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The UK’s OSA broadens the scope of its Green Charter
The Green Charter, a sustainability initiative by the UK Optical Suppliers Association (OSA) in partnership with The College of Optometrists and the Association of British Dispensing Opticians, is expanding the scope of its certifications beyond optical manufacturing businesses to address all optical product and service suppliers, practices and ophthalmology clinics. ...
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Jacques Marie Mage accelerates store openings in fashion hotspots
In an interview with WWD, luxury eyewear designer Jacques Marie Mage has revealed that it was planning to open three new JJM Gallery stores in Paris, Tokyo and New York by the end of 2026. The announcement follows the recent openings of two European stores, in Milan and London. In ...
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Mister Spex announces CEO change
Mister Spex has announced the appointment of Tobias Krauss, currently chairman of the company’s supervisory board, to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1. Krauss has been a member of Mister Spex’ supervisory board since 2020 and its chairman since July 2024. He has also been serving as ...
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Ray-Ban Meta red carpet debut just a start?
In partnership with Coperni, a French ready-to-wear and accessories brand, Meta and EssilorLuxottica launched a limited series of their Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses at the fashion week in Paris a few days ago. A declination of the Wayfarer style, the limited edition glasses feature a transparent black frame, grey mirror ...
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EssilorLuxottica appoints new wholesale manager for the DACH region
EssilorLuxottica has appointed Wolfgang Messerschmidt as its new Head of Professional Solutions, its wholesale division, for the DACH region effective April 1. An eyewear industry veteran, Messerschmidt has been working for EssilorLuxottica since 2022, most recently as Vice President for Central Europe.
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Multiópticas revenue up 8 percent in 2024
Spanish-based retail group Multiópticas has communicated that its sales grew by 8 percent last year, but it did not provide a value number. The growth was driven by the strong performance in progressive lenses (+25 percent) and hearing aids (+28 percent). The company, whose store network includes approximately 550 locations, ...
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SuperVista reports €161m revenue for FY 2024
German-based retail group SuperVista has announced that its revenue amounted to €160.6 million in 2024, exceeding its €149 million forecast, with a 13 percent operating Ebitda margin. The company, however, did not provide year-on-year comparisons. In the first six months of last year, its sales were up by 2.6 percent ...
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News briefsTopcon to distribute new, wearable glaucoma tester
Topcon Healthcare will be handling worldwide distribution for the new vision-testing platform for glaucoma from RadiusXR. Called Inspire, the platform purports to be, as RadiusXR puts it, “the lightest virtual reality perimeter headset on the market” (at six ounces) and, as Topcon puts it, “the only commercially available wearable vision ...
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Eyewear purchasing cycles much slower in Canada than in the US, survey finds
The Vision Council has turned to Canada for its latest Consumer Insights report, whose findings are based on a survey of 3,052 individuals in the country in the second half of 2024. Among the interesting results shared by the US eyewear industry association, we learn that 52 percent of Canadians ...
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11,000 professionals attended London’s 100% Optical fair
Organizers of 100% Optical have announced that 250 exhibitors and 11,000 visitors took part in the 2024 edition of the event that took place from March 1 to 3 at the Excel Centre in London. While the number of visitors seems to have declined slightly from the previous year, the ...
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Safilo renews Special Olympics partnership
Safilo Group and Special Olympics, an association promoting the acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities through sport, have extended their already 22-year long partnership until 2027. The eyewear company is supplying prescription frames and sunglasses to Special Olympics athletes through the Special Olympics Lions Club International Foundation Opening Eyes program.
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Six CooperVision sites receive 'Zero Waste' certification
CooperVision has announced that six of its global manufacturing and distribution facilities – in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico; Alajuela, Costa Rica; Delta Park and Mount Park in the UK; and Scottsville and West Henrietta, N.Y., US – have earned Zero Waste Facility Program Certification from SGS Global Services, a Swiss-based ...
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Synsam Group partners with Swedish business school
Synsam Group has signed a partnership with the Stockholm School of Economics, becoming a Retail Club Partner of the school’s Center for Retailing which focused on research and education. Through the program, the leading Nordic optical retail group said that it will provide SSE students with insights on its ongoing ...
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Boots future uncertain as WBA changes hands
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Sycamore Partners, a US private equity firm. WBA operates over 12,000 healthcare and beauty shops across the US, Europe and Latin America, including approximately 1,900 Boots stores in the UK. The company is also the major ...
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Apollo-Optik has a new managing director
Apollo-Optik, the second largest optical retailer in Germany, has appointed Alex Versteeg as its Managing Director, effective April 1, in replacement of Nihat Aydin who is leaving the company. Versteeg has worked since 1998 for the Essilor and later the EssilorLuxottica group, starting as Junior Manager in France and climbing ...
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Ace & Tate appoints former GrandVision executive as CEO to lift eye care profile
Ace & Tate has announced that Mark de Lange, its founder and CEO, would change his executive role to Chief Brand Officer, focusing on the design of the eyewear collections and the brand identity. In his CEO role, Lange is being replaced by Lex van de Vliet, a seasoned executive ...
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Mondottica 2025 charity program to focus on vision care for the homeless
Mondottica Group has announced that it has chosen Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) as its official charity partner for this year. The eyewear group said that it would raise funds across its business and fashion brand partners throughout to support VHCP initiatives. Founded in 2003 by four optometrists, VHCP ...
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ExpoÓptica and ExpoAudio 2026 dates announced
IFEMA MADRID, the organizer of the ExpoÓptica and ExpoAudio trade show, has announced that the next edition of the event will take place from April 9 to 11, 2026, in Madrid. The move to a Thursday to Saturday schedule, from the usual Friday to Sunday schedule, is meant to increase ...
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Rodenstock to close Optovision plant
Rodenstock Group announced on Friday last week that it would be terminating the production of lenses at its Optovision unit in Langen, Germany, and relocating it “primarily”’ to its largest and most modern production site in Klattau, Czech Republic. The announcement follows six months after a similar one concerning the ...
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CooperVision launches MiSight ophthalmic lenses in the Iberian market
CooperVision is expanding its myopia management offering beyond contact lenses in Spain and Portugal with the launch of MiSight Spectacle ophthalmic lenses in Spain. The lenses integrate SightGlass Vision’s Diffusion Optics Technology (DOT) whose patent-protected mechanism decreases the contrast signals that can cause myopia progression according to the company’s presentation. ...
