Latest News Briefs – Page 340
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The Vision Council of America's (VCA) Check Yearly campaign has...
The Vision Council of America's (VCA) Check Yearly campaign has combined with the U.S. ?Reading Is Fundamental? (RIF) program to distribute more than 40,000 vision health kits to public libraries in the USA. Within one month, librarians across the country requested 2.4 million additional materials, according to the VCA.
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A small group of politicians have finally introduced the ?Kids...
A small group of politicians have finally introduced the ?Kids Vision Care Act of 2006? to the U.S. Congress. The bill, which would allocate funds for states to treat vision problems in children in addition to further educating Americans about healthy vision, is being sponsored by Vision Council of America ...
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American opticians have a somewhat positive outlook on their sales...
American opticians have a somewhat positive outlook on their sales performances for 2006. In response to one of Vision Monday's latest online polls, which asked, ?As the completion of the third quarter of the year approaches, how do you expect your optical sales in 2006 to compare to sales for ...
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At Vision Expo West, which took place last Sept. 14-16,...
At Vision Expo West, which took place last Sept. 14-16, Enhanced Vision, an American company, was presented with the 2006 Sam Walters Memorial Award from Vision Council of America (VCA). The award is given for companies' contributions to the low-vision community.
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The retail members of Club Optic Leader and OpticLibre, two...
The retail members of Club Optic Leader and OpticLibre, two French buying groups recently affiliated with GrandVision, have reportedly decided to regain their independence, although they will continue to benefit from GrandVision's purchasing platform for three more years. Run by two industry veterans, Jean-Luc Sélignan and Pascal Chateau, they have ...
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IGA Optic, a German buying and marketing group to which...
IGA Optic, a German buying and marketing group to which 450 optical retail stores are affiliated, has obtained exclusive rights to market the Dunhill line of men's frames, joining three other exclusive product lines ? Robinson in the sports eyewear segment and Ambiente and La Perla in the women's segment. ...
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Marchon has extended its contract with Nike until 2012, dispelling...
Marchon has extended its contract with Nike until 2012, dispelling a rumor that Luxottica was going to get it. Marchon's contract was originally set to expire in 2009. The deal is generating nearly $100 million a year in sales for the big American eyewear company, or about one-fourth of its ...
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Revlon, a brand whose eyewear was licensed by Metzler Italia...
Revlon, a brand whose eyewear was licensed by Metzler Italia before that subsidiary of Moulin Global Eyecare went into liquidation, has a mysterious new licensee since last month. Full details should be disclosed before the introduction at the SILMO fair of a new licensee, a newly formed Italian company called ...
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Coastal Contacts, a Canadian online contact lens company, has pushed...
Coastal Contacts, a Canadian online contact lens company, has pushed further into the European market with its acquisition of MyLenses, a Dutch online lens company, for an undisclosed amount. Robert van der Leeuw will continue as managing director of the Dutch company. In 2004 Coastal bought a Swedish company, Lensway, ...
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Eduard Flentge will officially retire next month as chief executive...
Eduard Flentge will officially retire next month as chief executive of Hoya Vision Care. Based in the Netherlands, he has led Hoya to obtain an important position in the European ophthalmic market. His retirement follows the recent appointment of Gerald W. Bottero as chief executive at Hoya Vision Care's new ...
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Avalon Eyewear will create a line of Nikon branded ophthalmic...
Avalon Eyewear will create a line of Nikon branded ophthalmic eyewear and sunglasses for distribution in the USA, following an agreement signed between the two companies. The optical line will hit U.S. retailers in early 2007, with the sunglasses arriving later in the year.
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Pomy Lewis, who has worked as a sales executive at...
Pomy Lewis, who has worked as a sales executive at companies like Marchon USA and Allison USA, has launched an eyewear company called Beyond Vision. To start things off, the company, based in Miami, will attack the Hispanic market in the USA through the acquisition of two sunglass and eyewear ...
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INDO has promoted David Ferran as chief executive officer of...
INDO has promoted David Ferran as chief executive officer of INDO Lens U.S.. He takes the reins over from Dan Klamut, who will continue to work with the company on an advisory basis for the North American market. The appointment coincides with the shift of INDO Lens U.S.'s commercial operation ...
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Nick Loan has been named as managing director of UltraVision...
Nick Loan has been named as managing director of UltraVision CLPL, a UK-based company that won the innovation prize for the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2006. Loan's previous post was UK managing director of Bausch & Lomb. He has been replaced by Gareth Steer, who has been general manager ...
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Sauflon Pharmaceuticals has appointed Peter Bickert as sales director for...
Sauflon Pharmaceuticals has appointed Peter Bickert as sales director for Central Europe. Focusing on Germany and the Netherlands, the new executive will report to Diethart Reichardt, the former European manager of Ocular Sciences who is now director of global business development for the British contact lens company. Bickert served most ...
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JBC has signed an agreement to distribute optical eyewear under...
JBC has signed an agreement to distribute optical eyewear under the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada brand name in France. Optim, the Spanish company that holds the license for the eyewear named after this Spanish designer, continues to sell sunglasses under this label directly in the country.
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Two UK-based optical software companies, Ocuco and Relcon Software, have...
Two UK-based optical software companies, Ocuco and Relcon Software, have merged to become Ocuco-Relcon, an operation with combined revenues of $8 million for last year. Together they have 55 staff members and 1,000 sites throughout Europe. Ocuco claims to be the largest supplier of stock management programs for opticians in ...
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In the 2nd quarter ended June 30, Shamir Optical's revenues...
In the 2nd quarter ended June 30, Shamir Optical's revenues increased by 22 percent to $24.7 million. Gross profit climbed by 22.9 percent to $13.7 million, but a $1.4 million charge related to the integration of new operations in France and Turkey caused operating income to drop to $2.0 million, ...
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Safilo and Luxottica have seen their stock market quotations heat...
Safilo and Luxottica have seen their stock market quotations heat up over the past few weeks. Safilo's share price, which had fallen to €3.14 in mid-June, subsequently went up but then declined below the threshold of €3.60 at the beginning of August. Some analysts noted some positive signals, recommending a ...
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Giorgio Armani reports a capital gain of €21.1 million on...
Giorgio Armani reports a capital gain of €21.1 million on a package of Safilo Group shares bought in December 2005 for a symbolic price of one euro. The transaction implemented an option that the Italian designer had previously stipulated, evidently in connection with the extension of his eyewear license with ...
