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Charmant has appointed Jonathan Hayes as head of global marketing...
Charmant has appointed Jonathan Hayes as head of global marketing as the Japanese company has decided that its actions in this field should be more unified internationally, and more effective. The American executive, who worked most recently with Elle magazine, has spent 7 years in Japan. He will work out ...
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Brulimar is seeking partners in various European countries for a...
Brulimar is seeking partners in various European countries for a new line of Playboy eyewear for which it has obtained an exclusive license. The British company, which is exhibiting at MIDO this week, says it's developing a range of ?cutting edge eyewear with attitude,? designed to appeal to fashion-conscious women ...
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Briko has developed a new model of sports eyewear, Nitrotech,...
Briko has developed a new model of sports eyewear, Nitrotech, that weighs only 17 grams, developed in collaboration with Luxottica. Shown at its MIDO stand, within the Luxottica compound, it can be made available to Italian opticians with tinted prescription lenses supplied by SOLA Sunlens. Briko has also launched a ...
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Legacie, the high-end eyewear division of B. Robinson that took...
Legacie, the high-end eyewear division of B. Robinson that took over Kata Eyewear 2 years ago, successfully launched a new range of acetate frames and sunglasses in the busy Underground section of the Vision Expo show in New York. Called Kawai after the Japanese expression for ?cool,? Kata's new range ...
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Polaroid Corp. is discussing deals with various European laboratories for...
Polaroid Corp. is discussing deals with various European laboratories for the supply of polarized prescription lenses for its Polaroid Eyewear line. Market surveys conducted throughout Europe show that consumer awareness of the Polaroid brand ranges from 86 to as high as 95 percent. Meanwhile, Polaroid has chosen Elite Eyewear, a ...
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Swank is restructuring and upgrading manufacturing plants in both Shenzhen...
Swank is restructuring and upgrading manufacturing plants in both Shenzhen and Dongguan, China. The Hong Kong-based company hopes that future growth will increase its bargaining power, counteracting downward price pressure from customers. Its turnover dropped by 20.6 percent to HK$192.2 million (€20.6m-US$24.6m) in 2003, and the group posted an operating ...
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Degussa, Germany's third largest chemical company, is exhibiting at MIDO...
Degussa, Germany's third largest chemical company, is exhibiting at MIDO for the first time this week. With its ?Have a Look' slogan, the company intends to draw attention to its transparent moulding compounds and methacrylate monomers. Degussa will be displaying its high-performance polymers and methacrylates business units, including the microcrystalline ...
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Expootica registered the attendance of 6.328 visitors at its last...
Expootica registered the attendance of 6.328 visitors at its last session in Madrid last February, down from 8,612 a year ago. Exhibitors were down to 130 from 160, with some important companies pulling out to concentrate on more international fairs. There was, however, still a significant level of international participation, ...
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About 5,000 pairs of eyewear worth a total of €1...
About 5,000 pairs of eyewear worth a total of €1 million were destroyed last April 20 on the orders of the Italian association of eyewear manufacturers (ANFAO) as a symbolic gesture in the fight against counterfeiting. The consignment included fake Police and Sting models by De Rigo, Ray Ban sunglasses ...
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The World Council of Optometry (WCO) has declared its support...
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) has declared its support of Vision Council of America's ?Check Yearly. See Clearly.? campaign, launched to encourage annual eye tests. The WCO joins over 100 ophthalmic organizations that have pledged to back the campaign, which aims to raise vision health awareness via patient-educational materials, ...
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Alain Afflelou has decided not to exercise an option to...
Alain Afflelou has decided not to exercise an option to acquired the former Optique Carrefour stores in Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic. On the other hand, the French retailer plans to take full ownership of the Optique Carrefour's former chain in Spain, which has been renamed as Alain Afflelou ...
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Binder Optik has established a partnership with VisuMed, a German...
Binder Optik has established a partnership with VisuMed, a German chain of 7 refractive surgery clinics, recommending to its services to customers who visit its own stores. Binder, which has 47 optical stores in Germany, raised its sales by 30 percent last year to €40 million. Run by Helmut Baur, ...
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Oakley has opened its first European store in Barcelona, as...
Oakley has opened its first European store in Barcelona, as a franchise with a big Spanish optician, and is negotiating similar deals in France and Italy that could pan out in 2004 and 2005. Located in the L'Illa shopping center on Barcelona's Avenida Diagonal, the 145-square-meter O Store features all ...
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Guildinvest, the French buying group that took over the Lynx...
Guildinvest, the French buying group that took over the Lynx Optique chain last Fall, has placed in charge of its buying and communication functions Pascal Royer, who previously ran its own Vision Originale banner. Royer will also supervise two other Guildinvest banners, Vision Plus and Entendre. Meanwhile, the Optique 2000 ...
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John Conway has been appointed as general manager of Pentax...
John Conway has been appointed as general manager of Pentax Vision in the UK, in the framework of the company's merger into Seiko. Conway, an executive who has spent 26 years with Norville Group, takes over from David Moore, who ran Pentax Vision's European operations and is still chairman of ...
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Eric Girbal has been to a new position within Buchmann...
Eric Girbal has been to a new position within Buchmann Optical Holding, the Belgian company that controls Briot and Weco. Based at the company's French subsidiary, he will be Buchmann's commercial director, with global responsibilities. Girbal was previously the French country manager of Hoya. European management of the Japanese company ...
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Menicon Holdings Europe is a new subsidiary of the Japanese...
Menicon Holdings Europe is a new subsidiary of the Japanese producer of contact lenses and solutions based in Clichy near Paris. It takes the place of the former Menicon Europe, a 25-year-old French firm that had the responsibility for France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain, with a 2002 turnover of nearly ...
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Dan Hammond, director of lenses at CIBA Vision in the...
Dan Hammond, director of lenses at CIBA Vision in the UK, is taking over as country manager as Marcus Swalwell moves to Asia after 5 years in the post. Swalwell, who is credited for turning CIBA Vision into the market leader for contact lenses in the UK, has been appointed ...
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Frédéric Beausoleil has recruited a general manager, Alain Accadebled, who...
Frédéric Beausoleil has recruited a general manager, Alain Accadebled, who comes from Prestige Optique International, in order to concentrate on design and other functions at the French designer eyewear company that bears his own name. On the other hand, Jêrome Losi has been appointed as marketing manager of Beausoleil following ...
