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Eyewear Designs of New York has signed a multi-year licensing...
Eyewear Designs of New York has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with The Hershey Company for the worldwide distribution of its eyewear. Hershey is the largest manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products in the USA. Its brands include Hershey's, Reese's, Hershey's Kisses and Ice Breakers. The Hershey's Eyewear collection ...
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Oliver Peoples, the Californian eyewear producer owned by Oakley, has...
Oliver Peoples, the Californian eyewear producer owned by Oakley, has signed a contract with the Belgian designer Kris Van Assche for a limited collection of eyewear. Van Assche had already presented one eyewear model in previous accessory collections, and Oliver Peoples has already produced limited editions of gold, diamond-studded eyewear ...
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The Hilsinger Company, or Hilco, recently acquired Sadler Brothers, a...
The Hilsinger Company, or Hilco, recently acquired Sadler Brothers, a neighboring supplier in Massachusetts of tools, equipment and parts for eyewear manufacturing. The purchase was made for an undisclosed price. Tom Sadler, president and chief executive of Sadler, has been appointed as a director at Hilco. Many other employees are ...
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Seiko Optical from Japan has acquired a German laboratory in...
Seiko Optical from Japan has acquired a German laboratory in Lippstadt where it will implant some of its high-tech production lines, cutting delivery times to European markets. Starvision, the German lab formerly owned by Krane Optik, already manufactures Seiko's high-end products. More technical offer will now be manufactured there, such ...
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Aspex Europe has moved the totality of its stock to...
Aspex Europe has moved the totality of its stock to a distribution center based at Val d'Europe, near EuroDisney outside Paris. The distributor wants to cut short delivery times within Europe and is hoping to better penetrate the French market. It is also reinforcing the sales team for the two ...
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Optim is seeking to penetrate the Italian market with an...
Optim is seeking to penetrate the Italian market with an exclusive distributor, Lepanto. After working for renowned eyewear companies such as Galileo and Essilor, Roberto Pan established the company in 2006 specifically to distribute Optim's products. After doing a good job with the Spanish company's licensed collection named after Agatha ...
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Wal-Mart has teamed up with 1-800 Contacts, the American contact...
Wal-Mart has teamed up with 1-800 Contacts, the American contact lens supplier, to launch a prescription program, offering contact lenses to consumers across the USA at a discount of about 20 percent. The partners say it will results in savings of $400 million for the end consumers over the next ...
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The Vision Council of America (VCA) announced its merger with...
The Vision Council of America (VCA) announced its merger with another major industry organization, the Sunglass Association of America (SAA). The merger leads to the creation of a new unit in VCA's structure called the Sunglass and Reader division headed up by David Bibbey, president of SAA. It is open ...
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The debate in Brussels over the introduction of mandatory labels...
The debate in Brussels over the introduction of mandatory labels of origin for a variety of consumer products remains stalled because of the objections of the German government and others. These labels remain optional, but French eyewear producers suggested at a recent meeting that European labeling norms should be harmonized ...
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Certottica, the Italian institute for the certification of optical products,...
Certottica, the Italian institute for the certification of optical products, has had its accreditation renewed by the Italian government for a further 5-year period up to 2013. One of several institutes in Europe authorized to issue CE certification for the EU market, the institute acknowledges that eyewear products conform to ...
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England's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has...
England's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has reversed an earlier decision to cut back on government subsidies for free treatment of wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). The cutbacks caused much outcry in the country. State provisions for the expensive treatment will now cover 14 injections of Lucentis ...
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Spy Optic has signed on Eero Niemela as the newest...
Spy Optic has signed on Eero Niemela as the newest member of its 16-man snowboard team. Niemela is representing the sunglass and goggle brand at the Winter X Games being held in Aspen, Colorado. The top Finnish board rider, who is competing in the Slopestyle event, is also being sponsored ...
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The upcoming Expoóptica trade fair in Madrid, scheduled from Feb....
The upcoming Expoóptica trade fair in Madrid, scheduled from Feb. 28 to March 2, will feature a special event ? called ?Eye to Eye, Latin America meets Europe in Optics?or ?Al Invest? ? to be held on Feb. 28 and 29 just outside the fairgrounds. Organized by Spectaris, the German ...
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The second edition of Sun Glasses Salon, held last November...
The second edition of Sun Glasses Salon, held last November in Kiev, attracted 84 exhibitors from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, Canada and Belarus, and 3,100 visitors. The next session of the Ukrainian show will run next Feb. 19-21.
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Alain Afflelou is set to get out of the Paris...
Alain Afflelou is set to get out of the Paris section of the Euronext stock exchange, where the French optical retail chain has been trading since 2002. With an investment of €95 million, Bridgepoint increased its stake in the company last month from 61.1 percent to 96.08 percent. Alain Afflelou's ...
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Napapijri, the Italian sportswear brand recently acquired by VF Corporation,...
Napapijri, the Italian sportswear brand recently acquired by VF Corporation, has signed a 5-year licensing agreement with Elite Group for its first line of eyewear. Made in Italy and featuring temples in steel-injected rubber, it will be presented at the next MIDO show in Milan for prescription glasses and sunwear.
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Maison Martin Margiela, a women's fashion brand that belongs to...
Maison Martin Margiela, a women's fashion brand that belongs to Renzo Rosso's Only The Brave holding company, like Diesel, will launch its first model of sunglasses next February. Called Incognito, it will retail at €360-€380 and will initially be available exclusively in Maison Martin Margiela's 30 concept stores and in ...
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Aoyama Optical has signed a licensing agreement with Lego Systems...
Aoyama Optical has signed a licensing agreement with Lego Systems of Denmark to develop a line of children's ophthalmic frames and sunglasses featuring the Lego brand and play themes for the American market. The highly creative line should be available in high-end U.S. optical retail stores by next summer. Aoyama ...
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Samsonite Black Label, the high-end brand of the famous producer...
Samsonite Black Label, the high-end brand of the famous producer of luggage and leathergoods, recently acquired by CVC Capital Partners, has announced that it will enter the eyewear market in 2010, starting probably with prescription eyewear frames. More precise details concerning the product and licensing agreement will not be disclosed ...
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Nick Loan has been appointed as managing director at Rodenstock's...
Nick Loan has been appointed as managing director at Rodenstock's UK division, not even a year after Keith Carnes had been awarded the position. Carnes, who was formerly customer marketing director at Gillette, left Rodenstock a few months ago for undisclosed reasons. Loan, who previously held the top position at ...
