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In an interesting survey by Specsavers, 68 of 100 employers...
In an interesting survey by Specsavers, 68 of 100 employers said that they tend to think people who wear glasses are more intelligent and trustworthy, and create a better first impression. Ninety-six of the employers said that appearance was more important to them than qualifications. Among 100 employees, 34 of ...
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Maria Dellapina, an American optician with more than 25 years...
Maria Dellapina, an American optician with more than 25 years in the business, saw a need and met it. Her daughter, Erin, who has Down syndrome, needed glasses, but all the frames fit poorly, sliding off her face. So Dellapina designed a frame specifically to suit the physical characteristics of ...
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A survey conducted in the U.S. by VSP Vision Care...
A survey conducted in the U.S. by VSP Vision Care and Prevent Blindness America (PBA) showed that more than one in five students aged 12 to 17 had problems seeing their classroom's blackboard, and more than 25 percent complained of headaches. Nearly two-thirds of children under age 6 have never ...
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Silhouette has launched an international contest for the rimless eyewear...
Silhouette has launched an international contest for the rimless eyewear solutions most adapted to the individual clients who wear its glasses. Opticians from all over the world have been invited to send the corresponding photos over to the national organizations of the Austrian company before Dec. 24. Besides national prizes, ...
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Foster Grant has celebrated its 80th anniversary with an auction...
Foster Grant has celebrated its 80th anniversary with an auction for a limited edition of sunglasses signed by Hollywood celebrities such as Raquel Welch, a long-time testimonial of the company, and other film stars such as Susan Sarandon, Zac Efron and Dakota Fanning. The auction raised more than $1,000, which ...
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United Business Media has bought a 70 percent stake in...
United Business Media has bought a 70 percent stake in China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE) from Business Media China on behalf of its division UBM Asia, a major organizer of trade shows based in Hong Kong. CIOE is the world's largest optoelectronics event, covering all aspects of the market including ...
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Allison has signed distribution agreements with various chains for specific...
Allison has signed distribution agreements with various chains for specific product lines in emerging markets such as China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Brazil and Mexico. Meanwhile the Carisma investment fund, which is the major shareholder in the Italian company, has injected €30 million into the company and will add another €3 ...
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Hoya Lens is shutting down completely its German factory in...
Hoya Lens is shutting down completely its German factory in Müllheim, which has been mainly producing free-form lenses for customers all over Europe. The company is negotiating with the unions over the dismissal of its 100-odd workers, impacting the time of the shutdown. The production will be shifted to Hoya's ...
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FGX International is looking at possible acquisitions, and says that...
FGX International is looking at possible acquisitions, and says that one is possible by the end of the year. The company's chief executive, Alec Taylor, said in a conference call that FGX is looking for complementary businesses now that it has exited the jewelry segment, and that any acquisition would ...
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Luxottica Group is planning to launch a new Sunglass Hut...
Luxottica Group is planning to launch a new Sunglass Hut retail concept in Australia in all of Myer's 65 department stores; the first 30 units are due to open by November. They will be shop-in-shops and will have the Sunglass Hut name. For the other 35 units, due to open ...
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Abbott Laboratories is buying Visiogen, a privately held ophthalmic device...
Abbott Laboratories is buying Visiogen, a privately held ophthalmic device company based in California. The $400 million deal should close during the fourth quarter. Abbott, based in Illinois, bought Advanced Medical Optics earlier this year. Visiogen markets the Synchrony intraocular lens for presbyopia in cataract patients; it has been available ...
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Bausch & Lomb plans to close its contact lens production...
Bausch & Lomb plans to close its contact lens production plant in Livingston, Scotland, in 2010 and early 2011, resulting in some 500 job losses, and shift production to Waterford, Ireland, and Rochester, New York. The factory makes SofLens daily disposable lenses. At the same time, manufacturing of its PureVision ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is involved in a series...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is involved in a series of patent disputes with Novartis' eye care business unit, Ciba Vision, according to various press reports, with differing results in various national courts. The current litigation opposes J&J's Acuvue Oasys silicone hydrogel lenses against Ciba Vision's Air Optix lenses for ...
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Bausch & Lomb is claiming in a lawsuit that the...
Bausch & Lomb is claiming in a lawsuit that the new packaging for Johnson & Johnson's Visine Totally eye drops is «confusingly similar» to B&L's packaging for its vision care products. The lawsuit alleges trademark and trade dress infringement of B&L's label, which since 2006 has been an upper field ...
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Claus Winberg became the new chief executive of the Danish...
Claus Winberg became the new chief executive of the Danish Synoptik chain on Sept. 1, replacing Ulrik Bülow who has left the company. Winberg previously spent 23 years with Q8, the international chain of gasoline stations, in Denmark, the Benelux countries, Germany, and then for the last five years in ...
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Fabien Degos has become manager of Rip Curl's eyewear and...
Fabien Degos has become manager of Rip Curl's eyewear and watches division. Involved in the development of Rip Curl watches for the past ten years, he spent a couple of years in California to study and to work with Vestal before setting up a sourcing, distribution and marketing office for ...
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Salvatore Causa is De Rigo's new sales and licensing director,...
Salvatore Causa is De Rigo's new sales and licensing director, after 10 years in sales and marketing at Marcolin. Causa began his career in the sports apparel sector with Benetton and then Belfe.
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David S. Buchansky is the new sales director and exclusive...
David S. Buchansky is the new sales director and exclusive agent for the U.S. operations of Bellinger A/S. the Danish designer eyewear company. He will put together a sales team there and handle all sales and customer service for the U.S. The company is planning to open a distribution center ...
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Thomas Houlon has returned to Logo as its marketing director...
Thomas Houlon has returned to Logo as its marketing director after working for Tag Heuer for the last seven years as its brand manager. Houlon began his career in optics with Logo, working with that company from 1995 to 2002 as its brand manager. He then left the company to ...
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Scott Olivet has left his post as chief executive of...
Scott Olivet has left his post as chief executive of Oakley, and will now be the company's chairman. As previously reported, Colin Baden has stepped into the CEO role in addition to his post as president. Olivet's role as chairman is a non-executive position with no formal reporting structure. He ...
