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No less than 33 percent of Italians above the age...
No less than 33 percent of Italians above the age of 18 don't wear sunglasses as they do not believe that this is necessary to protect their eyes from the sun's UV rays. This was one of the findings of a recent survey commissioned jointly by Italy's Vision Defense Commission ...
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In Austria, a survey conducted over the internet showed that...
In Austria, a survey conducted over the internet showed that 20 percent of people between the ages of 14 and 59 don't have a pair of sunglasses, while another 40 percent use them only occasionally. Only one-third bought a pair in the previous six months according to this survey, made ...
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As part of its ?Check Yearly. See Clearly? public service...
As part of its ?Check Yearly. See Clearly? public service initiative, the Vision Council of America (VCA) has collaborated in two new education campaigns to promote vision health. The VCA and AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) have created a print and broadcast campaign to educate Americans over ...
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The Museum of Spectacles in Pieve di Cadore is re-locating...
The Museum of Spectacles in Pieve di Cadore is re-locating to the COSMO center in the Italian town, next to the birthplace of Titian Vecellio, the famous painter. The museum houses over 3,000 pairs of spectacles from Europe, Asia and North America which date back to the 17th century. Recent ...
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Immagine Eyewear has invested 12 percent of its annual turnover...
Immagine Eyewear has invested 12 percent of its annual turnover on a major communication campaign for its X-ICE collection of sun and prescription eyewear. The campaign included sponsorship of major sporting events such as Italy's two major cycling and sailing races, and participation in a number of musical events over ...
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SILMO, the big and growing Pariseyewear trade show, will open...
SILMO, the big and growing Pariseyewear trade show, will open its doors for its 40th edition on Oct. 19-22 with more space for its exhibitors, whose number will increase to 1,100 from 966 in 2006. This year the show will span over 95,400 square meters compared with a 93,000 ...
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Mariano Llanas, president of Hoya Lens Iberia, will take over...
Mariano Llanas, president of Hoya Lens Iberia, will take over from Jorge Cottet as chairman of the IFEMA organising committee for Expo-Optica, the Madrid optical trade show, which will hold its 27th edition from Feb. 29 to March 2 next year. Cottet had held the chairing position for 14 years.
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The organizers of InterOptica, a new optical fair in Ekaterinburg,...
The organizers of InterOptica, a new optical fair in Ekaterinburg, expect more than 160 exhibitors and over 7,000 visitors at its second session, scheduled for next Apr. 28-29 in the modern World Trade Center of the big Russian city in the Ural mountains. Held last June, the first session featured ...
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Specsavers has confirmed its entry into the Finnish optical retail...
Specsavers has confirmed its entry into the Finnish optical retail market, starting with the takeover of 16 Optigo stores in the country that have been owned by Coronaria. They will be converted to Specsavers Optikko units by October. Some 40 more stores are planned to open in various parts of ...
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Dollond & Aitchison, the British optical retail chain owned by...
Dollond & Aitchison, the British optical retail chain owned by De Rigo, has formed a partnership with Ultralase, a British supplier of laser refractive surgery services, citing a verdict by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence that LASIK surgery is «safe and efficacious.» Optometrists at D&A shops will ...
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Pradip Patel replaces Elizabeth Fagan as managing director of Boots...
Pradip Patel replaces Elizabeth Fagan as managing director of Boots Opticians. Patel acted as operations director of the chain prior to his latest assignment as pharmacy superintendent of Boots the Chemist, the drugstore chain also owned by Alliance Boots. Fagan remains within the group as marketing director of its integrated ...
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Elie Vannier has silently left as general manager of GrandVision...
Elie Vannier has silently left as general manager of GrandVision after many years at its helm, although he remains as a member of the board. He had a minority stake in the French optical retail chain, which he joined in 1997, but sold it off in December 2005 when Hal ...
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Ed Jankowski has left as chief operating officer of Solstice,...
Ed Jankowski has left as chief operating officer of Solstice, the chain of sunglass shops owned by Safilo in the USA, to run the North American operations of Godiva, the Belgian chocolate firm. Giovanni Pesce, who became head of European retailing at Safilo last January, will assist the existing management ...
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Fabris Lane has signed a £9 million (€13.3m-$18.2m) licensing deal...
Fabris Lane has signed a £9 million (€13.3m-$18.2m) licensing deal for Fat Face eyewear. Men's and women's sunglasses will be launched under this dynamic action sports brand in January 2008, with new styles due to be introduced every season. Prescription frames are slated for the next MIDO show. Distribution will ...
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Animal, a British boardsports company that is celebrating its 20th...
Animal, a British boardsports company that is celebrating its 20th anniverasry, has signed a 10-year licensing deal for eyewear with Inspecs, which holds several other licenses such as FCUK and Speedo. Prior to Inspecs, the license was split between Fabris Lane, which handled only sunglasses, and Norville, which sold prescription ...
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Aeffe, an Italian fashion company that recently went public, has...
Aeffe, an Italian fashion company that recently went public, has announced the imminent launch of a line of eyewear under its brand Alberta Ferretti, which should coincide with those of a fragrance and of leather accessories under the same name. The company has not yet revealed the name of the ...
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Cole Haan, the premium brand of footwear owned by Nike,...
Cole Haan, the premium brand of footwear owned by Nike, will launch a line of eyewear in the USA under its own label, starting next spring. ClearVision Optical will take care of the development and sale of prescription eyewear and sunglasses in the optical retail circuit. B. Robinson will take ...
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Creating a new position designed to reinforce its global service...
Creating a new position designed to reinforce its global service levels, Schneider Optikmaschinen has appointed Oswin Lack as vice president of service operations, based at its head office in Germany. The executive comes from Satisloh, where he covered several management positions in Switzerland, the USA and Germany.
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Bausch & Lomb has acquired the Soothe emollient eye drops...
Bausch & Lomb has acquired the Soothe emollient eye drops business from Alimera Sciences. Meanwhile the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its inspection of B&L's manufacturing plant and distribution facility in Greenville, South Carolina, affirming that both operations are in compliance with health standards. The FDA had ...
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Gerber Coburn saw its revenues increase by $5.2 million to...
Gerber Coburn saw its revenues increase by $5.2 million to $76.5 million during the financial year ended last Apr. 30, contributing a $2.2 million higher operating profit to the results of its parent company, Gerber Scientific. Changes in foreign currency made up $1.3 million of the sales increase, which was ...
