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Mexico's parliament has modified Article 79 of its Health Act...
Mexico's parliament has modified Article 79 of its Health Act to include optometry in the list of health professions that requires a university degree to practice. The amendment will apply to new graduates. Visual impairment is the second most frequently occurring disability in the country, according to the Mexican Institute ...
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Rand-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses are no longer sold by Rand Paul,...
Rand-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses are no longer sold by Rand Paul, a candidate to the U.S. presidency, through his website. According to Mashable, he did not get permission to do so by Luxottica, owner of the Ray-Ban brand name.
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The chief executives of Luxottica and Safilo did not express...
The chief executives of Luxottica and Safilo did not express great concern earlier this month about the likelihood of more stringent social security reimbursement guidelines for prescription frames that may be soon adopted by the French government. Adil Mehboob-Khan, Luxottica's co-chief executive in charge of markets, said that the size ...
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The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association have announced...
The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association have announced the re-launch of Think About Your Eyes, the initiative aimed at increasing consumer awareness in the U.S. of the importance of vision health. The 2015 campaign will feature more than 5,000 television spots across 22 cable networks, around 540,000 radio ...
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The five major optical retailers in Switzerland have formed AOVS,...
The five major optical retailers in Switzerland have formed AOVS, the first Swiss optical retailers' association. They are Fielmann, Visilab, Kochoptik, Berdoz Optic and McOptik. Together, last year they sold about 60 percent of all the glasses and contact lenses purchased by consumers in Switzerland. Fridrich Grumm of Kochoptik will ...
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Luxottica has reached an agreement with Italian tax authorities with...
Luxottica has reached an agreement with Italian tax authorities with regard to transfer pricing, the method used to determine intra-group pricing guidelines, for the 2008 tax year. The settlement totals €29 million. The group had previously reached a settlement of €33 million for similar claims referred to the 2007 tax ...
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The Vision Council promoted this week Marty Bassett of Walman...
The Vision Council promoted this week Marty Bassett of Walman Optical as its new chairman at the organization's Executive Summit in Florida. Bassett, who has set the promotion of market growth as one of his priorities, replaces Raanan Naftalovich of Shamir Insight, who had been elected chairman two years ago. ...
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Ed Greene, the retired chief executive of The Vision Council,...
Ed Greene, the retired chief executive of The Vision Council, has been chosen by Prevent Blindness as the 2015 Person of Vision. The prize honors an individual for outstanding leadership and dedication in the field of vision and eye health. Prevent Blindness is a volunteer eye health and safety organization ...
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Spectaris, the German optical industry association, approves the German government's...
Spectaris, the German optical industry association, approves the German government's negative position on mandatory labels of imports for nonfood products made outside the European Union. The Competitiveness Council of the European Union held a meeting on Dec. 4 to discuss the status of product safety and market surveillance. In the ...
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A dedicated eyewear section has been created inside the Council...
A dedicated eyewear section has been created inside the Council of Fashion Designers of America. It is meant to improve the creativity of the sector with the contribution of experts from the industry such as Robert Marc or Selima Salaun from the eponymous company; Barbara McReynolds and Gai Sherardi from ...
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Malcolm Polley, chief executive of the London-based Federation of Manufacturing...
Malcolm Polley, chief executive of the London-based Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO), is to retire from his position. Polley took up this role in 2006. Kevin Gutsell, the former vice-president of ABDO, will take over his role at FMO, while continuing as director of Optrafair. The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians ...
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The Federal Court of Justice in Germany has prohibited the...
The Federal Court of Justice in Germany has prohibited the advertising of a free spare pair glasses when a consumer purchases a pair at full price. A German optical chain from Böblingen, Binder, had advertised the second free pair for everyone, who bought glasses with certain lenses. Consumers had the ...
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R. Michael (Mike) Daley has been named as the chief...
R. Michael (Mike) Daley has been named as the chief executive officer of The Vision Council, effective Oct. 1. He replaces Ed Greene, who will retire after leading the organization for the past eight years. Daley, an optical industry veteran, began his career as an instructor with Ferris State University ...
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A short-sighted woman in the U.K. is suing Optical Express,...
A short-sighted woman in the U.K. is suing Optical Express, the British optical retail chain that also offers laser surgery, claiming that laser surgery ruined her dream of becoming a policewoman. According to a report in The Mail Online, Stephanie Holloway, 28, spent £2,900 (€3,716-$4,728) to correct her myopia in an ...
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Josef May, who runs Silhouette in Germany, was re-elected as...
Josef May, who runs Silhouette in Germany, was re-elected as chairman of Spectaris during the general meeting of the German eyewear industry association in mid-September. Dr. Andreas Nitze, chief executive officer of Berliner Glas, and André Schulte, chief executive officer of Weinmann Emergency Medical Technology, were re-elected as vice-presidents of ...
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Brazilian police seized about 80,000 pieces of counterfeit eyewear hidden...
Brazilian police seized about 80,000 pieces of counterfeit eyewear hidden in a truck in São Paulo a few days ago. They were apparently bought in Paraguay. National and state authorities seized a total of 70.2 million units of counterfeit or otherwise illegally sold eyewear in Brazil between 2006 and 2013, ...
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Optometry Giving Sight has set a goal to raise $1...
Optometry Giving Sight has set a goal to raise $1 million this year to aid people who need vision correction with eye exams and a pair of glasses. It is encouraging potential participants to be as creative as possible in engaging employees, patients and customers to donate in the period ...
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Eschenbach Optik of America is joining the Think About Your...
Eschenbach Optik of America is joining the Think About Your Eyes health promotion initiative sponsored by a non-profit organization under the Vision Council
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Renewing a collective agreement, workers in Italian eyewear manufacturing workshops...
Renewing a collective agreement, workers in Italian eyewear manufacturing workshops and other fashion related firms that employ between 12 and 22 people have seen their monthly salaries raised by €65 between 2013 and 2015. The previous agreement had expired at the end of 2012, and the new one takes effect ...
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The World Council of Optometry (WCO) has announced the launch...
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) has announced the launch of two new membership categories. The two categories are “individual” and “corporate” membership. Individual membership will be open to individual optometrists, vision scientists, faculty, researchers and eyecare industry professionals. The cost of individual membership is US$100, or US$50 if the ...
