All Michael Pachleitner Group articles
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ArticleNew management structure and increased retail focus for MPG
Following the death at the end of 2023 of Dr. Michael Pachleitner, its founder and CEO, the eponymous MPG (Michael Pachleitner Group) is entering a new era of its history with a new management structure and a strategic focus on the development of its retail business unit. We sat down ...
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Michael Pachleitner has died
Dr. Michael Pachleitner, the founder and CEO of the eponymous Austrian-based eyewear group, died on Oct. 31, 2023, the company has announced. Dr. Pachleitner took over the family optical store in 1984 at the age of 24, and progressively turned it into the Michael Pachleitner Group, an international and vertically-integrated ...
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ArticleMPG prepares for integration of former GrandVision stores
A few months after the Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) took over 177 stores from GrandVision following the acquisition of the Dutch retail group by EssilorLuxottica, we spoke with Marcel Norbart, the seasoned retail manager that MPG appointed as its Chief of Optical Retail, about the most recent developments. The current ...
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MPG appoints new B2B sales director
The Michael Pachleitner Group has appointed Hannes Zeichen as its B2B sales director, effective Oct. 3. Zeichen will sit at the company’s board, representing all sales and marketing business units. An experienced executive, Zeichen has worked in different industries, in particular the energy sector, in the past with roles such ...
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Essilux sells stores in the Netherlands and Belgium to ORIG BENE
EssilorLuxottica and its unit GrandVision have completed the sale of 142 EyeWish stores in the Netherlands and 35 GrandOptical stores in Belgium to the Optic Retail International Group BENE (ORIG BENE), an entity of the Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG). The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. The disposals are ...
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GrandVision’s remaining Eye Wish stores switch to Pearle Studio banner
GrandVision will be switching all its remaining 118 Eye Wish stores in the Netherlands to the upscale Pearle Studio banner before the summer, according to Retail Trends and other Dutch trade publications. The first rebranded Pearle Studio location opened in the Gelderlandplain mall in Amsterdam a few days ago. According ...
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ArticleMPG doubles down in retail, taking over 177 Essilux shops
Just a few days after the announcement of an agreement with the Vision Group for the takeover of 174 of their Italian stores, EssilorLuxottica and GrandVision have announced that they have found an acquirer for 177 of their retail locations in the Benelux. Both divestments had been agreed with the ...
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MPG renames all subsidiaries
The Michael Pachleitner Group is changing the names of all its subsidiaries, switching them to the MPG brand name for unity purposes. This applies to the group’s headquarters in Graz, Austria, as well as to the production site in Germany and to the sales’ subsidiaries in France, Germany ...
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Hallmann Optik launches franchise format
Hallmann Optik , the optical retail chain operating in Germany and Denmark, reported a 28 percent year-on-year increase in revenues for 2020 to €46 million. The growth was fueled by the opening of 18 new stores during the year, bringing the total number of retail locations to 85 in Germany ...
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Red Bull SPECT Eyewear sponsors Mathilde Gremaud
Since the beginning of the year, Red Bull SPECT Eyewear is the new ski goggle sponsor of the Swiss free style skier Mathilde Gremaud . SPECT Eyewear is a brand of the Austrian firm Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) , which has been working in collaboration with the Austrian ...
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News briefsHallmann opens new flagship, headquarters in Flensburg
The German optics and hearing aid retailer Optik Hallmann is opening a new flagship and headquarters in its hometown of Flensburg, in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The previous headquarters were also situated in Flensburg, which sits on the Danish border, but the move will enable the company to ...
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MPG 2020 sales increase by 6%
Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG), the diversified Austrian-based optical group based in Graz, increased sales by 6 percent in 2020 and met its forecast budget. No further details were available. Top line growth was underpinned by the increase of the company’s product range with the launch of personal protective ...
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Michael Pachleitner Group extends distribution of Red Bul SPECT
Red Bull SPECT Eyewear , a brand of the Austrian group Michael Pachleitner Group , is expanding its sales network. From this autumn, the brand will be available in most stores of the Austrian retailer Blue Tomato as well as at the chain Intersport Austria and Switzerland.
