Latest News Briefs – Page 291
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A.T. Cross has bought back 1.5 million of its Class...
A.T. Cross has bought back 1.5 million of its Class A common stock from Galal Doss, a member of its board. The shares were worth a total of about $5.1 million. Doss still has 2.8 million shares. A.T. Cross is the parent company of Native Eyewear and Costa Del Mar ...
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Because of a number of requests from customers, particularly young...
Because of a number of requests from customers, particularly young men, Vision Express in the U.K. is going to start selling monocles. The £50 (€55.50-$80.60) product will come with a carrying pouch and a chain, and will first be sold in London. The company will expand sales to other stores ...
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HVHC, the vision component of Highmark, has entered a new...
HVHC, the vision component of Highmark, has entered a new credit agreement with many of its lenders, and used the loan to refinance the debts of its subsidiaries, Eye Care Centers of America (ECCA), Viva International and Davis Vision. This included redeeming all of ECCA's outstanding senior notes and paying ...
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Attacked by Seiko and other parties, Carl Zeiss Vision has...
Attacked by Seiko and other parties, Carl Zeiss Vision has lost a court case in Germany over its European patents on back-side progressive lenses, but it has been permitted to continue marketing its products. The company has not yet decided whether it should appeal to a higher court. A similar ...
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The contraction of the eyewear market, which initially affected the...
The contraction of the eyewear market, which initially affected the sunglass market, is now starting to hit prescription eyewear. According to an analysis by the GfK research institute on the Italian market from January to October 2009, the share of frames in the retail sell-out fell from 36.5 percent to ...
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Lissac is launching what it claims to be the first...
Lissac is launching what it claims to be the first iPhone application in optical retailing. The French optical retail chain, which is controlled by Optic 2000, has developed an application whereby the user can scroll through the entire range of products available in Lissac stores, divided by category, and find ...
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Rudy Project has developed an innovative snow goggle that is...
Rudy Project has developed an innovative snow goggle that is ideally suited for free-style skiing and that can be converted into a shield for moto-cross or mountain-bike riding. This new product by the Italian firm, called Klonyx, offers very wide peripheral vision. It comes with a removable nose protector and ...
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A Milan court has ordered the removal of single-use contact...
A Milan court has ordered the removal of single-use contact lenses from an automatic dispenser at the local Linate Airport, which was being operated by a company called Cenisio. The association of Italian opticians, Federottica, requested the action based on legislation dating back to February 2003 that requires direct intervention ...
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VSP Global has introduced a program that will reward practice...
VSP Global has introduced a program that will reward practice owners who use products from VSP's companies, including VSP Vision Care, Marchon/Altair, Eyefinity/OfficeMate and the VSP Optics Group. The program, VSP Global Loyalty, will give back up to 4 percent of total Marchon and Altair eyewear purchases each year, which ...
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The American Vision Council has launched a new public service...
The American Vision Council has launched a new public service announcement warning people of the dangers of UV exposure. The print campaign has been sent to about 5,500 media outlets across the U.S. It was created in conjunction with the Vision Council's Sunglass and Reader Division. It is geared toward ...
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Smith Optics won the REI vendor Partner of the Year...
Smith Optics won the REI vendor Partner of the Year award for 2009, an honor bestowed on the vendor that best built a strategic relationship with REI. The award was announced at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2010.
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Opti '10, held on Jan. 15-17 in Munich, drew...
Opti '10, held on Jan. 15-17 in Munich, drew 20,700 trade visitors, an increase of 5.1 percent over last year's attendance. The mood was described as positive at the fair, which had 434 exhibitors. Twenty-one percent of the visitors were from outside Germany, up from 16 percent last year, ...
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ExpoOptica's organizers have announced that three months before the 28th...
ExpoOptica's organizers have announced that three months before the 28th edition of the Madrid show, scheduled for March 12-14, 71 percent of its exhibition space was already reserved. As of the end of November, 84 exhibitors had signed up for the show, or 70 percent of the total number of ...
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The organizers of Vision Expo East, March 18-21 in New...
The organizers of Vision Expo East, March 18-21 in New York, have announced a raft of new initiatives related to this year's show. The website will now allow users to search for what's going on within their area of interest: medical eyecare, fashion, lens technology and business solutions. The show ...
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Sunglass Hut has signed an exclusive partnership with Macy's. The...
Sunglass Hut has signed an exclusive partnership with Macy's. The American department store chain will be the only one in the U.S. to host special Sunglass Hut counters. Conversely, Sunglass Hut, which is already present in 240 Macy's stores, will be the exclusive operatotr of the chain's in-store sunglass departments. ...
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De Rigo has adopted a specific global sales strategy for...
De Rigo has adopted a specific global sales strategy for Givenchy eyewear, with corners dedicated to the French fashion brand in 50 exclusive retail corners selected on criteria of excellence. The project will not involve De Rigo's chains in Spain and the U.K. The first of these shop-in-shops was inaugurated ...
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Acting before their scheduled expiration at end of 2010, Marcolin...
Acting before their scheduled expiration at end of 2010, Marcolin has extended its eyewear licenses for Roberto Cavalli and Just Cavalli eyewear until the end of 2015. Marcolin started to work in 1999 with the Roberto Cavalli Group, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary next year.
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Specsavers and Sauflon are reported to be investing large amounts...
Specsavers and Sauflon are reported to be investing large amounts of money in Hungary, with help from the national government. Specsavers is investing nearly €15 million in the construction of a 14,000-square-meter factory for the production of prescription frames and contact lenses, which is set to begin next year. It ...
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Changes are taking place in the management of Lissac, the...
Changes are taking place in the management of Lissac, the French optical retail chain acquired by Optic 2000 in 2006. While the group is in the process of selecting a successor for Alain Brugerolle, the brand manager who left in October, it has appointed another former executive of GrandVision, Patrick ...
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Gilles Barrier has been appointed general manager of Silhouette's French...
Gilles Barrier has been appointed general manager of Silhouette's French subsidiary, replacing Frédéric Noblecourt. He was previously administrative and financial director at Safilo's subsidiary in France.
