2 billion. The two companies decline to report on the value of the transaction or the turnover of the division. Barberini has ...
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The eyewear factory of Bernard Moyen in the Jura region...
The eyewear factory of Bernard Moyen in the Jura region of France, which still employs 20 workers, is going to close down unless it finds a new owner, possibly with marketing and sales know-how. It specializes in titanium, aluminum and stainless steel frames. Like many other small manufacturers in the ...
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Optical Shop International (OSI) is moving its European headquarters from...
Optical Shop International (OSI) is moving its European headquarters from Paris to Lugano, Switzerland, which seems to have become a major hub for European offices. The American company markets the eyewear brands Blinde, Chrome Hearts and Kieselstein-Cord. European sales were previously conducted out of France, but the European sales manager, ...
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Arnaud Ploix has been appointed general manager of Guildinvest, parent...
Arnaud Ploix has been appointed general manager of Guildinvest, parent company of Krys and other integrated and franchised optical retail chains in France, replacing Antoine de Roffignac, who is going to concentrate on the international development of the cooperative. Ploix, who is 49 years old, has operated mainly in the ...
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Andreas Kunzmann stepped down from his position as chief executive...
Andreas Kunzmann stepped down from his position as chief executive of Satisloh Group and managing director of Satisloh GmbH, effective at the beginning of this year. Beat Siegrist, president of Satisloh Group and former CEO, has taken over the management of the group. Bruno Fischer will add the function of ...
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Masaaki Hirata has retired as president and chief executive of...
Masaaki Hirata has retired as president and chief executive of Charmant Europe after about 17 years with the company. His successor is Taketoshi Mizukami, who will step up from his position as general manager of international marketing. He has been with Charmant since 1988, working in sales and marketing, product ...
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Richard Schmidt is slated to take over as president of...
Richard Schmidt is slated to take over as president of Carl Zeiss Sports Optics effective Feb. 1. He comes from Fujitsu Siemens Computers, where he was in charge of business development and operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in that company's consumer business unit. He had held various ...
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Richard Clompus has been named vice president for global professional...
Richard Clompus has been named vice president for global professional relations at CooperVision. Working on the company's global commercial strategy team, he will support clinical studies, education and professional affairs. Clompus comes from the Vision Care Institute, which promotes education in the U.S. and Canada. He also held leadership positions ...
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Joan Blackwood is the new senior vice president and chief...
Joan Blackwood is the new senior vice president and chief marketing officer for 1-800-Contacts. Her career has included directing major global and national marketing campaigns for Fortune 500 companies. She comes from Monster.com, where she was chief marketing officer.
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Maureen Cavanaugh has been named president of the Nassau Lens...
Maureen Cavanaugh has been named president of the Nassau Lens Group, a stock lens supplier and operator of an optical laboratory in New Jersey. Nassau Lens Group is an Essilor company. Cavanaugh has been with Essilor since October 2005, most recently as vice president for integrated retail. In her new ...
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Marshall Post is the new president of the I/Optics division...
Marshall Post is the new president of the I/Optics division of New Millennium Eyewear. He comes from Twinlab, a nutritional supplement company, where he was vice president for marketing. His experience in the industry includes a stint as marketing director at Viva International. I/Optics distributes Vanni Eyewear from Italy and ...
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Some new directors have joined the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians...
Some new directors have joined the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) in the U.K. Preston Everard, the executive manager of Kentoptic, is the vice chairman of the Lens Association. Keith Sheers, the managing director of Optisoft, is the new vice chairman of the Equipment Association. And Gary Goulden, the managing ...
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Fabi, an Italian manufacturer of footwear, bags, belts and luggage,...
Fabi, an Italian manufacturer of footwear, bags, belts and luggage, is about to enter the eyewear market in partnership with Sover. The Italian eyewear producer will manufacture sunglasses initially for sale exclusively in Fabi concept stores. At a later stage distribution will be extended to include optical outlets.
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Signature Eyewear saw a 4.9 percent drop in sales for...
Signature Eyewear saw a 4.9 percent drop in sales for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, yet managed an 8.5 percent increase in net income to $675,000. The company says this growth comes mostly from cutting general and administrative expenses. The sales decline was attributed to the global economic downturn ...
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Luxottica bought 682,154 of its own shares in December at...
Luxottica bought 682,154 of its own shares in December at an average price of €17.35 for a total outlay of €11.83 million as part of a share buy-back program decided by shareholders last Oct. 29 and launched on Nov. 16. Since the beginning of the buy-back, the company has bought ...
