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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.
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INVU launches line
INVU, the Swiss brand of polarized sunglasses, has launched a new line of optical prescription frames that can be turned into fashionable sunglasses with the application of specially designed polarized sun clips. The Swiss Eyewear Group says that the magnetic clips are cleverly engineered to make them invisible. The collection ...
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Okia upgrades its Reshape collection
Okia has presented an upgraded version of its Reshape collection of biodegradable glasses made with upcycled plastic bottles. It has also introduced a collection of lightweight frames made of a new, trademarked magnesium-aluminum alloy called Suflexium. According to the company, Suflexium exceeds the strength of steel at about one-third of ...
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MITA launches sustainable line
MITA Eyewear is launching a sustainable line of 17 styles of prescription frames and 13 sunglasses, called Collezione 1. It uses biodegradable lenses and eyewear made with recycled aluminum and a plastic material coming from recycled bottles.
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Rokid’s temperature sensing glasses
According to the South China Morning Post, the police in Hangzhou, capital of China’s Zhejiang Province, are wearing smart glasses that can read the skin temperature of anyone standing within a radius of one meter to track down cases of Covid-19 infection. Made by a Chinese tech start-up, Rokid, the ...
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Continuing a 25-year partnership that began in 1994, Esprit has...
Continuing a 25-year partnership that began in 1994, Esprit has once again renewed its licensing agreement with Charmant Group for the manufacture and distribution of its optical and sun eyewear. The Charmant group holds licenses for the Strellson and Elle brands as well.
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Volcom will be adding a branded line of eyewear and...
Volcom will be adding a branded line of eyewear and snow goggles to its product range next year. Electric Visual Evolution, which is also based in Southern California, will design, develop, produce and distribute the new line. Both companies were the property of Kering when the luxury group owned Puma. ...
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After introducing e-Protect, a filter that cuts down on blue...
After introducing e-Protect, a filter that cuts down on blue light, the French Krys chain of optical retail shops has added a different letter to its Protect line with the release of n-Protect. It is a collection of glasses for driving at night featuring yellow lenses to boost contrast and ...
