Latest News Briefs – Page 375
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Giuliano Tabacchi continues to draw on the e250 million received...
Giuliano Tabacchi continues to draw on the e250 million received 2 years ago from his brother Vittorio in exchange for his own stake in Safilo. He has now used part of the sum to set up 2G Investimenti, which last week acquired a 50 percent stake - debt included - ...
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Attendance dropped by about 17 percent at the International Vision...
Attendance dropped by about 17 percent at the International Vision Expo Show in New York last month, according to preliminary figures, as compared to the level recorded one year ago. According to several sources, many overseas visitors didn't come over because of the war on Iraq, but many of the ...
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Rodenstock is opening a new fitting laboratory in Sydney, Australia,...
Rodenstock is opening a new fitting laboratory in Sydney, Australia, to offer better packages of its own lenses and frames.
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Menicon, the Japanese producer of contact lenses, has promoted its...
Menicon, the Japanese producer of contact lenses, has promoted its German-based European sales manager, Jochen Steines, as CEO of its European subsidiary in Germany, replacing Shinichi Shimizu who is retiring.
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Luxottica has brought out the first line of ophthalmic frames...
Luxottica has brought out the first line of ophthalmic frames under its Ray-Ban brand name.
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Breitfeld & Schliekert launches an innovative and user-friendly pupilometer with...
Breitfeld & Schliekert launches an innovative and user-friendly pupilometer with an ergonomic design.
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Rem Eyewear expands its relationship with MicroVision Optical, marketing worldwide...
Rem Eyewear expands its relationship with MicroVision Optical, marketing worldwide its new lines of ultra-slim readers for the theater, which are enclosed in mini flashlights.
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SOLA International is helping Optical Innovations to market in North...
SOLA International is helping Optical Innovations to market in North America its iPoint Kiosk system to compare frames and lenses.
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Giorgio Fedon has developed double eyeglass cases for frames and...
Giorgio Fedon has developed double eyeglass cases for frames and sunglasses.
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Demetz is putting out a new collection of sunglasses for...
Demetz is putting out a new collection of sunglasses for little children between the ages of 1 and 3, called Baby Sun
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Viva International takes over the Tommy Hilfiger eyewear license....
Viva International takes over the Tommy Hilfiger eyewear license.
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Eyewear Designs, the US company that licenses the Elizabeth Arden...
Eyewear Designs, the US company that licenses the Elizabeth Arden and Perry Ellis brands, now has a license also for New Balance branded prescription eyewear and sunglasses.
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Aoyama plans to take to Europe next Fall its licensed...
Aoyama plans to take to Europe next Fall its licensed line of Wilson eyewear.
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Specsavers is reportedly the favorite candidate to sponsor the referees...
Specsavers is reportedly the favorite candidate to sponsor the referees of the English Premier League.
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Centrale des Opticiens (CDO), the French buying group, organized free...
Centrale des Opticiens (CDO), the French buying group, organized free sight tests at a stand in Paris' Book Fair last month and is now proposing to all its retail members to hook up with local bookshops to offer customers a book for the purchase of a pair of progressive lenses.
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To give more luster to the banner, the flagship store...
To give more luster to the banner, the flagship store of Alain Afflelou on Paris' Champs-Elysées will feature an exhibition of 15 unique models of hand-crafted, jewel-like Cartier models of eyewear between May 5 and May 10.
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Oakley has settled a patent infringement suit against NYX Golf...
Oakley has settled a patent infringement suit against NYX Golf over its own XYZ technology.
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Allergan has lost an appeal in a US court where...
Allergan has lost an appeal in a US court where it tried again to get its patent rights on its Alphagan glaucoma drug upheld against Alcon and Bausch & Lomb.
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Alain Affelou, the French franchisor, has reportedly postponed to next...
Alain Affelou, the French franchisor, has reportedly postponed to next September the start-up of a new chain of stores that will trade under a different name and in a different segment of the market. In the 3rd quarter ended Jan. 31, the company's revenues grew by 5.4 percent to e23.7 ...
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Mister Optik, an Italian low-price eyewear chain that was spun...
Mister Optik, an Italian low-price eyewear chain that was spun off from Lodi Optik after it was acquired by Salmoiraghi & Vigano, is continuing its discount campaign. New outlets have been opened at Cosenza in Calabria and Massa in Tuscany, with the slogan ?50% off everything.? New openings are scheduled ...
