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Sales dropped significantly for Orange 21, parent of Spy Optic,...
Sales dropped significantly for Orange 21, parent of Spy Optic, in the first quarter ended March 31. Total revenues fell by 36.2 percent to $7.4 million, and the company recorded a net loss of $804,000, an improvement over the $851,000 loss recorded in the same quarter 2008. This year's loss ...
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Sover, an Italian producer of frames and sunglasses located in...
Sover, an Italian producer of frames and sunglasses located in the Belluno district, is focusing on its private labels to pull it through the economic crisis, given that its branded collections, like those of its competitors, are suffering from the effects of the recession. Until now its private labels remained ...
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Spy Optic, the Californian sports brand owned by Orange 21,...
Spy Optic, the Californian sports brand owned by Orange 21, has always had its snowboard goggles produced in the Varese district of Italy, but has now entrusted the revamping and updating of the collection to Italia Independent, a young and ambitious eyewear company that we have already talked about and ...
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The top 50 optical retailers in the United States brought...
The top 50 optical retailers in the United States brought in total sales of more than $7 billion in 2008, but they did feel the effects of the recession, according to an annual study by Vision Monday magazine. The total figure of $7.16 billion gives these 50 biggest companies a ...
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Female optometrists have overtaken their male colleagues in England, according...
Female optometrists have overtaken their male colleagues in England, according to statistics from the General Ophthalmic Service. At the end of 2008, there were 4,604 female practitioners compared with 4,595 men. Ten years ago the field was made up of 60 percent men. There were a total of 9,540 ophthalmic ...
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In a five-year study, children between the ages of 6...
In a five-year study, children between the ages of 6 and 11 wore glasses and then had the option of keeping the glasses or switching to contact lenses. The Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial has found that there was a slightly higher progression of myopia in the children who wore ...
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The World Health Organization is urging the establishment of a...
The World Health Organization is urging the establishment of a system to distribute eyeglasses to developing countries as a form of aid that would be more beneficial for their economy than other forms of assistance. A study conducted for the WHO shows that it would cost $26 billion to treat ...
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The European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) was officially...
The European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) was officially launched in the Olympic Museum of Lausanne last month, with Feike Grit appointed president for the next two years, and Roger Crelier acting as vice president. Bryony Pawinska, chief executive of the U.K. College of Optometrists, will be the secretary ...
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The Cleer Project, an initiative by the European Contact Lens...
The Cleer Project, an initiative by the European Contact Lens Forum, has extended the deadline for professionals to report adverse incidents with contact lenses. Reports will now be accepted until Dec. 31. In the 12 months since the project started, 400 reports have been submitted from 20 countries, but the ...
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French Budget Minister Eric Woerth formally launched an anti-counterfeiting campaign...
French Budget Minister Eric Woerth formally launched an anti-counterfeiting campaign a few weeks ago with the symbolic destruction of 4,000 pairs of fake sunglasses by a steamroller in front of a large audience. Customs officials made a demonstration of their poor anti-UV properties. The French government is followed up the ...
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Indo is leader and coordinator of an innovative European research...
Indo is leader and coordinator of an innovative European research project for the development of new technologies and marketing programs for personalized spectacles where the frame and the lens fit together perfectly. Satisloh and a number of research institutes in various countries are among the project, labeled MADE4U and funded ...
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In collaboration with Safilo, Centro Style, Salmoiraghi and other partners...
In collaboration with Safilo, Centro Style, Salmoiraghi and other partners that use its technologies, Optigen has launched an anti-counterfeiting service in Italy to protect clients from harmful copies of its own patented memory metal frames in titanium and related components. Italian opticians can call a toll-free number (900 912 945) ...
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Avanzi, the Italian chain owned by the Dutch group Pearle...
Avanzi, the Italian chain owned by the Dutch group Pearle Europe, has come up with an original marketing initiative for its 115 stores. Customers who buy prescription glasses with anti-reflective lenses, or sunglasses with prescription lenses, will be granted a discount that increases with the customer's age. Italy's second-largest eyewear ...
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Specsavers has been named the most trusted optician in the...
Specsavers has been named the most trusted optician in the U.K. in a new Reader's Digest Trusted Brands survey. Specsavers had 45 percent of the vote in the annual poll, followed by independent opticians with 17 percent, Boots Opticians with 13 percent, Vision Express with 9 percent, Dollond & Aitchison ...
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More and more producers of sunglasses are linking up with...
More and more producers of sunglasses are linking up with current and former movie and music stars through celebrity placement, sponsoring and in other ways. Face à Face has been particularly active or popular on this front, noting that its sunglasses were worn by famous actors and actresses at the ...
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VSP Vision Care has become a new global sponsor for...
VSP Vision Care has become a new global sponsor for Team Type 1, an organization of bicycle teams whose goal is to help people with diabetes. Together, they will work to raise awareness of the link between diabetes and eye health. VSP will provide all eyewear and eye care for ...
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Optim has launched onto Facebook, the social networking site, on...
Optim has launched onto Facebook, the social networking site, on which it has created a page called Optim Moda Optica as part of its marketing and communication drive. The aim is to reach new consumers that may not have been aware of its website. As of June 9, Optim's Facebook ...
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Expoóptica, the international optics and optometry exhibition that now takes...
Expoóptica, the international optics and optometry exhibition that now takes place in Madrid every other year, has a new management team led by María José Sánchez, who has worked for a long time with Ifema, the organizer of the Spanish fair. Alberto Leal is the new marketing director. The show ...
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International Vision Expo East drew 14,020 visitors to its show...
International Vision Expo East drew 14,020 visitors to its show in New York in March, an 11 percent drop from 2008. Reed Exhibitions, the show's organizer, said this was slightly better than the 12 percent drop it had expected. Almost 2,300 attendees came from outside the U.S. Among the visitors, ...
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The Milan Fair is offering loan facilities to help companies...
The Milan Fair is offering loan facilities to help companies interested in exhibiting in any of the numerous trade shows organized at the new fairgrounds at Rho Pero, including the next edition of Mido, provided they have an office in Italy. Thanks to an agreement with Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo, the ...
