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The Court of Justice of Lyon finally authorized the agreement...
The Court of Justice of Lyon finally authorized the agreement concluded between LVMH and the former employees of Logo, the French eyewear company that went into liquidation at the end of last year. This agreement, which calls for an average compensation of €10,000 per person for a total of 163, ...
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Spectaris, the German optical industry association, has appointed Jörg Mayer...
Spectaris, the German optical industry association, has appointed Jörg Mayer as its new chief executive. Mayer is replacing Tobias Weiler, who worked for Spectaris for the past ten years. He has left the industry association at his own request. Weiler previously ran the medical technology business area at Spectaris from ...
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Eurom 1, the European federation of national ophthalmic optics associations,...
Eurom 1, the European federation of national ophthalmic optics associations, has elected Oliver Fischbach, chief executive of Hoya Lens Deutschland and Seiko Optical Europe, as its new president for a three-year mandate. He succeeds Bernhard Nuesser, Essilor's online director. Eurom 1's associate members include eight national associations: AEO (Spain), Anfao ...
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The decision on the legal dispute between Logo's employees and...
The decision on the legal dispute between Logo's employees and LVMH has been further delayed by the Court of Lyon to Sept. 5. After the Jura-based eyewear company's liquidation in November last year, a large number of employees had filed a complaint against the French luxury group, arguing that its ...
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Starting Jan. 1, 2018, the remittance to the consumer of...
Starting Jan. 1, 2018, the remittance to the consumer of a new standard proforma invoice will be compulsory for French opticians before any transaction for optical glasses and contact lenses. The new format, which is much more detailed than the previous one, will show separately the detailed value of each ...
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Christopher J. Quinn has become the new president of the American...
Christopher J. Quinn has become the new president of the American Optometric Association, with Samuel D. Pierce acting as president-elect
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Gordon Jones is the new chairman of the Association of...
Gordon Jones is the new chairman of the Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers in the U.K.
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Boots Opticians has been sanctioned by the General Optical Council...
Boots Opticians has been sanctioned by the General Optical Council (GOC) in the U.K. for unsubstantiated claims about its blue light filtering lenses. In a decision published on May 26, the health and social care regulator found that there was potential for patients to be misled by a commercial that ...
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Lyn Brodie has been selected as the new chief executive...
Lyn Brodie has been selected as the new chief executive of Optomestry Australia, after a long executive search, replacing Genevieve Quilty
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The decision on the legal dispute opposing Logo's employees and...
The decision on the legal dispute opposing Logo's employees and Lvmh, which was due on May 30, has been delayed by the High Court of Paris to July 4. Logo, the French maker of glasses signed by Tag Heuer, owned by Lvmh, was forced into liquidation in November 2016. The ...
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Meeting in Rome on May 4, Euromcontact, the European contact...
Meeting in Rome on May 4, Euromcontact, the European contact lens industry association, elected Nicoletta Losi as its new president for a renewable mandate of two years. The Italian optometrist is the professional affairs director of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care for Italy and Iberia. As a former president of ...
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The “Made in Italy” label is being proposed again by...
The “Made in Italy” label is being proposed again by the Italian government to identify products that are effectively made in country, from food to jewelry, fashion and other areas, in order to distinguish the genuine item from Italian-sounding clones. The brand would be applied on a voluntary basis to ...
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CooperVision has become the first major contact lens company to...
CooperVision has become the first major contact lens company to have joined the Vision Council of the U.S.
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A group of 78 employees of Logo Eyewear have lodged...
A group of 78 employees of Logo Eyewear have lodged a judicial complaint in a Paris court against LVMH, claiming that it was responsible for the judicial liquidation last November of the French company. They are asking for €100,000 worth damages and interest for each of them, arguing that LVMH ...
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The Think About Your Eyes campaign has announced the milestone...
The Think About Your Eyes campaign has announced the milestone of more than 1.15 million exams that can be attributed directly to the campaign's advertising. The figure, which has been validated by The Vision Council's VisionWatch market research team, represents a significant increase from 828,000 in 2015. The patients who ...
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Eric Lefort, general manager of Marchon France, has been appointed...
Eric Lefort, general manager of Marchon France, has been appointed president of Sidol, the French association of eyewear importers and distributors, which has 32 member companies. Lefort, a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of experience in the industry, had been vice president of the association for many years. ...
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Under the growing pressure of regulatory changes, private health insurance...
Under the growing pressure of regulatory changes, private health insurance companies and consumers' associations, French opticians have created a new lobbying body called Rof (Rassemblement des Opticiens de France). The new organization wants to stand as the most representative association of opticians in a fragmented market by January 2018. Most ...
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About 180 frames of Kinto's “Lab! by Kinto” collection of...
About 180 frames of Kinto's “Lab! by Kinto” collection of frames with a value of €40,000 were stolen during the Opti show in Munich last month. On the last night of the show, thieves forced the locks and stole the complete new collection as well as the most expensive Kinto models. ...
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Bausch + Lomb has announced that it has won its...
Bausch + Lomb has announced that it has won its patent infringement lawsuit with Vitamin Health in a U.S. District Court. In the lawsuit, which was filed in September 2013, among other claims, Bausch + Lomb accused Vitamin Health of infringing certain Bausch + Lomb's U.S. patents covering PreserVision AREDS ...
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The Vision Council has appointed Mitch Barkley to the position...
The Vision Council has appointed Mitch Barkley to the position of vice president of Trade Shows and Meetings. The position was previously held by Ashley Mills who was promoted chief executive as reported previously (Eyewear Intelligence – Vol. 17 n°14,15). Barkley joined the organization in January 2016 as the liaison to the Eyewear and ...
