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Kits Eyecare reaches 1 million active customers
Kits Eyecare has announced that it has doubled its number of two-year active customers from 500,000 to 1 million between Q4 2020 and Q3 2025. The company said that Gen Z (under 30 years old) and Millenials (30 to 45) respectively accounted for approximately 25 percent and 50 percent of ...
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Relaunched DaTE draws 1,000 visitors
DaTE, the Italian trade show focusing on the designer eyewear segment, said its first edition under a new format drew 1,000 visitors. The event, held in the Cocoricò nightclub in the seaside resort town of Riccione from Sept. 13 to 15, was considered a success by organizers, who noted that ...
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News briefsMadrid eyeglass subsidy extended to contacts
The Spanish autonomous community of Madrid and the National College of Opticians-Optometrists (CNOO) are broadening the scope of their €55 eyewear subsidy for 14-year-olds, according to Modaengafas. In addition to corrective eyeglasses, the subsidy will now cover their contact lenses. Eduardo Morán, Dean of the college, explains to Modaengafas that ...
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Mondottica takes full control of German distribution following Menrad’s bankruptcy
As was widely expected, Mondottica Group has acquired the 50 percent share held by its longtime partner MENRAD in Mondottica Deutschland, their distribution joint venture established in 2014. PLUTA Rechtanwalts, the insolvency administrator has also announced that Menrad do Brasil Comercio de Produtos Opticos, the group’s subsidiary in ...
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Silhouette announces one million kg of CO2 savings at main site
Silhouette International says that it has saved one million kg of CO2 since it put photovoltaic systems on the roof of its headquarters and manufacturing site in Linz, Austria, in 2020. The saving in carbon emissions is equivalent to the annual consumption of 500 households or 667 Vienna-New York flights, ...
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Wagner + Kühner is closing its operations
Wagner + Kühner, a German eyewear company founded in 1945, will cease its activity later this month, the company has announced in a letter to its customers according to DOZ Verlag. As we reported then, the streamlining of the company’s operations enabled it to pursue its business after insolvency proceedings ...
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70% of US ECPs offer myopia management, TVC survey finds
About seven out of 10 eye care professionals (ECPs) in the US offer myopia management for children in their practice, The Vision Council found out through a survey with 293 optometrists, practice owners and managers conducted this summer. In other results communicated by the US eyewear industry association, we learn ...
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Reshuffle at Carl Zeiss AG executive board
Dr. Jochen Peter, responsible for the ZEISS Industrial Quality & Research (IQR) segment, will step down at this own request from the executive board of Carl Zeiss AG on Sept. 30, 2025, the company has announced. He will be replaced by Dr. Marc Wawerla, currently Head of the ZEISS Industrial ...
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Mid-sized US optical retailer partners with national office supplies chain
Now Optics, a US optical retailer with over 300 doors across 32 states, is partnering with Staples, a supplier of office equipment, furniture and services with more than 900 retail locations in the country. As part of the partnership, Stanton Optical, Now Optics’ banner, will open its first point of ...
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Giorgio Armani dies at 91
Giorgio Armani, the famous Italian fashion designer passed away last week at the age of 91, his company announced in a statement. The group, which he and his partner Sergio Galeotti founded just 50 years ago in 1975, is one of the largest independent fashion businesses today with an annual ...
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US online vision acuity tests supplier takes over European peer
Visibly, a Chicago-based healthcare technology company specializing in online visual acuity tests, has announced the acquisition of Easee, an Amsterdam-based supplier of similar services. Visibly, which says it has developed the first FDA-approved online visual acuity exam, stressed that the acquisition will enable it to expand its business with healthcare ...
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Mykita opens second store in Thailand
MYKITA has announced the opening of a new store in Bangkok, its second and largest in the country and its 15th globally. Located in the centralWorld, a renown shopping mall, the new shop was designed by the company’s in-house architecture team. It offers the brand’s complete portfolio as well as ...
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RayNeo signs license deal with audio expert B&O for its AR eyewear
RayNeo, the TCL subsidiary focusing on augmented reality (AR) eyewear, has announced the signature of a global and long-term strategic licensing partnership with Bang & Olufsen, the famous Danish brand of high-end speakers. The Chinese-based company said that the combination of its products’ AR functionalities with Audio by Bang & ...
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Staar Surgical’s main shareholder to vote against sale to Alcon
The acquisition of Staar Surgical, a California-based refractive surgery company that specializes in Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICLs), by Alcon is facing some headwinds. A few weeks after the official announcement, it has emerged that Broadwood Partners, the largest stakeholder in Staar Surgical with a 27.3 percent share, is opposing the ...
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OWA to discuss the role of women in optical innovation in SILMO panel discussion
The Optical Women’s Association (OWA) will be holding a panel discussion at the SILMO PARIS trade show on Sept. 26 at 4:30pm at the SILMO Talks Stage. Sponsored by the exhibition organizers, “Seeing Beyond: The Power of Women in Optical Innovation” will look at how women are driving change in ...
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Zyloware acquires Kenmark Eyewear
Zyloware, which describes itself as “the longest-running family-owned and operated eyewear company in the United States,” has announced the acquisition of Kenmark Eyewear. Founded in 1972 and based in Kentucky, Kenmark Eyewear was operating as an employee-owned business. The company’s large portfolio includes a mix of licensed brands (Vera Wang, ...
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DITA Eyewear goes direct in China
DITA Eyewear has announced that it was switching to a direct sales organization in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau through its subsidiaries Dita (Shanghai) Business and Trading Co., Ltd. and Dita Eyewear, Ltd (HK). By adopting a direct sales model, the company said that it is enhancing its ability ...
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New TVC survey gauges tariffs impact on US eye care practices
A large majority (62 percent) of US eyecare practices reported that tariffs have already affected their business and 66 percent said they expected continued or worsening impact through the end of the year, according to a survey conducted in early July by The Vision Council through its eyecare provider research ...
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JINS founder’s son to become group President
Effective Nov. 27, 2025, Ryo Tanaka will become President and COO of JINS Holdings. He will succeed Hitoshi Tanaka, his father and the founder of the company, in the role of President. Hitoshi Tanaka will remain the group CEO and will also assume the role of Chairman. Ryo Tanaka ...
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Johnson & Johnson appoints global vision care R&D manager
Johnson & Johnson has appointed Paul Lisenby as Global Head of Research and Development for its vision care unit, Vision Monday has first reported. Lisenby is in fact returning to Johnson & Johnson where he worked for 11 years early in his career as global procurement manager. After that, his ...
