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Ebony has launched a new eyewear range for the UK...
Ebony has launched a new eyewear range for the UK market called Arquo, which it has been selling in South Africa since January. Arquo is the brand owned and produced by the Foval factory in Italy, which produces frames for Dolce & Gabbana and Prada. Arquo's items are three-part frames, ...
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Danny Van Goethem, a veteran of the eyewear industry, has...
Danny Van Goethem, a veteran of the eyewear industry, has been appointed by Buchmann Optical Holding as vice president in charge of industrial solutions and international key accounts. He first joined Buchmann Optical Industries 20 years ago and worked for the company for 11 years before moving to Hoya Europe, ...
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Some 200 optical retailers, eye care professionals and suppliers to...
Some 200 optical retailers, eye care professionals and suppliers to the eyewear industry turned up at Vision Monday's first Leadership Summit, staged in New York a couple of days before the Vision Expo fair last March. The speakers included such high-caliber personalities as Andrea Guerra of Luxottica, Bob Gray of ...
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The European Sunglass Association, which is staging its annual convention...
The European Sunglass Association, which is staging its annual convention at Lagonissi near Athens next June 1-2, and the American Sunglass Association attracted more than 160 decision-makers from the global sunglass industry to an annual joint cocktail and dinner during the MIDO fair in Milan, marking a double-digit increase from ...
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Germany's eyewear industry association, Spectaris, forecasts a 7 percent sales...
Germany's eyewear industry association, Spectaris, forecasts a 7 percent sales increase to nearly €4 billion for the sector in 2007, with increases of 4 percent in the country and 10 percent abroad. Definitive figures for 2006 indicate total growth of 12.7 percent to €3.68 billion, including gains of 8 percent ...
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TJ Hughes, a discount department store in the UK, will...
TJ Hughes, a discount department store in the UK, will be adding nine Specialeyes shop-in-shops to its stores next year, beginning with concessions at Scunthrope and Donacaster the Northeast of the country. Specialeyes, an eyewear retailer that carries brands like Christian Dior, Police, Playboy, Jigsaw, Morgan and FCUK, already set ...
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Specsavers plans to open over 20 franchises in Spain and...
Specsavers plans to open over 20 franchises in Spain and Portugal over the next three years. Among other locations they are set to open along the Costa del Sol, the Balearic islands, Gran Canaria and in the Algarve region of Portugal. They are homes to significant communities of expatriates from ...
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Salmoiraghi & Vigano, Italy's largest optical chain, earns a major...
Salmoiraghi & Vigano, Italy's largest optical chain, earns a major chunk of its revenues in all product categories from its in-house brands. Some 35-40 percent of its sales of prescription eyewear sales are generated by 5 private brands. In the sunglass sector the figure drops to 5-10 percent, as the ...
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Refac Optical Group, which manages more than 500 optical retail...
Refac Optical Group, which manages more than 500 optical retail stores in the USA through the U.S. Vision chain and OptiCare Health Services, stopped trading on the American Stock Exchange on Apr. 26. The company was taken private after its major shareholder, Palisade Concentrated Equity Partnership, bought its remaining shares ...
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Highmark, parent company of Eye Care Centers of America (ECCA),...
Highmark, parent company of Eye Care Centers of America (ECCA), Davis Vision and Viva International, has agreed to merge with another health insurance company in Pennsylvania, Independence Blue Cross (IBC). The new company that will come out of the merger will maintain dual headquarters in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, employing some ...
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Fielmann's supervisory board has appointed Stefan Thies as a member...
Fielmann's supervisory board has appointed Stefan Thies as a member of its management board, responsible for controlling, organization and information technology. The 38-year-old executive, who worked previously for McKinsey, joined the company in February 2005. At the same time, Emmanuel Siregar, who was in charge of human resources, leaves the ...
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Marchon Eyewear is reinforcing its ties with the LVMH group...
Marchon Eyewear is reinforcing its ties with the LVMH group through a new exclusive and global licensing deal for its Emilio Pucci brand, well known for its legendary prints and colors. Featuring sun and ophthalmic eyewear, Marchon's Pucci collection will make its debut in January 2008. The deal with LVMH ...
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Mondottica has signed a licensing agreement with Pepe Jeans London...
Mondottica has signed a licensing agreement with Pepe Jeans London for a new eyewear range of frames and sunglasses that covers markets in Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Like the jeans label, it will target young fashion-conscious consumers. The collection will be previewed at MIDO for a launch ...
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Ferrier Hodgson, the Hong Kong-based liquidators of Moulin Global Eyecare...
Ferrier Hodgson, the Hong Kong-based liquidators of Moulin Global Eyecare Holdings, Moulin Global Eyecare Trading and Leadkeen Industrial have declared an initial payment on the outstanding liabilities of these three bankrupt companies. Creditors are getting payment for 7 percent, 8 percent or 1.5 percent of their claims for the moment, ...
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Luxottica Group SpA will take over part of the assets...
Luxottica Group SpA will take over part of the assets of a wholly-owned Italian unit, Luxottica Srl, which specializes in the design and manufacturing of eyewear, in an effort to streamline. The partial de-merger of Luxottica Srl includes the transfer of trademarks and of interests in companies in the group's ...
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After a 15-year partnership with its Croatian distributor in Parendo,...
After a 15-year partnership with its Croatian distributor in Parendo, De Rigo has acquired a 100 percent stake in the Croatian company and is keeping ten of its employees. In five years' time the group expects to reach annual turnover of €20 million in the country. Separately, De Rigo has ...
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Buchmann UK is taking over the distribution in Britain of...
Buchmann UK is taking over the distribution in Britain of Briot, which has been handled for more than 20 years by a distributor, Mainline. Including the distribution of WECO's edging machinery, Rodenstock Instruments, Henson visual field analyzers and Breifield & Schliechert accessories, the new combined operation will double in sales ...
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Charmant Group's founder, Kaoru Horikawa, will step down from his...
Charmant Group's founder, Kaoru Horikawa, will step down from his 32-year role as president and chief executive of the company. He has named his son, Junji Horikawa, previously vice president, to replace him. Kaoru Horikawa will remain as chairman of the group.
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Enrique Rubio, previously lens sales manger in Spain at INDO,...
Enrique Rubio, previously lens sales manger in Spain at INDO, has been named manager of large international accounts, a new post at the Spanish company. In this new role, Rubio will be responsible for improving relations with large optical groups outside of Spain and to facilitate INDO's growth outside of ...
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Britain's Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) has appointed John Conway,...
Britain's Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) has appointed John Conway, the general manager of Seiko Optical UK, as the new chairman of OLMADA, the organization's ophthalmic lens distributors and manufacturers' association. He replaces Chris Ball of Essilor UK. Conway has 30 years of experience in UK optics, and is supported ...
