Latest News Briefs – Page 292
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Nick Boys is the new sales manager of Maui Jim...
Nick Boys is the new sales manager of Maui Jim for the U.K., replacing Sean Collins. Boys has spent 23 years in the optical industry, working for Optyl, Marchon, Luxottica and Marcolin.
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Jim Eisen has been promoted from chief operation officer of...
Jim Eisen has been promoted from chief operation officer of Eye Care Centers of America (ECCA) to president of the U.S. chain of 438 optical retail stores. He takes the position from David Holmberg, who will continue in his roles as chairman and chief executive of ECCA as well as ...
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Emerging Vision has named Glenn Spina its new chief executive...
Emerging Vision has named Glenn Spina its new chief executive and president, and a director. He was president and chief operating officer of America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses from 1990 to 1997. He also started up and ran a non-profit-making group providing free eye care and eyewear to people in ...
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Transitions Optical has appointed new managers for Europe, the Middle...
Transitions Optical has appointed new managers for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Laurent Dosseville was promoted to sales manager for EMEA, taking over from Lindsay Brown, recently appointed EMEA general manager. Dosseville will also continue in his responsibilities as director of sales to lenscasters, leading the development and consolidation ...
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Odyssey 20/20, an Australian producer of sports eyewear and goggles,...
Odyssey 20/20, an Australian producer of sports eyewear and goggles, announces major changes in terms of management and distribution, with the departure of Peter Salom, chief executive, and Jim Lazarides, general manager and founder of the company. The firm's new CEO, Terry Jones, was group chief operating officer for Vmoto ...
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Vision-Ease has assured customers that there will be no interruption...
Vision-Ease has assured customers that there will be no interruption in deliveries of a wide variety of polarized, photochromic, multi-focal and progressive lenses, in spite of a fire that destroyed last month a large part of its production facilities in Jakarta, Indonesia, due to an electrical short circuit. The American ...
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A French court has sentenced Alain Afflelou to a fine...
A French court has sentenced Alain Afflelou to a fine of €1.1 million worth of damages and interest in a case brought in 2007 by a competing French optical retail chains, Optical Center. The suit alleged that several stores managed or franchised by Afflelou were bloating their bills to obtain ...
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Reacting to an estimated decrease of more than 10 percent...
Reacting to an estimated decrease of more than 10 percent in the national optical retail market, Alain Afflelou has launched an interesting program in Spain, supported by a TV campaign, that allows certified unemployed people and their families to pay only one-third of the listed price for new glasses at ...
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Satisloh announces the launch of two new dual-spindle soft tool...
Satisloh announces the launch of two new dual-spindle soft tool polishing systems designed to provide better surface quality, increase throughput and ensure the best possible process stability. One is fully automated and the other one requires manual loading. Both will be presented by this new subsidiary of Essilor at the ...
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Vuzix Corporation, an information technology firm based in Rochester, New...
Vuzix Corporation, an information technology firm based in Rochester, New York, is launching a more advanced version of its consumer video eyewear, equipped with a virtual Wrap 310 screen that enables the wearer to watch films and videos anywhere, anytime, in its integrated video system. Replacing a big box and ...
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A study recently published in the Archives of Ophthalmology shows...
A study recently published in the Archives of Ophthalmology shows that the proportions of Americans affected by myopia has grown considerably in the last 30 years or so. Based on comparable measuring methods, they accounted for 41.6 percent of the population between the ages of 12 and 54 during the ...
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The Vision Council of the U.S. will be the sole...
The Vision Council of the U.S. will be the sole owner of VisionWatch from next February on, following the expiration of a joint venture agreement established with Jobson Optical Research in 2005. The American trade association will manage this consumer research study of U.S. purchasing patterns single-handedly. Jobson will continue ...
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The professional cycling team formerly known as Team Garmin-Slipstream will...
The professional cycling team formerly known as Team Garmin-Slipstream will be Team Garmin-Transitions effective next year. Transitions Optical will sponsor the American team and provide it with its adaptive eyewear, Transitions lenses and its SOLFX sun lenses. The team is dedicated to ethical sporting and seeks out future cycling champions. ...
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The Opti'10 trade show in Munich next Jan. 15-17 will...
The Opti'10 trade show in Munich next Jan. 15-17 will host new services and new exhibitors in an effort to cater to an international audience. For the first time, simultaneous translation into English will be provided at the lectures held during the fair on such topics as contact lenses, marketing, ...
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A new website called MyLens has been launched to sell...
A new website called MyLens has been launched to sell contact lenses, prescription eyewear and sunglasses online in Australia and New Zealand, with no bricks-and-mortar presence. The directors include Paul Sheehan, an optometrist with more than 30 years of experience; Satis and Pankaj Patel, specialists in customer relationship management software; ...
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Happyview.fr, the French online optical retailer, has raised €1 million...
Happyview.fr, the French online optical retailer, has raised €1 million from investors known in the internet world. Marc Adamowicz, founder of the site, has cited founders and company directors of other e-commerce operations such as SeLoger.com, PriceMinister.com, VoyagerMoinsCher.com and AuFeminin.com among his investors. Happyview.fr has received the approval of France's ...
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Menicon is to acquire David Thomas Contact Lenses, hoping to...
Menicon is to acquire David Thomas Contact Lenses, hoping to gain a presence in the U.K. and Ireland. David Thomas' directors and staff will stay with the company, and its products will continue to be produced, with Menicon products added in to the offering. Led by David Thomas and using ...
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Allso's eyewear brands are to be incorporated into Mondottica under...
Allso's eyewear brands are to be incorporated into Mondottica under a deal between the two distribution companies. In Australia and New Zealand, Allso's brands, Mako, Linea, Blue Steel, Elizabeth Arden and Celine Dion, will join Mondottica's roster including JAG and Ted Baker. Ian Hoole, a shareholder of Mondottica, will be ...
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Luxottica Retail North America is offering incentives for the voluntary...
Luxottica Retail North America is offering incentives for the voluntary departure of about 160 employees at all levels of the company's service center in its headquarters at Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati. Additional layoffs will be made early in 2010, and their size will depend on the response to the voluntary ...
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About 70 jobs in Manchester, England, will be cut by...
About 70 jobs in Manchester, England, will be cut by BBGR as this French-based subsidiary of Essilor moves production of prescriptions lenses to other sites owned by the company. The company said that it will be keeping its glazing bases in Manchester and Birmingham.
