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Alain Mikli has appointed Mary Pace as commercial director, in...
Alain Mikli has appointed Mary Pace as commercial director, in charge of all of Europe to the exclusion of France, Italy and Spain, which remain under the responsibility of Dany Liaigre. She covers an area that was previously handled in part by Andy Gugenheimer, who left earlier this year. Pace ...
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A temporary ?Mikli Haven,? a sort of shop-in-the shop designed...
A temporary ?Mikli Haven,? a sort of shop-in-the shop designed by Philippe Starck, was opened in the Vision Express flagship store on London's Oxford Street last month, featuring the entire product range of Alain Mikli, plus 20 styles exclusively designed for Vision Express. This special presentation will run until July. ...
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Celebrating its 70th anniversary, Safilo has announced the establishment of...
Celebrating its 70th anniversary, Safilo has announced the establishment of its 27th sales office around the world in Shanghai, although the company has already been very active only the Chinese market. Safilo will sell specific styles for the local market, developed to conform to local facial features. Safilo already set ...
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Michele Franzoso, the former Luxottica executive who has been selling...
Michele Franzoso, the former Luxottica executive who has been selling Maui Jim's products in Italy for the past two years, has now his own office and distribution center in a town near Verona, like Sean Collins in the UK. Franzoso previously made use of the French office's facilities. Hans Penzek, ...
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Rudy Project has signed a 3-year deal to become the...
Rudy Project has signed a 3-year deal to become the first official eyewear supplier of the Tour de France, joining high-caliber brands like Nike for clothing or Elite for water bottles. The Italian firm has already developed a co-branded eyewear line of 5 models for worldwide distribution during the famous ...
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OptiSource International is settling into a new and larger 20,000-square-foot...
OptiSource International is settling into a new and larger 20,000-square-foot facility in New York, expanding its staff from 30 to 40 employees because of its growing business. The 10-year-old company, run by Joseph Ialacci, has made several acquisitions recently in the area of accessories and tints for glasses and it ...
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Claude Balleyguier has resigned from his position as CEO of...
Claude Balleyguier has resigned from his position as CEO of Bacou-Dalloz, the large French manufacturer of safety eyewear and other safety products for personal protection. He has not been replaced yet. His functions have been taken over temporarily by Philippe Alfroid, chairman of Bacou-Dalloz and general manager and chief financial ...
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Visionix reports a net loss of €1,451,000 for 2003, down...
Visionix reports a net loss of €1,451,000 for 2003, down from €1,795,000 in the previous year, or €1,937,000 after restructuring expenses and inventory writeoffs related to its acquisition of Luneau in France. The takeover led to a sales boost to €8,227,000 from €4,337,000 in the previous year. The Israeli company ...
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The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) will hold...
The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) will hold its annual general assembly in London on May 15-16. One of the items on the agenda may be a possible decision to change from a centrally organized examination for ECOO's European diploma in optometry to a series of national exams ...
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Deliveries of ophthalmic frames to US retailers increased by only...
Deliveries of ophthalmic frames to US retailers increased by only 1.6 percent in volume last year, after a 9.1 percent surge in 2002. A survey conducted by Vision Council of America among its members also showed a 1.9 percent drop in the total value of those shipments, the first one ...
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A survey conducted during the recent Opti-München fair showed that...
A survey conducted during the recent Opti-München fair showed that 52.3 percent of the attendees felt that the economic situation should improve in Germany over the next 12 months, in spite of the new health reform. Another 28.1 percent thought that it will remain at the same level. As previously ...
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About 72 percent of the eye glasses bought in German...
About 72 percent of the eye glasses bought in German stores last November and December were prescribed by the optician himself, rather than by the eye doctor. The normal ratio is about 55 percent. According to ZVA, the German opticians' association, customers skipped the opthalmologist without any problem to get ...
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British opticians saw their turnover rise at an average monthly...
British opticians saw their turnover rise at an average monthly rate of 12 percent in the course of last year, according to the monthly estimates published by the Optician magazine, with a sharp drop in November followed by an encouraging 14 percent increase in December. The number of eye examinations ...
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With an average pre-tax profit of €68,673 per store, French...
With an average pre-tax profit of €68,673 per store, French opticians had much better financial results in 2002 than retailers selling clothing, footwear, watches, jewelry or other personal wear items, but they were nearly half of those of the pharmacies, according to a survey of 62 different types of retailers. ...
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Alain Afflelou is taking on De Rigo's Fendi eyewear collection...
Alain Afflelou is taking on De Rigo's Fendi eyewear collection on an exclusive basis in France. Sales of exclusive products rose by 36.5 percent for the French retailer and franchisor in the 3rd quarter ended Jan. 31. On a pro-forma basis, including the sales of the former Carrefour optical stores ...
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Vittorio Tabacchi, chairman of Safilo, doesn't exclude the sale of...
Vittorio Tabacchi, chairman of Safilo, doesn't exclude the sale of some of his family's 100 percent stake in the company in an Italian newspaper interview, should such a move become necessary to help pay back the €300 million loan signed up to buy back the shares of his two brothers ...
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Chanel will stay with Luxottica for a further 4 years,...
Chanel will stay with Luxottica for a further 4 years, until March 31, 2008. According to the Italian group, the renewal of the worldwide license for the design, production and distribution of Chanel sunglasses and prescription frames leaves the terms practically unchanged. The license accounts for about 4 percent of ...
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OPSM, the large Australian-based optical retailer in which Luxottica acquired...
OPSM, the large Australian-based optical retailer in which Luxottica acquired an 82.6 percent stake last Sept. 2, reports a net loss of 5,907,000 Australian dollars (e3.5m-$4.4m) for the extraordinary 6-month financial year ended last Dec. 31, compared with a net profit of A$9,299,000 in the comparable period a year earlier. ...
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INDO is introducing its Paco Rabanne and Chupa Chups collections...
INDO is introducing its Paco Rabanne and Chupa Chups collections of frames and sunglasses in North America following an increase in its stake in INDO Lens US from 60 to 80 percent. The investment is part of the Spanish company's policy of boosting its sales outside Spain, which grew last ...
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Carl Zeiss returned to growth in the 1st quarter ended...
Carl Zeiss returned to growth in the 1st quarter ended last Dec. 31, recording a 5 percent sales increase to €523 million thanks to higher sales of semiconductors and ophthalmic lenses. As the German optical lens market is now expected to decline by up to 25 percent, Zeiss is going ...
