Latest News Briefs – Page 383
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Boots says its Boots Opticians chain raised its sales by...
Boots says its Boots Opticians chain raised its sales by 7% in the quarter ended last Dec. 31, thanks to its strong development in laser surgery, but its core optical retail business grew by only 1% on a comparable store basis.
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Optic 2000, the French buying group, has appointed a sales...
Optic 2000, the French buying group, has appointed a sales and marketing director, Bruno Hindre, who has already done a similar job at Perrier-Vittel.
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Visual, the French optical retailing cooperative, has taken over from...
Visual, the French optical retailing cooperative, has taken over from a franchisee of Alain Afflelou a chain of 5 stores in Nantes, giving Visual a 25% market share in the French city.
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Essilor of America, the US unit of Essilor International, has...
Essilor of America, the US unit of Essilor International, has bought a software company, Optifacts, from BMC Industries for an undisclosed amount.
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Nick Gehring has resigned as international sales director of Marchon...
Nick Gehring has resigned as international sales director of Marchon for family reasons, and he has joined Guess Inc. in Souther California as vice president of international licensing and distribution.
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Jürgen Maderer, who has worked previously for Metzler, has become...
Jürgen Maderer, who has worked previously for Metzler, has become sales manager of Marcolin Deutschland.
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Leybold Optics is moving into new corporate headquarters at Alznau,...
Leybold Optics is moving into new corporate headquarters at Alznau, about 15 kilometers from its current premises in Germany.
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Pirelli denies an Italian report that it's licensing out a...
Pirelli denies an Italian report that it's licensing out a line of eyeglasses.
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John Heine, former CEO of Sola International from 1981 to...
John Heine, former CEO of Sola International from 1981 to 2000, died of a heart attack at the age of 57.
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The national buying groups that belong to the European OFTI...
The national buying groups that belong to the European OFTI federation have decided to work on a common B2B platform to achieve synergy effects through joint communication strategies, uniform benchmarking projects and joint training of opticians. A total of 28 representatives from 8 member countries, excluding Austria, participated in OFTI's ...
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The twin Marcolin brothers have more clearly defined their respective...
The twin Marcolin brothers have more clearly defined their respective functions on the executive board of the Italian eyewear group that bears their name. Cirillo Marcolin, who is also chairman of the international Mido fair in Milan, will concentrate on administration, finance and operations for the Marcolin Group. Maurizio Marcolin ...
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John Hancock has become president of Gerber Coburn Optical, replacing...
John Hancock has become president of Gerber Coburn Optical, replacing Shawn Harrington who was recently appointed as CEO of the US firm and chief financial officer of its parent company, Gerber Scientific. A former executive of American Optical and Omega Optical, Hancock has held several sales and marketing positions within ...
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Optrafashion 2002, the UK optical show that had been scheduled...
Optrafashion 2002, the UK optical show that had been scheduled for next Apr. 13-15, has been cancelled. The UK Federation of Manufacturing Opticians, which organized the new fair for the first time this year, replacing the former Eyefashion, cited indications of an economic downturn and the fear of terrorist attacks. ...
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Reed Exhibitions has appointed Eileen Baird, who previously handled is...
Reed Exhibitions has appointed Eileen Baird, who previously handled is security industry events for 5 years, as vice president and show manager for its International Vision Expo and EyeQuest fairs in the USA, replacing Beth Blake who moves into jewelry and other sectors. At its next session in New York ...
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The rimless and transparent Shield of Adidas Eyewear, the only...
The rimless and transparent Shield of Adidas Eyewear, the only product to have received an award in the ?Best Sports Eyewear Category ? of the 2002 International Optical Fair held in Tokyo last Oct. 24-26, is helping Silhouette to open up the lifestyle market in Japan, where its Adidas Eyewear ...
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Correcting a story in the previous issue, Rodenstock insists that...
Correcting a story in the previous issue, Rodenstock insists that it will continue to show at the Optica fair in Cologne next Feb. 15-18, and not at Opti München, the younger fair held in Munich on Jan. 11-13. Carl Zeiss has decided to show at both fairs, mainly to see ...
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Alain Afflelou, the French optical chain, is adding foreign franchised...
Alain Afflelou, the French optical chain, is adding foreign franchised stores in Luxembourg, Tunis, Casablanca and Rabat, reportedly after exploring opportunities also in Germany, Spain and Poland. Affelou already has 5 stores in Belgium, 3 in Portugal and 2 in Lebanon. With more than 460 stores in France, including some ...
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Eschenbach has set up a new business unit for eyewear...
Eschenbach has set up a new business unit for eyewear to push this sector of its activities and to look for new opportunities. Peter Schwind, a 43-year-old executive who has spent 11 years with Ciba Vision, has been appointed as manager of the new BU. Wolfgang Dietrich, who handled marketing ...
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Vivian L. Germand has been appointed as vice president and...
Vivian L. Germand has been appointed as vice president and general manager of Corning's ophthalmic division, which generates annual sales of about $100 million. Based in the USA. Germand takes over the position held by Alexandre Asseraf, who has been running the division for 6 years out of Corning's office ...
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One of the first victims of the international economic crisis...
One of the first victims of the international economic crisis is a small Northern Italian firm, Solmar, which employs 50 persons. Born at Rivignano in 1947, the company is being liquidated because of order cancellations from abroad. About 90 percent of Solmar's clients were based in the USA and in ...
