Latest News Briefs – Page 362
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Andrew Actman, the British spectacle frame designer, has launched an...
Andrew Actman, the British spectacle frame designer, has launched an award to recognize opticians who skillfully pick glasses that are best suited to individual customers. Open to opticians with at least two years' experience, ?The Andrew Actman Frame Dispenser of the Year Award? will reward those who make buying a ...
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AAiFosterGrant is acquiring Magnivision from American Greetings for an undisclosed...
AAiFosterGrant is acquiring Magnivision from American Greetings for an undisclosed figure in a cash deal that is expected to close by the end of the third quarter, proving opportunities for cross-selling and international expansion. Magnavision is a manufacturer and distributor of non-prescription reading glasses sold over the counter, while AAiFosterGrant ...
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Allure Eyewear, a division of Marchon, has signed a licensing...
Allure Eyewear, a division of Marchon, has signed a licensing agreement with Oscar de la Renta, the American fashion designer. As we had anticipated, Marchon has also signed an exclusive global licensing agreement with Michael Kors, the hot fashion designer based in the USA who has an eyewear contract with ...
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Günter Fink, who has been the CEO of Alpina International...
Günter Fink, who has been the CEO of Alpina International for the past 7 years, has agreed to become the new CEO of Flair, the German company that claims to have introduced the world's first rimless frames in the ?seventies. Fink replaces Flair's former CEO, Rüdiger Koch, and he has ...
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Bushnell Performance Optics is looking at possible new acquisitions, particularly...
Bushnell Performance Optics is looking at possible new acquisitions, particularly in the outdoor sector, following a doubling in sales and a trebling in earnings since 1999. The US company, which has already bought Bollé and Serengeti, raised its sales by 14 percent to $270 million in 2003, generating 17 percent ...
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Barito is collaborating with eight Danish celebrities including two sports...
Barito is collaborating with eight Danish celebrities including two sports champions - Martin Albrechtsen, the soccer player, and Kenneth Carlsen, the tennis player - to produce a new range of 12 sunglasses under their names. The aim is to distribute the collection to fashion-led stores in France, the UK, Germany, ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care saw its sales rise by...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care saw its sales rise by 18.9 percent to $377 million during the 2nd quarter that ended June 27. Sales grew by 18.6 percent to $731 million in the first six months of the year, led by ?continued success? in the Japanese market in addition to ...
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Ciba Vision's sales grew by 11 percent in the first...
Ciba Vision's sales grew by 11 percent in the first six months of 2004 to $693 million. US sales rose by 4 percent to $234 million. Sales in the rest of the world totaled $459 million, up 14 percent. The operating income for the period was $118 million, up from ...
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Bausch & Lomb expects a sales increase of 6-7 percent...
Bausch & Lomb expects a sales increase of 6-7 percent this year in constant currencies after an increases of 8 percent in the 2nd quarter and 7 percent for the first half. In dollars, sales rose by 11 percent to $566.5 million in the latest quarter and operating margins grew ...
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A total of 36 firms went out of business in...
A total of 36 firms went out of business in the Cadore district in the first 3 months of the year according to Giorgio Ciotti, chairman of SIPAO, the eyewear manufacturers' association of the Belluno region of Italy. Exports of eyewear from the region were 4 percent down on the ...
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ImproVision, which distributes low-vision products, has laid off its entire...
ImproVision, which distributes low-vision products, has laid off its entire French staff and halted the activities of the French subsidiary that it set up last October, a few months after the bankruptcy of its previous French distributor, Lenoptic. The company says that it aims to re-launch its French subsidiary in ...
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Inspecs of the UK is going to distribute two of...
Inspecs of the UK is going to distribute two of its licenses ? FCUK and Speedo ? on the French market through an agreement signed with PW Diffusion. PW Diffusion, whose brand portfolio includes Gentleman Farmer, Voici Voilà and Lucky Luke, will also launching a third license, Chiaro Scuro, whose ...
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Visionix, the Israeli company that bought Luneau in France in...
Visionix, the Israeli company that bought Luneau in France in July 2003, has signed a major agreement with CODIR, a major French buying group. The company sales rose in the 2nd quarter to €3,385,000 from €1,022,000 in the year-ago period, thanks to Luneau. The operating loss before amortization (Ebitda) dropped ...
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OBE, a German company which specializes in innovative optical components...
OBE, a German company which specializes in innovative optical components such as spring hinges, has reached an agreement with a Chinese company, Yuhuan Zhengda, regarding key patents relating to the mechanism part of a spring hinge. The agreement follows a former dispute between OBE and Zhengda concerning OBE patent number ...
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Aspex Eyewear has had the validity of its 545 patent...
Aspex Eyewear has had the validity of its 545 patent for magnetic clip-on eyewear, reaffirmed by an appeals court in Miami. This is the latest installment in Aspex's patent affair, following on from how the Florida district court had previously passed an order invalidating two of the patent's 34 claims. ...
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Check Yearly and the Center for Health and Health Care...
Check Yearly and the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools in the USA have joined forces to release and distribute ?Childhood Vision: What the Research Tells Us? with the key message that healthy vision is important to school success. The aim is to encourage educators to recognize vision ...
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ABDO, the British Association of British Dispensing Opticians, is attempting...
ABDO, the British Association of British Dispensing Opticians, is attempting to halve over half of its ruling council so it can better address the challenges facing the profession and provide a stronger voice on issues affecting dispensing opticians. Members are to vote on whether they approve of a directly elected ...
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SILMO is allowing eyewear retailers and buying groups to exhibit...
SILMO is allowing eyewear retailers and buying groups to exhibit at this year's fair from Oct. 22-25, marking the first time that they can participate. The Paris trade show was previously only open to manufacturers. A trend forum for sunwear is being added this year. Furthermore, the designers' section is ...
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IOFT, the Japanese optical trade show and the largest trade...
IOFT, the Japanese optical trade show and the largest trade show in Asia, is expecting record figures for its show this fall. To be held on Oct. 18-20 in Tokyo, IOFT is anticipating 360 exhibitors ? 33 percent of them from overseas ? and some 16,000 visitors. The show had ...
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Specsavers has acquired Tva Bla, a Swedish company that operates...
Specsavers has acquired Tva Bla, a Swedish company that operates 19 optical franchises with sales of around 125 million SEK (€13.6 m-$16.9m) in 2003, in a move to strengthen its position in the Scandinavian country. It follows the previously reported takeover last April of the Blic optical chain, which has ...
