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Marcolin renews license agreement with Moncler
Marcolin has renewed its worldwide license agreement with Moncler, an Italian brand of down-filled jackets for five years to Dec. 31, 2025. Marcolin had obtained the license in 2015, replacing Allison. At the time, Marcolin and Moncler had agreed to a five-year license with an option for a five-year renewal. ...
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Bollé uses AR to test sunglass lenses
Bollé, the French manufacturer of sports and lifestyle sunglasses, ski goggles and ski and bike helmets, is offering its customers for the first time an augmented reality (AR) tool for smartphones to try on and test its lenses and sunglasses.Developed in partnership with QReal and M7 Innovations, Bollé’s AR experience ...
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Drumohr launches a small sunglass collection
Drumohr, the Scottish knitwear brand established in 1770 and bought in 2016 by the Itailan businessman Michele Ciocca, has launched a small eyewear collection. The designer Emanuele Magenta proposed the brand extension to Ciocca, who accepted the idea. The collection comprises only one model of unisex acetate sunglasses, available in ...
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News briefsFielmann active in Covid-19 combat
Fielmann, the German optical retailer, and the Fielmann family, which owns it, have been active in taking part in the combat against the Covid-19 pandemic. The family donated 1 million surgical masks to each of the states of Brandenburg, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. The 3 million masks were bought through the ...
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Leica launches new version of its customized progressive lenses
Leica, the German optics manufacturer, has launched a new version of its customized progressive lenses, called Variovid Volterra Continuum, which increase dimensional accuracy. Novacel, a French company that operates one of the largest lens laboratories in Europe, won the Silmo d’Or in September 2019 for Leica Eyecare’s Variovid Volterra progressive ...
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Bausch prepares for launch of Infuse contact lenses after U.S. clearance
Bausch + Lomb, the eyecare business of Bausch Health, is preparing to launch in the U.S. the sale of its trademark Bausch + Lomb Infuse daily disposable silicone hydrogel (SiHydaily) contact lenses in the second half of the year, after receiving clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...
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Markus T develops new concept for safety glasses
Markus T, the German eyewear brand, has developed a new concept for safety glasses. The brand’s new Safe Eyes protective glasses are available in two color and design variations. The frame has a protective shield that can protect the eyes only or the whole face. Markus T has also developed ...
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Akoni launches Balmain collection
Akoni, a Swiss company led by its co-founder and chief executive, Rosario Toscano, has launched the first collection stemming from a new eyewear license agreement with the French fashion house Balmain, whose creative director is Olivier Rousteing. About three quarters of the collection will be sold through selected wholesale ...
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New Line Optik to launch special collection with German non-profit organization
New Line Optik, distributor of Staffan Preutz Design and the Danish Monkeyglasses brand in German-speaking markets, has established a partnership with Guud-Zweck, a German non-profit organization, for its Headrix private brand of eyewear. For the purchase of each frame in the new special collection, called Help with a Smile, New ...
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Fielmann buys 10% stake in a provider of wearables, augmented reality solutions
Fielmann is further pushing its digital agenda thanks to an alliance with Ubimax, a provider of computing technologies and augmented reality solutions. Tightening its strategic partnership with Ubimax, it has purchased a 10 percent stake in the company through a capital increase. The acquistion was carried out by Fielmann ...
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ArticleInspecs’ new Vietnamese factory attracts new clients
The Inspecs Group suffered delays in the extension of its Vietnamese factory as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the project is nearing completion and production in the new section is scheduled to start towards the end of the second quarter. In the meantime, the company is shipping goods ...
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ClearVision issues e-book on business reopening
ClearVision Optical of Hauppauge, New York, has released a digital guidebook providing eyecare professionals with information on how to successfully reopen their businesses after the Covid-19 lockdown. The e-book is available on the company’s website, in the well-documented Covid-19 resource center, and is composed of four sections: Plan, Prepare, Rebuild ...
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Shamir France donates protective eyewear to health agencies
Shamir’s French unit gave 1,600 pairs of safety eyewear to regional health agencies located in the Paris region and in the east of France. The donated items are three models with an anti-fog treatment from the Eyres collection. They are going to the staff of nursing homes and medical teams ...
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CooperVision offers a drop-shipping service
CooperVision launched a new service for opticians, “CooperVision Direct,” aiming to support retailers during the coronavirus crisis. Opticians can get contact lenses ordered through CVI delivered straight to the end consumer or to any other desired address. Until June 30, CVI will also cover the shipping costs. The company plans ...
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Dragon Eyewear launches Upcycled
Dragon Eyewear – one of Marchon’s 25 eyewear brands – is launching Upcycled, a collection of frames made from recycled plastic water bottles. It comprises three unisex sunglass frames and three unisex ophthalmic frames, each made of five “upcycled” bottles. According to Marchon Eyewear’s senior vice president of global brands, ...
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Rossignol and Julbo continue to partner with Martin Fourcade
Rossignol and Julbo will continue to partner with Martin Fourcade, despite his surprise retirement announcement in mid-March. According to reports in sport-guide.com, the French biathlete and five-time Olympic champion has signed a three-year extension of his contract with Rossignol. Julbo also told sport-guide.com that it will further extend its long-standing ...
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Mazzucchelli and others become more sustainable
Mazzucchelli 1849, the world’s leading supplier of acetate sheet for eyeglasses and sunglasses, has just announced that it will start commercial deliveries of a new type of sheet made from Eastman Acetate Renew during the second quarter of 2020. Eastman Chemical Company says that Mazzucchelli, a long-time partner of the ...
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+++ Marchon has renewed for several years its license agreement with the Italian fashion group Liu Jo, which started in 201 +++ Marcolin has launched a limited edition of Tom Ford eyewear made in Japan +++ Scicon Sports, an Italian maker of cycling products, is partnering with Shamir for a ...
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Safilo signs deal with French designer
Safilo has signed a 10-year license agreement with the French designer Isabel Marant. The first collection will be launched for the spring/summer 2021 season. The eyewear maker aims to attract Gen Z customers and Millennials with the new line. Marant, who designs women’s clothes, founded her label in 1994, and ...
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Luxottica renews deal with Dole & Gabbana
Luxottica said that it has renewed its license agreement with Dolce & Gabbana, the Italian fashion house. The 10-year renewal is effective from Jan. 1, 2020, and runs until Dec. 31, 2029. The companies have been working together for 15 years.
