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Allison is expecting growth of 18-20 percent for the year...
Allison is expecting growth of 18-20 percent for the year 2006, which would take it over the €100 million threshold. Its two new licenses both made good contributions to this result. One of these is Iceberg, which was previously produced by Visibilia. The other one is Try Change, a further ...
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Fedon closed the 3rd quarter with revenues of €42.232 million,...
Fedon closed the 3rd quarter with revenues of €42.232 million, up by 2.3 percent. Revenues from the company's leathergoods division were up by 57 percent, but the results of its core business, eyewear cases, have not been made public. Fedon recently launched a new collection of accessories, called Sarà Sarà, ...
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A one-time charge of $92 million related to its refractive...
A one-time charge of $92 million related to its refractive laser business caused Alcon's net profit to drop by 21.5 percent to $232.1 million in the 3rd quarter, ended Sept. 30. The company's sales rose by 12.4 percent to $1,203.8 million. Consumer eyecare sales increased by 19.7 percent to $178.4 ...
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Allergan's turnover from eyecare pharmaceuticals increased by 12.7 percent to...
Allergan's turnover from eyecare pharmaceuticals increased by 12.7 percent to $403.4 million in the 3rd quarter ended Sept. 29, and in constant currencies they were up by 11.5 percent. The company's total revenues climbed to $806.8 million, as compared to $611.5 million in the year-ago period. For the first nine ...
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Opticians in the Republic of Ireland have won a 10-year...
Opticians in the Republic of Ireland have won a 10-year battle with the Office of Revenue Commissioners that will save them an estimated €50 million in valued added taxes (VAT), after the government body decided to treat spectacles and contact lenses as two supplies ? a taxable supply of goods ...
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Spectera, Vision Service Plan and Davis Vision/Blue Cross Blue Shield...
Spectera, Vision Service Plan and Davis Vision/Blue Cross Blue Shield are the only three American providers of vision care insurance programs to have been selected to offer eye care coverage to U.S. federal government employees and retirees under a new scheme going into operation next Jan. 1. Spectera, which belongs ...
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ClearLab has introduced an interesting incentive scheme for its independent...
ClearLab has introduced an interesting incentive scheme for its independent customers in the UK called ?The Choice is Clear.? Independent opticians in the country will receive prizes like a trip to Paris, a riding expedition on a llama, a swim with the dolphins, spa treatments and sky diving, among other ...
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The total number of visitors at the last SILMO fair...
The total number of visitors at the last SILMO fair in Paris was up by 7.5 percent from one year ago, reaching a total of 46,645. Foreign attendance grew by 11.8 percent to 23,739 visitors, representing 50.9 percent of the total. The number of French visitors increased as well, in ...
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During the last SILMO show in Paris, representatives of ten...
During the last SILMO show in Paris, representatives of ten associations from around the world agreed in principle to hold a periodic meeting called The World Vision Forum, to exchange information on their activities with the general aim to expand the world eye care market, The meetings will be held ...
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The organizers of the MIDO fair in Milan are considering...
The organizers of the MIDO fair in Milan are considering staging a gala evening at its next session, like in former times, to celebrate its move to a new high-tech location at Rho-Pero. The surface retained for the exhibition is only slightly larger than it was at the Portello fairgrounds, ...
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Marcolin's new Tom Ford Eyewear collection won the Accessories Council...
Marcolin's new Tom Ford Eyewear collection won the Accessories Council Excellent Award in the category «Best Accessory Brand Launch of the Year» in the annual ACE Awards ceremony held last Oct. 30 in the Cipriani Hotel in New York. Marchon got three of its designer brands ? Coach, Fendi and ...
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Günter Schneider and his collaborator at Schneider Optikmaschinen, Wenko Süptitz,...
Günter Schneider and his collaborator at Schneider Optikmaschinen, Wenko Süptitz, have received an annual business award from the German state of Hessen for the leading position that the company has acquired in the area of ophthalmic lens manufacturing technology and for the contribution that it has made to local employment. ...
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CLARIFICATION : Hoya says it has a share of only...
CLARIFICATION : Hoya says it has a share of only 2 percent in the Japanese market for prescription frames, estimated at 16 million units a year, so it sells only about 300,000 pieces annually in the country, focusing on the higher end of the market. The business generates an operating ...
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Hans Anders has inaugurated its first French store in Dunkirk....
Hans Anders has inaugurated its first French store in Dunkirk. Four others will follow in the next three months in other Northern French cities ? Lille, Douais, Lens and Calais. All the frames, including those in titanium, are private label items offered at a standard price of €35, while the ...
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The Danish Coop has started to sell contact lenses over...
The Danish Coop has started to sell contact lenses over the internet and it may do the same for glasses. A specialized Danish retailer, Linse Express, has being doing this since 1995, selling its contact lenses also in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Iceland, and it has recently acquired a competitor, ...
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Gaining more traction in southeast England, Scrivens Opticians has acquired...
Gaining more traction in southeast England, Scrivens Opticians has acquired Ronald Brown Group, an optical retail chain operating in London and surrounding areas, for an undisclosed sum. The purchase gives the UK-based group 21 Ronald Brown outlets, which will continue to trade under the same name. Scrivens' total retail network ...
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The largest optical retailer and wholesaler in New Zealand, Optical...
The largest optical retailer and wholesaler in New Zealand, Optical Holdings, has acquired a 50 percent share in Engelhardt, a frame wholesaler based in southern Australia. The move is seen as a challenge to OPSM Group, Australia's leading optical retailer, which is owned by Luxottica and has a presence in ...
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In its 2nd quarter, ended July 1, the Eye Care...
In its 2nd quarter, ended July 1, the Eye Care Centers of America (ECCA) chain's revenues grew by 5.8 percent to $105.1 million. Same-store sales were up by 4.6 percent. Net income rose to $3.3 million, as compared to $1.8 million in the year-ago period. For the 1st half, ECCA's ...
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Emerging Vision, parent company of Sterling Optical, an American 160-store...
Emerging Vision, parent company of Sterling Optical, an American 160-store chain, has acquired Combine Optical Management, an optical buying group based in Florida, for $2.5 million in cash. The company paid $700,000 up front, and the rest will be paid over a 5-year period. In its full year ended June ...
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Pearle Europe has completed its acquisition of Optikk Norge, which...
Pearle Europe has completed its acquisition of Optikk Norge, which has a network of 75 outlets in Norway trading under the Interoptik banner. Annual sales from the retail chain total about €50 million. Pearle Europe is owned 98 percent by HAL Holding.
