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The Vision Council has announced the creation of a new...
The Vision Council has announced the creation of a new optical retail division. The announcement was made on the occasion of the organization's annual executive summit in San Diego, California, on Jan. 24-26. The new division is to enable The Vision Council and its members to keep pace with the ...
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The British government has announced that UK drivers will receive...
The British government has announced that UK drivers will receive an eyesight test reminder when they renew their driving license
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Luxottica has reached an agreement with the Italian tax authorities...
Luxottica has reached an agreement with the Italian tax authorities allowing it get an estimated discount of about €100 million on its taxes for the 2015/19 period, which will be reflected in the income statement for this year. Like some Italian fashion houses, the company will be able to take ...
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Selima Optique has voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit filed against Kering...
Selima Optique has voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit filed against Kering in the summer of 2017. In the suit, previously reported by Eyewear Intelligence (vol. 18 n° 8, 9 of June 30, 2017), Selima claimed that Kering was employing a “bait-and-switch scheme” by “deliberately and falsely represent[ing] that their eyeglasses and ...
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The Health Ministry of Belarus has approved a ban on...
The Health Ministry of Belarus has approved a ban on the sale of contact lenses and corrective glasses in vending machines and “unauthorized private points” throughout the country, without specifying yet the date of implementation for the decree. The e-sale of contact lenses and eyeglasses at the various websites has ...
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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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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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Think About Your Eyes has announced the addition of two...
Think About Your Eyes has announced the addition of two new partners, Compliancy Group and VFO Group (Optelec), as well as the hiring of Ron Sallerson as full-time director of development. Sallerson joined the team of the U.S.-based public awareness campaign in August. In his new role, he will focus ...
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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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 ...
