Latest News Briefs – Page 339
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Alain Afflelou has launched a major TV advertising campaign for...
Alain Afflelou has launched a major TV advertising campaign for Protectafflelou, a new unbreakable lens. The French retailer says it uses different suppliers for the lens. It used Vision Ease for a previous polycarbonate lens, called 2Ai, that Afflelou launched in 2001 on an exclusive basis in France.
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Roman Afflelou, son of Alain Afflelou, will launch his first...
Roman Afflelou, son of Alain Afflelou, will launch his first brand of eyewear at SILMO later this week. It is called U.N.I., which stands for ?You and I.? He is coming out first with prescription frames, positioned in the medium range of the market with a retail price of €120. ...
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Elite has chosen Randazzo, to test-market a couple of exclusive...
Elite has chosen Randazzo, to test-market a couple of exclusive models of Pollini branded prescription frames in acetate with metal temples, retailing at €174 and carrying a 2-year guarantee. The chain has a total of 155 outlets, but only 95 of them trading under different banners ? Randazzo, Optissimo and ...
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De Rigo plans to spend €2 million over two years...
De Rigo plans to spend €2 million over two years for the roll-out of Pirelli PZero Sunglasses, which will be introduced in Italy this year and in the rest of Europe in March. The eyewear company signed a renewable 5-year contract for the license with Pirelli, the Italian tire company ...
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Visibilia will launch a new line of glasses, called Jeckerson...
Visibilia will launch a new line of glasses, called Jeckerson Eye Catching and inspired by authentic and original travel experiences, at SILMO in Paris at the end of this week. The first models will be for men and unisex. Visibilia expects sales of €25 million from this new collection for ...
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Oakley has teamed up with the famous Pacha Club at...
Oakley has teamed up with the famous Pacha Club at Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands, to launch a limited edition of its Oakley Thump 2 glasses with a built-in MP3 player. The two little red cherries that are the symbol of the club are engraved by laser on the frame. ...
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A French court has requested the liquidation of the ophthalmic...
A French court has requested the liquidation of the ophthalmic lens business of Bourgeois, leading to the layoff of about 50 employees at its factory, which had already gone through a reorganization in 2004. Sales of the line have dropped sharply and Charly Bourgeois, the company's owner, has not found ...
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Seiko's optical products generated sales of 6.742 billion yen (€45.0m-$56.7m)...
Seiko's optical products generated sales of 6.742 billion yen (€45.0m-$56.7m) in the 1st quarter ended June 30, or 5.4 percent less than in the same period a year ago, due to sluggish sales of single-vision low-index lenses to mass merchandisers in Japan. Back-surface progressive lenses continued to grow domestically and ...
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An Oakley veteran, Link Newcomb, will shift from the position...
An Oakley veteran, Link Newcomb, will shift from the position of chief operating officer to a newly created role of senior adviser to the chief executive, Scott Olivet. Newcomb will no longer serve on the board of directors. He had been COO since 1999. He first joined the company in ...
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Scott Olivet, chief executive of Oakley, has been appointed to...
Scott Olivet, chief executive of Oakley, has been appointed to the board of directors at Payless ShoeSource, a big American discount shoe retail chain. Olivet's term expires in 2009. He has previously held executive positions at Nike and other places.
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Three candidates passed the European optometrist's diploma awarded by ECOO...
Three candidates passed the European optometrist's diploma awarded by ECOO last Oct. 14-15 in Dublin. Two are Swiss. The other one is a German, Alina Schulze, who previously prepared a dissertationabout orthokeratology contact lenses at an ophthalmic institute in Cologne.
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After seeing the disaster Bausch & Lomb experienced with its...
After seeing the disaster Bausch & Lomb experienced with its ReNu with moisture Loc contact lens solution linked to an outbreak of Fusarium keratitis, Johnson & Johnson has apparently decided that the time may be ripe for its entry into the contact lens solution segment. Indicating that the outbreak presented ...
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Roughly 400 temporary employees at Bausch & Lomb will be...
Roughly 400 temporary employees at Bausch & Lomb will be let go in Europe and the USA, including 200 at its plant in Ireland. The company blamed changing business conditions for the cuts, and added that many people will likely be rehired early next year. The temporary workforce had been ...
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Menicon has launched a new section of its website for...
Menicon has launched a new section of its website for professionals, providing technical assistance, an image bank and internet links to other relevant internet sites. A training course on contact lenses will be added shortly to the www.menicon/professional.com section.
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Younger Optics is launching its Drivewear lens at SILMO in...
Younger Optics is launching its Drivewear lens at SILMO in Paris this week for immediate availability in Europe and shortly thereafter also in the Middle East. It was launched last summer in the USA. The patented lens has been developed with Transitions Optical, combining its photochromic technology with that of ...
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ClearVision Optical Company has moved its head office from Farmingdale,...
ClearVision Optical Company has moved its head office from Farmingdale, New York, to Hauppauge, New York. The company's new facility is twice the size of the old one, providing more space for a distribution center as well as administrative offices and a showroom.
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Brando Eyewear has obtained the worldwide eyewear license for Shanghai...
Brando Eyewear has obtained the worldwide eyewear license for Shanghai Tang, a luxury brand from Hong Kong. The license runs for four years, with the option of a four-year renewal. The first line will be launched next Spring, but will make its official debut at SILMO in Paris this week. ...
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For an undisclosed sum, Vista Optics has acquired the contact...
For an undisclosed sum, Vista Optics has acquired the contact lens materials and consumables business of Lamda Polytech. The deal doesn't include Lamda's engineering division. The goal is to move the recently bought operations to Vista's 15,000-square-foot headquarters in Cheshire, the UK.
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Louis Vuitton is partnering with Intercast to develop LV Landscape...
Louis Vuitton is partnering with Intercast to develop LV Landscape Vision lenses for its own line of eyewear. The patented polarized lenses being developed for the French fashion house will be produced by Intercast under the Zeiss name. They are made with attenuation filtration and XP high-contrast technology.
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Norville has invested £250,000 (€373,000-$470,000) in its laboratory in Gloucester,...
Norville has invested £250,000 (€373,000-$470,000) in its laboratory in Gloucester, which it describes as a state-of-the-art operation offering a complete portfolio of lens coatings for the products it makes. Separately, to communicate the benefits of the company's anti-reflective coatings to its customers, Norville has produced a new Versatile Office lens ...
