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Revolution Eyewear has signed a license agreement with True Religion...
Revolution Eyewear has signed a license agreement with True Religion Apparel for the production and distribution of True Religion branded eyewear. True Religion is a jeans brand sold in 50 countries. Its collection of eyewear should be first launched next June in the U.S. through True Religion's stores, upscale department ...
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Maui Jim has opened its 14th national sales office in...
Maui Jim has opened its 14th national sales office in India. Like those it has in various European countries, these offices have a very light structure. Based in Hawaii, the company still generates about 70 percent of its turnover in the U.S., where it is one of the three major ...
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Signature Eyewear, which produces eyewear under various brands including Cutter...
Signature Eyewear, which produces eyewear under various brands including Cutter & Buck and Hummer, has announced improved results for the first quarter ended last Jan. 31. While sales outside the U.S. continued to go down, domestic sales increased, mainly for the Bebe and Nicole Miller eyewear lines, leading to an ...
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The European Sunglass Association will hold its next annual convention...
The European Sunglass Association will hold its next annual convention in Barcelona next May 14-15. Membership in ESA has continued to grow and has now reached a level of almost 100 firms. More than 100 delegates participated in the annual dinner of ESA at Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan ...
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China's exports of eyeglasses increased last year by 13 percent...
China's exports of eyeglasses increased last year by 13 percent to the equivalent of US$2.1 billion, while its imports of these products jumped by 22.9 percent to US$230 million. These figures were mentioned by the organizers of SIOF, the international optics fair that was held in Shanghai on Feb. 25-27. ...
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Vision Expo East has redesigned its 2009 show in an...
Vision Expo East has redesigned its 2009 show in an attempt to give visitors their money's worth in tough economic times. More than 400 exhibitors are scheduled to be there, representing all major eye care product categories. The organizers have revamped the layout, grouping exhibitors by category and arranging the ...
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CLARIFICATION: We apologize for an error that slipped into our...
CLARIFICATION: We apologize for an error that slipped into our report on Vision Expo East in the last issue of Eyewear Intelligence. It should have read that all the following European companies will exhibit at the show: Adidas Eyewear, Alain Mikli, Carl Zeiss Vision, Bollé, Enni Marco, Essilor and Face ...
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Pearle Europe's list of stores has grown by 97 after...
Pearle Europe's list of stores has grown by 97 after its acquisition of two more optical chains in Brazil. Fotoptica has 64 stores, 28 of which are franchises, and Fabrica de Oculos has 33 shops. Combined, the companies had sales of €55 million in 2007. They will be run from ...
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National Vision bought the 64-store chain of Eyeglass World from...
National Vision bought the 64-store chain of Eyeglass World from Vision Care Holdings last month. Eyeglass World stores will keep their name. The chain, started 20 years ago, offers budget optical products and most stores have lab capabilities. National Vision operates more than 500 retail outlets in 44 states in ...
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Antoine de Roffignac has decided to quit as general manager...
Antoine de Roffignac has decided to quit as general manager of Guildinvest, the large French optical retail group that includes Krys, Lynx and other banners. He joined the group in 2000. The board of directors gives him credit for boosting the average sales of the affiliated stores by 50 percent ...
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The German optical industry generated stable revenues of €3.77 billion...
The German optical industry generated stable revenues of €3.77 billion in 2008, according to preliminary figures published by its industry association, Spectaris. While domestic sales increased by 3 percent to €1.9 billion, exports declined at a similar rate to €1.86 billion. A similar trend is expected for 2009, and the ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision has appointed Ian Rawcliffe as general manager...
Carl Zeiss Vision has appointed Ian Rawcliffe as general manager of Carl Zeiss Vision France, replacing Christian Röttger after one year in the post. Rawcliffe, who is 60 years old, will continue to supervise the company's large surfacing laboratory at Fougères, which employs 600 people, as he has done for ...
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Kieran Hardy, president of Live Eyewear, has bought this American...
Kieran Hardy, president of Live Eyewear, has bought this American company, known for its Cocoons lenses, which are worn over prescription glasses. Its sales outside the U.S. have been growing rapidly in Europe, Asia and South America, and the company hopes that they will increase from 20 percent now to ...
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Orange 21 has launched a $7.6 million rights offering whereby...
Orange 21 has launched a $7.6 million rights offering whereby owners of its common stock, options and warrants are entitled to purchase additional common shares in the company at $0.80 each. A total 9,544,814 rights will be distributed by the company, which owns the Spy brand of eyewear; the offer ...
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Essilor and Nikon Corporation are forming a joint venture for...
Essilor and Nikon Corporation are forming a joint venture for research into materials, optics and ophthalmic areas. The new venture, Nikon and Essilor International Joint Research Center Company, will be located in Kanagawa, Japan.
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Allergan plans to lay off about 460 people in Europe...
Allergan plans to lay off about 460 people in Europe and the U.S. after a 6 percent drop in earnings in the fourth quarter. The cuts will come mainly from the urology and marketing departments. Earnings for the quarter were $150.6 million; for the full year they increased by 15.9 ...
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Transitions Optical has promoted two people to be country managers...
Transitions Optical has promoted two people to be country managers in Europe. Luca Conte will oversee the U.K. and Ireland after acting as the business manager for those countries. He started at Transitions in 2003 as a trade consultant. Matt Dorling will be in charge of the Nordic and Baltic ...
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The Italian optical industry association, Anfao, is joining other associations...
The Italian optical industry association, Anfao, is joining other associations from the fashion sector to demand action from the Italian government to support their labor-intensive industries in view of the economic crisis, as it has done in the automotive sector. A series of proposals made last December) has remained without ...
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Assogruppi Ottici, the Italian association that brings together the main...
Assogruppi Ottici, the Italian association that brings together the main buying groups, has a new secretary-general, Susi Margotti, who already runs B2Eyes, the «Vision Portal» that provides news and services for opticians and eyewear producers. She takes over from Caroline Gucchierato, while Andrea Garagnani remains chairman of Assogruppi, presiding over ...
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The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (Fodo) has named...
The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (Fodo) has named Don Grocott president. He will continue to hold his position as president of the Association of Optometrists as well. Last year the chairman of Fodo, Paul Carroll, called for the two organizations to work together more closely.
