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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. ...
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Modo children eye care support program has helped 2 million children
Modo Eyewear has announced that its “Buy a Frame – Help a Child See” program has reached 2 million children since launch in 2013. The initiative offers children vision screenings, optometrist exams, prescription glasses and corrective treatments at no cost. “Buy a Frame - Help a Child See” is run ...
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Alcon Q4 contact lens sales grow 10% on product innovation, price increases
Alcon reported sales of contact lenses of $638 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, a 10 percent increase that was driven by demand for innovative products, including its toric and multifocal lens modalities, and price increases. On a constant-currency basis, sales rose by 11 percent. Full-year contact lens ...
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Kubota Glass myopia control technology patented in the US
Kubota Vision, a subsidiary of Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings, has announced the issuance of a patent covering its Kubota Glass technology from the US Patent and Trademark Office for both glasses-based and contact-lens devices. Designed to slow down the progression of myopia, the technology works by projecting images slightly in front ...
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Marcolin appoints new VP of optical sales for the US
Marcolin has announced the appointment of Mark Parisi as its new Vice President of optical sales and key accounts for the US. A seasoned manager with over 20 years of experience, Parisi joins the Italian eyewear company from the ABB Optical Group where he has served as Chief Revenue Officer ...
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US workers eye health worsens, survey finds
The increasingly digital workplace is taking a toll on US workers’ eye health according to a study by VSP Vision Care and Workplace Intelligence with 800 human resource managers and 800 full-time employees. On average, current employees screen time amounts to 97 hours a week, up by nearly one hour ...
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British opticians association partners with Johnson & Johnson on professional training
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has announced that contact lens maker Johnson & Johnson Vision has become its first Gold CBD Partner. CBD being the acronym for Continuing Professional Development, the partnership is focused on professional training. It includes a series of CPD events, twelve regional sessions and ...
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Rapper A$AP Rocky named creative director for Ray-Ban Studios
EssilorLuxottica has announced that it has named rapper and record producer A$AP Rocky as the first-ever creative director for Ray-Ban Studios. The company said that the artist would bring ”his distinctive vision and trendetting influence to guide creative projects that will shape the future of the brand.” The first collection ...
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Will the French buy recycled glasses at their local post office?
Lunettes de Zac, a French startup specializing in the recycling of used glasses, is exploring an unusual partnership with La Poste, the French postal service. During the collaboration’s one-year trial phase, over a hundred post offices in France will display a collection box for visitors to drop their old pair ...
