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Wiley X Eyewear, an American manufacturer of sunglasses and protective...
Wiley X Eyewear, an American manufacturer of sunglasses and protective eyewear sold especially to the U.S. military, has established Wiley X Europe, a full-service European facility in Denmark. The company said the new operation will allow it to build on its growing sales in both the civilian and military markets ...
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Moscow's eyewear show, the International Salon of Ophthalmologic Optics (MSOO),...
Moscow's eyewear show, the International Salon of Ophthalmologic Optics (MSOO), is to add a Fall edition to its traditional Spring show this year. It will run this year on Sept. 12-14. Next year's Spring edition will take place on March 9-13.
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According to a study released at the British Contact Lens...
According to a study released at the British Contact Lens Association's (BCLA) conference earlier this month, 98 percent of all contact lens wearers in seven major European countries do not follow the suggested time limit for wearing their soft lenses. The study was done by Dr. Philip Morgan, Eurolens' research ...
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At its 31st Clinical Conference last June 1-4, the British...
At its 31st Clinical Conference last June 1-4, the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) appointed Nick Atkins as its new president, replacing Chris Kerr. Atkins has previous experience as head of marketing for the UK contact lens business at Bausch & Lomb and as general manager of a refractive surgery ...
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Without quoting the turnover of its 450 affiliated optical retail...
Without quoting the turnover of its 450 affiliated optical retail stores, IGA Optik, the German cooperative, says its own revenues grew by almost 10 percent last year, but its private label business rose by nearly 20 percent. Carsten Schünemann, chief executive of the buying group, says it will concentrate on ...
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ASDA's long-term strategy is to have an optical counter in...
ASDA's long-term strategy is to have an optical counter in each of its 360 stores in the UK. So far, the British chain of hypermarkets, which belongs to Wal-Mart, has 84 optical counters, most of which are in its stores in the Midlands and the south coast of England along ...
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Eye Care Centers of America (ECCA) reported an increase of...
Eye Care Centers of America (ECCA) reported an increase of 9.0 percent in net revenues to $132.5 million for the 1st quarter. Comparable stores sales were up by 6.1 percent. The retailer opened two new doors during the period, and plans to add another 25 this year. Net income rose ...
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A resolution intended to counter a possible hostile bid was...
A resolution intended to counter a possible hostile bid was rejected by Essilor's shareholders at their annual meeting earlier this month as it collected only 52.89 percent of the votes, less than two-thirds majority required by the law. The resolution would have required that no single shareholder can exercise more ...
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INDO reports 5.5 percent higher revenues of €38.48 million for...
INDO reports 5.5 percent higher revenues of €38.48 million for the 1st quarter of this year, but excluding a change in accounting, sales were actually up by only 1 percent. Sales outside Spain grew from 26 to 29 percent of the total turnover, as compared to one year ago. Sales ...
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De Rigo Group said in a recent statement that its...
De Rigo Group said in a recent statement that its operating profit rose by 54.2 percent to €36.4 million in 2006. Net profit jumped by 103 percent to €24.4 million. The gross operating margin (EBITDA) increased by 32.4 percent to €63.4 million, and represented 11.4 percent of turnover, versus 9.5 ...
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Tassilo Gruber, who has worked for Silhouette for more than...
Tassilo Gruber, who has worked for Silhouette for more than nine years, handling most recently international sales and marketing, has left the Austrian group over a conflict of views. He was also a member of the top management, along with the two Schmied brothers who control the company. A successor ...
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Vision-Ease Lens, which still plans to go public within the...
Vision-Ease Lens, which still plans to go public within the next three months, has announced plans to strike technical collaborations and laminate supply relationships with partner companies to allow its LifeRx laminate technology to be applied to eye protection-related products. The company said that by combining the laminate technology in ...
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Eschenbach's total sales grew by more than 12 percent to...
Eschenbach's total sales grew by more than 12 percent to over €90 million last year, with progress especially in the USA, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia and Spain. A target of €100 million has been set for this year, thanks in part to a threefold increase for the Brendel line. The ...
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Optigen, the Italian company that has developed a patented cold-forming...
Optigen, the Italian company that has developed a patented cold-forming process for memory-retention titanium frames, called Optigen Elastic Titanium Intelligence, has signed non-exclusive licensing agreement with Comotec of France and with Okia, a major producer and trader of eyewear components based in Hong Kong. Optigen enjoyed strong demand for its ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision International and its American subsidiary, Carl Zeiss...
Carl Zeiss Vision International and its American subsidiary, Carl Zeiss Vision have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Signet Armorlite. The suit alleges that Signet's line of Kodak Unique lenses and/or the way in which they are manufactured infringes a patent held by Zeiss in the USA. Signet Armorlite has ...
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Following two years of court testimony that saw Aspex' vice...
Following two years of court testimony that saw Aspex' vice president, Thierry Ifergan, and Revolution's president, Gary Zelman, both take the stand, a district court in California ruled last April 30 that Revolution Eyewear infringes on Aspex' patent related to its magnetic clip technology. The decision came after an initial ...
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Orange 21's consolidated net sales for the 1st quarter were...
Orange 21's consolidated net sales for the 1st quarter were flat at $9.4 million. The parent company of Spy Optics reported a gross margin improvement of 4.1 percentage points to 52.2 percent, thanks to inventory write-downs and better efficiencies at its L.E.M manufacturing arm. The net loss was $1.8 million, ...
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Oakley has leased 290,000 square feet of industrial space in...
Oakley has leased 290,000 square feet of industrial space in Southern California for a new distribution facility, located at the Crossroads Business Park in the city of Ontario. The large business park is currently being developed and is expected to be completed during the current half of fiscal 2007. According ...
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Luxottica's retail arm, Luxottica Retail, has topped Vision Monday's ?50...
Luxottica's retail arm, Luxottica Retail, has topped Vision Monday's ?50 Top U.S. Optical Retailers? list for an eighth year in a row. With its LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical and BJ's Optical retail chains, as well as Pearle franchises, the Italian company easily took the top spot with ...
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L'Amy America has announced a long-term license for sun and...
L'Amy America has announced a long-term license for sun and ophthalmic eyewear with Theory, a leading American brand of contemporary men's and women's ready-to-wear clothing. L'Amy will launch the first women's collection of eyewear next January, followed by a men's line a few months later.
