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Former Zeal Optics, Maui Jim executive to steer European sunglass brand US push
Benjamin Peters, former President of Zeal Optics and VP of Regional Sales for Maui Jim in the US, is taking on a new role as VP of Sales and Development for VALLON, a Dutch-based brand of sunglasses and goggles. VALLON said that Peters’ appointment underscored its commitment to accelerate growth ...
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Kits Eyecare posts 31% sales hike and solid margin progression in Q2
E-tailer Kits Eyecare continued to grow at a fast pace in Q2 as revenue increased by 31.0 percent year over year to 49.6 million Canadian dollars (€31.1m). The strong quarterly sales increase was partly driven by a record number of new customers at 111,300 or 54.6 percent more than in ...
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News briefsNational Vision refreshes brand identity
National Vision has unveiled its new brand identity, developed in collaboration with VML, a global communication agency. The US optical retail group said that the refreshed branding, symbolized by the eye’s iris, embodies its focus on simplicity and accessibility and reinforces its core mission in eye care. The group’s retail ...
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Xiaomi sells 50,000 AI smart glasses within three days of launch
The South China Morning Post and several other Asian news outlets have reported that consumer electronics group Xiaomi sold 50,000 units of its AI smart glasses within the first three days following the product’s launch on June 26. As we previously reported, Xiaomi’s glasses have a 12 megapixel, ultra-wide camera; ...
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Specsavers almost doubles Canadian footprint overnight with grocery deal
Specsavers will add 111 stores to its Canadian retail network through a deal with Loblaw Companies, a large food and pharmacy retailer with a total of 2,800 shops in the country, both companies have announced. Starting this September, the Specsavers locations will replace Theodore & Pringle, an optical retail brand ...
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Inspecs announces H1 sales decline, puts lens unit up for sale
Communicating a trading update ahead of its full half-year results announcement in September, Inspecs Group said that its sales were down by 2.9 percent year on year to £100.0 million (€116m) in H1 2025. At constant exchange rates, the decline was limited to 1.3 percent. In terms of profitability, adjusted ...
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News briefsTopcon acquires retinal-scanning company
Topcon Healthcare has acquired Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS), producer of a system that scans the retina for pathology, and for signs of diabetes in particular. The system is compatible with electronic medical record (EMR) integration and with many cameras. It also uses AI to help in diagnosis. IRIS was ...
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Bausch + Lomb Q2 contact lens sales jump 9%
Bausch + Lomb said it posted contact lens sales of $258 million in the second quarter of 2025, up by a reported 9 percent compared to the year earlier and 7 percent higher at constant-currency rates, with growth led by its daily disposable silicone hydrogel, daily disposable Biotrue and Ultra ...
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News briefsTopcon investing in vision measurement app company
Topcon Healthcare is investing in Okko Health, company in the UK that develops home-monitoring smartphone apps for vision measurement. As the company itself puts it, Okko embeds the “deep vision science behind simple games on smartphones and tablets,” yielding applications for clinical practice, research and the development of drugs and ...
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Gentle Monster enters the Canadian market
Gentle Monster, the South Korean eyewear brand best known for its unconventional stores, will open its first location in Canada at the end of this year. The shop will be located in Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Center and spreads over 1,600 square meters. The company, in which Google has reportedly invested, ...
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News briefsIberian parcel carrier leans into optical sector
Correos Express, a parcel carrier operating in Spain and Portugal, has signed a contract with the Spanish Federation of Optical Sector Associations (FEDAO), Spain’s General Council of Colleges of Opticians-Optometrists (CGCOO) and the Spanish optical-health publisher Grupo ICM. This formalizes a relationship that began in 2002 and, says the company, ...
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Johnson & Johnson sees 5% contact lens sales growth in Q2
Johnson & Johnson’s contact lens sales totaled $965 million in the second quarter of 2025, up by 5.1 percent compared to the year earlier and 2.9 percent higher at constant currency rates. Growth continued to be driven by price actions and a strong performance by the Acuvue-Oasys 1-Day family of ...
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Sergio Cereda eyewear design award for emerging student designers expands internationally
The MIDO exhibition in Milan and the Ross Viva Family Foundation announced the launch of the second edition of the Sergio Cereda Design Award, which honors the renowned Italian eyewear creator and has been expanded this year to include emerging designers from around the world. Participation in the award contest ...
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News briefsThélios inaugurates new Italian production site for metalworking
Thélios, the eyewear division of LVMH, has inaugurated a 20,000 square meter production site dedicated to metal processing for eyewear on the site of the former Safilo factory in Longarone, Italy, that it acquired in 2023. Veneto Region’s Councillor, Valeria Mantovan, and the President of LVMH Italy, Toni Belloni were ...
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Two changes at Essilux’s North American wholesale
EssilorLuxottica has shifted Ernesto Diaz to Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for its wholesale operations (Professional Solutions) in North America and Laurie McDonald to Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for North America’s sport, premium sun and e-commerce channels, according to Vision Monday. Diaz has been with ...
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News briefsArkema adding transparent-polyamide capacity in Singapore
At the factory in Singapore it inaugurated in 2022 – reputedly the world’s largest for bio-circular materials – Arkema is building a unit for the manufacture of its Rilsan Clear transparent polyamide, used for consumer electronics, appliance and medical equipment as well as eyewear. Representing an investment of about $20 ...
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News briefsZeiss honors two physicists
Zeiss has bestowed its Research Award on Dr. Jelena Vučković, professor of electrical engineering and head of the Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics (NQP) Lab at Stanford University, and Dr. Yuri Kivshar, founder and head of the Nonlinear Physics Centre at the Australian National University (ANU). Vučković has been working to ...
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News briefsJins nine-month revenue up 18%
Jins Holdings has reported a rise of 18.0 percent in net sales to 69.8 billion Japanese yen (€407m) for the nine months ended on May 31. Domestic sales climbed 20.2 percent to ¥54.3 billion (€316m) and overseas sales climbed 10.9 percent to ¥15.5 billion (€90.6m). As in H1, domestic business ...
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News briefsXpanceo raises a quarter billion
Xpanceo – a company we spoke with in June, and which has been exploring ways to put the tech of smart glasses into contact lenses – has raised $250 million in Series A funds, at a valuation of $1.35 billion. Leading the funding round was Opportunity Venture (Asia), with offices ...
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Certottica posts revenues of €5.3 million, names new board
Certottica Group, the Italian eyewear and optical product certification body majority-owned by the Italian eyewear association ANFAO, said it posted revenues of about €5.3 million in 2024, while its Ebitda came in at 12 percent of the top line. The group’s net assets grew to €4.8 million from about €3.3 ...
