Latest News Briefs – Page 381
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A Texas judge has ruled in favor of Aspex in...
A Texas judge has ruled in favor of Aspex in the patent infringementsuit filed against E'lite Optik over its magnetic sun-clip technology.
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The European Sunglass Association is presenting in Milan today its...
The European Sunglass Association is presenting in Milan today its new sunglass training guide, which will have an initial circulation of 12,500 copies in 5 languages.
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Specsavers's founder and group chairman, Doug Perkins, has set the...
Specsavers's founder and group chairman, Doug Perkins, has set the goal of raising its UK market share further from 27 to 29 percent this year, partly through the opening of an additional 70 stores, which will create about 1,000 new jobs. Perkins notes that Specsavers can compete in price and ...
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Confirming previous rumors, the British Boots retail group says it's...
Confirming previous rumors, the British Boots retail group says it's planning to spin off its Halfords bicycle and auto parts chain to concentrate on its health and beauty business, which includes the Boots optical retail chain. Meanwhile, Howard Dodd, 42 becomes on Apr. 1 Boots' new group finance director. He ...
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Josée Perreault is joining Oakley Europe as its new director...
Josée Perreault is joining Oakley Europe as its new director of marketing and sales, filling a long void left by the departure last year of David Ward from the French-based subsidiary of the US firm. Perreault, who is 38 years old, is moving to Europe from Québec, where she built ...
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Metzler International AG will probably be the name of the...
Metzler International AG will probably be the name of the new company being formed by Metzler of Germany, Filos Group of Italy and Moulin International of Hong Kong. The initial name of European Eyewear has been discarded, and the legal formalities should be completed in the next few days. Meanwhile, ...
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Paolo Cannicci has stepped down as chairman of Anfao, the...
Paolo Cannicci has stepped down as chairman of Anfao, the Italian optical industry association, citing heavy commitments for the management of his company, Sover. The association's executive committee has designated its vice chairman, Vittorio Tabacchi, to stand in as interim chairman until the election of a new chairman.
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Vision Council of America, the US optical industry association, has...
Vision Council of America, the US optical industry association, has agreed to represent Italian eyewear exporters in their relations with the US Food & Drug Administration, starting on Apr. 26. As previously reported, the US government is demanding the certification of all the spectacle frames imported into the country through ...
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Exports of Italian eyewear to the USA didn't suffer the...
Exports of Italian eyewear to the USA didn't suffer the collapse that the industry feared after Sept. 11. The major downturn suffered in the first few weeks after the attacks was actually followed by a relatively swift recovery. For the 11-month period through November, Italian exports of frames registered a ...
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Rodenstock should complete in a few weeks' time the consolidation...
Rodenstock should complete in a few weeks' time the consolidation of all its North American R&D, administration and manufacturing operations at its new purpose-built facility in Columbus, Ohio, which will end up employing about 200 persons. The office and former pilot plant of 2C Optics in Alpharetta, near Atlanta, will ...
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Carl Zeiss has finally reached an agreement with Asclepion-Meditec over...
Carl Zeiss has finally reached an agreement with Asclepion-Meditec over the valuation of their respective activities, which has been contested by some shareholders. Zeiss will end up owning 76 percent of the new company that will combine its own ophthalmic business with Asclepion, provided the deal is approved at the ...
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Gerber Coburn was the only division of Gerber Scientific to...
Gerber Coburn was the only division of Gerber Scientific to have raised sales and orders in the 3rd quarter ended Jan. 31, thanks in particular to a deal with a major American discount chain. The parent company, Gerber Scientific, endured a 13.3 percent drop in total revenues to $116.4 million ...
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A decline in foreign visitors, which organizers declined to spell...
A decline in foreign visitors, which organizers declined to spell out, caused the March 14-17 International Vision Expo East fair in New York to register a 7 percent decline in total attendance to 14,886 persons, as compared to the same session one year ago. However, many important exhibitors reported strong ...
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Xavier Fontanet, chairman and CEO of Essilor International, has been...
Xavier Fontanet, chairman and CEO of Essilor International, has been elected as a director of L'Oréal.
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France's Guilde des Lunetiers reports the loss of 4,000 Lacoste...
France's Guilde des Lunetiers reports the loss of 4,000 Lacoste frames, sourced from L'Amy for an annual sunglass promotion by its affiliated Krys stores, following the sackaging of its own distribution center at Bazainville.
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Logo has discovered counterfeited Fred frames in the Paris region....
Logo has discovered counterfeited Fred frames in the Paris region.
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Alain Compiègne has left as general manager of Générale d'Optique,...
Alain Compiègne has left as general manager of Générale d'Optique, one of the chains of GrandVision in France, and he has been replaced by Jean-Michel Bignonneau, who comes from Photo-Service, the French chain of photo shops sold by the group one year ago.
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Bruno Redier, formerly with Carrefour and Publicis, has become Alain...
Bruno Redier, formerly with Carrefour and Publicis, has become Alain Afflelou's new marketing and communication director, replacing Xavier Labrousse who has left the company.
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Reade Fahs, a former executive of Vision Express in the...
Reade Fahs, a former executive of Vision Express in the UK and LensCrafters in the USA, is appointed as president and chief operating officer of National Vision, which has 516 outlets in the USA, and he is in line to replace its chairman, James Krause, as CEO after a transition ...
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Monica Serra has been appointed as Spanish country manager of...
Monica Serra has been appointed as Spanish country manager of Charmant after working for Cébé Iberica, which is being closed to be integrated into Marcolin Ibérica, the Spanish subsidiary run by Antoni Jove.
