Latest News Briefs – Page 298
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Christopher Payan will step down as chief executive and president...
Christopher Payan will step down as chief executive and president of Emerging Vision when his contract is up on Nov. 30. He joined the U.S. company, which is the parent of the Sterling Optical retail chain and Combine Optical and Optical Group buying groups, from the Arthur Andersen accounting firm ...
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Lighthouse International has named Mark G. Ackerman to be its...
Lighthouse International has named Mark G. Ackerman to be its new president and chief executive, effective this week. He held various management positions at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in New York between 1983 and 2007, including chief administrative officer of its successor corporation, St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers ...
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A&A Optical, a company in Carrollton, Texas, has signed an...
A&A Optical, a company in Carrollton, Texas, has signed an agreement to distribute Quiksilver and Roxy ophthalmic eyewear among opticians in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It will be buying the products from Quiksilver's European office in France, which is in charge of development of the collections for the global ...
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Orange 21, parent company of Spy Optics, has signed a...
Orange 21, parent company of Spy Optics, has signed a licensing deal with O'Neill to design, develop, market and sell a line of O'Neill branded sunglasses and snow goggles worldwide. The sunglasses will be unveiled at the Action Sports Retailer trade shows in San Diego and Orlando in January, with ...
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Style Mark, the US group that acquired Polaroid Eyewear in...
Style Mark, the US group that acquired Polaroid Eyewear in 2007, has the exclusive distribution in the USA for Hello Kitty eyewear for children over 10. It has now decided to extend the distribution to the rest of the world, Europe included, for sunglass models only, and recently negotiated this ...
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L'Amy America, the worldwide licensee for Columbia Eyewear, has sublicensed...
L'Amy America, the worldwide licensee for Columbia Eyewear, has sublicensed Stylemark to produce and distribute Columbia Sportswear Sunglasses for the U.S. non-optical market, including sporting goods and department stores. They will be available starting next spring. Stylemark already makes sunglasses and eyewear under the brands StyleScience, Riviera, Polaroid Eyewear, Personal ...
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After producing some styles of sunglasses on its own, Zadig...
After producing some styles of sunglasses on its own, Zadig & Voltaire, a French fashion group known for its notion of accessible luxury, had struck earlier this year a an agreement in principle with L'Amy for a line of prescription frames and sunglasses that should have become available by the ...
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Zoobug is introducing its My First Zoobug collection at Silmo,...
Zoobug is introducing its My First Zoobug collection at Silmo, consisting of six styles of glasses for children ages 3 to 6. They all have adjustable rubber tipped arms for a better fit, and come in bright colors. Four new styles of My New Zoobug sunglasses will also be introduced, ...
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Ottica Avanzi is launching a new house brand, a collection...
Ottica Avanzi is launching a new house brand, a collection of prescription and sun eyewear for men called Eye Wish. The campaign plays on the use of colors and motifs of the shirt worn by the model, reflecting the design of the glasses in the background. The campaign is the ...
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Kirk Originals is launching a new generation of Kirk Heroes,...
Kirk Originals is launching a new generation of Kirk Heroes, featuring eight new characters, each with their own Facebook account, at Silmo 2009. The new collection combines traditional, artesanal frame production techniques with cutting-edge technology. According to Jason Kirk, the brand's designer, the Kirk Heroes Collection has been extremely successful ...
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Indo and Karavan have signed a three-year agreement to relaunch...
Indo and Karavan have signed a three-year agreement to relaunch the license of Paco Rabanne in France. The Spanish multinational, which has held the Paco Rabanne license for over 20 years, has signed a distribution deal with Karavan for Paco Rabanne's optical and eyewear frames in France, which is recognized ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision is going to present a new low-vision...
Carl Zeiss Vision is going to present a new low-vision device at Silmo called the Zik system. It is a mini-telescope that can be fixed onto the lenses of glasses. The device gives a telescopic enlargement and is described as an individualized modular concept that can be used to see ...
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Oakley has launched a frame that is 100 percent ecological,...
Oakley has launched a frame that is 100 percent ecological, riding on the growing wave of enthusiasm for green products in all sectors. The frame is named after Bob Burnquist, a professional skateboarder who is an environmental activist. It is called Bob Burnquist Recycled Gascan and is made from recycled ...
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Kentral, the central buying consortium that serves Salmoiraghi & Vigano...
Kentral, the central buying consortium that serves Salmoiraghi & Vigano and the Vision Service buying group, with a total of 1,350 outlets on its books, turned over €110 million in 2008, up by 10 percent year on year in spite of difficulties encountered at the end of the year. It ...
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More than 50 new styles will be on display by...
More than 50 new styles will be on display by the new Optoplast Actman Eyewear Company when it shows at Silmo later this week. The award-winning Reykjavik Eyes will be shown for the first time outside the U.K. Other brands the company will feature include Karen Millen, Oasis, Mico, Lambretta ...
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Hoet is presenting seven new models at Silmo. This brand...
Hoet is presenting seven new models at Silmo. This brand of Patrick Hoet, first presented an eyewear collection at Silmo last year, four years after launching its line in its optical stores in Bruges and Brussels. The line, designed to be elegant, is aimed at a selective target group and ...
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Seiko has reported an operating loss of about 100 million...
Seiko has reported an operating loss of about 100 million yen (€75,000-$1,098,000) for its optical products business in the first quarter ended June 30, compared with breakeven results in the same period a year ago. Sales in the segment were down to 6.2 billion yen (€46.9m-$68.1m) from 7.0 billion yen. ...
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Eye Care Centers of America had a sales increase of...
Eye Care Centers of America had a sales increase of 2.3 percent to $131.1 million in the second quarter ended July 4, attributed to new stores. Comparable store sales in fact fell by 1.6 percent. Net income dropped by 45.8 percent to $3.2 million. Managed vision revenues grew by 30.7 ...
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Gerber Coburn, the lens processing machinery unit of Gerber Scientific,...
Gerber Coburn, the lens processing machinery unit of Gerber Scientific, was a bright spot for its parent company in the first quarter ended July 31, with sales jumping by 348 percent to $695,000 even as Gerber Scientific had a revenue decline. The overall company saw turnover go down by 24.6 ...
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Orange 21, parent company of Spy Optic, saw its net...
Orange 21, parent company of Spy Optic, saw its net sales plummet by 35 percent to $9.1 million for the second quarter ended June 30. It had a net loss of $254,000 narrowing the gap from the loss of $273,000 for the same quarter last year. This year's loss included ...
