Latest News Briefs – Page 309
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Two new executives have been appointed at FGX Europe, a...
Two new executives have been appointed at FGX Europe, a leading provider of ready-to-wear reading glasses in the U.K. and the owner of the brand Foster Grant. Chris Jones is now the managing director of this subsidiary of the U.S. company by the same name, after spending the last four ...
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Mark Hobson is the new managing director for the U.K....
Mark Hobson is the new managing director for the U.K. division of Silhouette, where he will lead sales and marketing efforts for Silhouette, Adidas Eyewear and Daniel Swarovski crystal eyewear in that country. He was formerly the general manager of De Rigo U.K., and has also held positions at Bausch ...
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Silhouette, the Austrian eyewear company, has appointed August Stangl to...
Silhouette, the Austrian eyewear company, has appointed August Stangl to succeed Franz Koll as brand director for Adidas Eyewear. Stangl previously worked for Therm-ic, the Austrian specialty brand for heating solutions in the sports sector.
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Bausch & Lomb has named Peter Valenti III president for...
Bausch & Lomb has named Peter Valenti III president for North America, vision care, replacing Robert Moore, who left last year. Valenti comes from Covidien, a manufacturer of medical instruments, where he was vice president and general manager for surgical devices for the U.S. market. He has also been a ...
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The Giorgio Armani group increased its stake in Presidio Holding,...
The Giorgio Armani group increased its stake in Presidio Holding, which holds the license for the production and distribution of the brand A/X Armani Exchange, to 50 percent from 25 percent. The rest of the capital is owned by Como Holdings. Presidio Holding was created in 2005 to boost the ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision has launched an update to the Cinemizer...
Carl Zeiss Vision has launched an update to the Cinemizer video eyewear. The new Cinemizer Plus includes the features of the original one, with high-resolution LCD screens that can be individually focused. The result appears as a virtual 115-centimeter screen 2 meters away. Where the original device had on-ear headphones, ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care reported sales growth of 13.2...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care reported sales growth of 13.2 percent for the full 2008 year, with a final figure of $2,500 million. Excluding currency effects this was growth of 8.6 percent. In its domestic market, the U.S., sales were up by 9.6 percent to $890 million. They grew even ...
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CIBA Vision has started offering a new multi-focal contact lens...
CIBA Vision has started offering a new multi-focal contact lens that is designed to keep presbyopes over the age of 40 using contact lenses. The Air Optix Aqua Multifocal is designed to correct problems with vision and comfort that cause many contact users to switch back to glasses in their ...
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CIBA Vision has survived a challenge from its rival Johnson...
CIBA Vision has survived a challenge from its rival Johnson & Johnson, which complained that ads for CIBA's Focus Dailies were misleading to customers. The Advertising Standards Authority of the U.K. ruled that no deception occurred. The print ad for the lenses said, ?The most comfortable Dailies contact lens ever, ...
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Bills have been introduced in the U.S. Senate and its...
Bills have been introduced in the U.S. Senate and its House of Representatives for the ?Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009,? which would ensure that children have follow-up care after being identified as having a possible vision problem in an eye exam or screening. The language of the two ...
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The British Contact Lens Association will hold a European day...
The British Contact Lens Association will hold a European day in London on Feb. 9 that looks at differences among European markets with its theme ?Eurovision: Contactology Across the United States of Europe.? It will provide up-to-date information on daily disposables, orthokeratology, continuous wear and presbyopia, and also look forward ...
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The organizers of the International Vision Expo East show in...
The organizers of the International Vision Expo East show in New York in March have started tracking the figures for this year's exhibition, and the numbers are up. They recently said that 2,771 visitors had pre-registered to attend the show, compared with 1,456 at the same time one year prior. ...
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More than 750 exhibitors are expected for the International Optics...
More than 750 exhibitors are expected for the International Optics Fair in Shanghai on Feb. 25-27 at the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center. The ninth version of the Chinese fair will again feature group pavilions organized by Silmo of France, Mido of Italy (in conjunction with the Italian Trade ...
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Walter De Rigo died at the age of 76 on...
Walter De Rigo died at the age of 76 on Jan. 1, victim of a heart attack. The son of a builder, he created, along with his brother Ennio, an industrial empire which spans from construction work, freezers and tourism to the eyewear company De Rigo Vision. The eyewear company ...
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CORRECTION: BBGR has used the DS technology of Anateo to...
CORRECTION: BBGR has used the DS technology of Anateo to enhance the performance of its Evolis and Singular lines. Singular (not Singulus) is a lens specifically designed to suit small frames.
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SpecSavers has opened a flagship store in downtown Sydney and...
SpecSavers has opened a flagship store in downtown Sydney and announced that it plans to open a new integrated 13,000-square-meter manufacturing and operational facility in Port Melbourne to service the market in Australia and New Zealand, where it has already become the second-largest player after Luxottica. The facility will be ...
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According to Optician, at least two of the optical chains...
According to Optician, at least two of the optical chains in the U.K. have decided not to pass on a cut in the VAT that went into effect in the country on Dec. 1 for an initial period of 13 months, in order to stimulate consumption. Dollond & Aitchison said ...
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Ottica Avanzi, the Italian chain owned by Pearle Europe, opened...
Ottica Avanzi, the Italian chain owned by Pearle Europe, opened 10 new stores in 2008 in various cities in the north-central part of the country, bringing its total to 115 outlets and 800 employees, welcoming over a million customers per year. Daniele Voltini, the chief executive, has set the ...
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Optical Shop International (OSI) has opened the first single-brand Chrome...
Optical Shop International (OSI) has opened the first single-brand Chrome Hearts store on Madison Avenue in New York City, measuring 23 square meters and decorated with ebony wood, sterling silver and fine leather like this luxury eyewear line. Lenses for prescription glasses will all be by Carl Zeiss Vision, and ...
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Safilo has extended its license agreement with Jones Apparel Group...
Safilo has extended its license agreement with Jones Apparel Group of the USA for the design, production and distribution of Nine West prescription frames and sunglasses for women and children. The new contract takes effect from next Jan. 1 for three years, with an automatic renewal for three more years ...
