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The British College of Optometrists took a look at ready-made...
The British College of Optometrists took a look at ready-made reading glasses and found that nearly half of them don't meet British and European standards. The ones with higher strengths tended to have the biggest problems. The researchers, from Bradford University, said that the readers they studied, all priced from ...
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A study that Bausch + Lomb conducted in the U.K....
A study that Bausch + Lomb conducted in the U.K. found that 90 percent of contact lens wearers keep their lenses in longer than they're supposed to. Half of those surveyed admitted that they would keep their lenses in for seven hours longer than advised; about 20 percent said that ...
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Jobson's Optical Business Barometer for December shows a heartening increase...
Jobson's Optical Business Barometer for December shows a heartening increase for the U.S. optical market. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very negative and 5 being very positive, optical professionals in the U.S. gave the industry a 3.8 rating, up from 3.5 in November and higher ...
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Wager + Kühner recorded an 8 percent sales increase in...
Wager + Kühner recorded an 8 percent sales increase in 2011. The strongest markets for the company are Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as in these markets the licenses of Wagner + Kühner are well known and the marketing is very intense, too. Domestic sales account for about 75 percent of ...
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Cazal recorded a 4 percent increase in total sales in...
Cazal recorded a 4 percent increase in total sales in 2011, but the company is not presenting any final figures yet. Its biggest markets in 2011 were Germany, the U.S. and Japan. In the U.S., the company recorded a sales increase of 14 percent in 2011. In Japan, sales decreased ...
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Independent opticians in the U.S. are enjoying an upward positive...
Independent opticians in the U.S. are enjoying an upward positive moment according to the monthly Optical Business Barometer of Jobson Optical Research. Based on a scale of 1 for very negative to 5 for very positive, the mood in November was better than neutral. The index rose to 3.5 during ...
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On Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving celebration in...
On Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving celebration in the U.S., Luxottica's Sunglass Hut increased year-on-year sales by 20 percent, beating the group's own expectations, Luxottica's chief executive, Andrea Guerra, told the Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore.
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The Cross Optical Group of A.T. Cross Company, which consists...
The Cross Optical Group of A.T. Cross Company, which consists mainly of the Costa and Native brands of eyewear, grew by 19.6 percent to $18 million in the third quarter ended Oct. 1. This helped the A.T. Cross group to raise its total revenues by 14.8 percent to $43.8 ...
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The monthly survey of independent eye care professionals in the...
The monthly survey of independent eye care professionals in the U.S. conducted by Jobson Optical Research has found that confidence in the industry fell again in October. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is “very negative” and 5 is “very positive,” eye care professionals said their outlook ...
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Orange 21, parent company of Spy Optic, reports a net...
Orange 21, parent company of Spy Optic, reports a net loss of $3.0 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 31, compared with a $0.9 million loss in the year ago period. The main factors were a lower gross margin related to increased inventory reserves and closeout sales for its ...
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PPG Industries' Optical and Specialty Materials segment raised its sales...
PPG Industries' Optical and Specialty Materials segment raised its sales by 8 percent to $311 million in the third quarter, with consistent growth in North America and emerging markets offsetting declining volumes in Europe. Segment profits rose by $11 million to a record of $93 million for the quarter, thanks ...
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Jobson Optical Research has found that in September, U.S. opticians...
Jobson Optical Research has found that in September, U.S. opticians had a more gloomy outlook on the industry than they did the month before. The Optical Business Barometer showed an overall rating of 3.5 in September, compared with 3.7 in August, on a scale where 1 is very negative and ...
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Borsalino, whose eyewear license is held by Brands O.I., expects...
Borsalino, whose eyewear license is held by Brands O.I., expects to be selling 20,000 pairs of eyewear a year by 2013. In 2010 it sold half that volume, with turnover of €1.5 million, which is expected to almost double in 2011, to €2.8 million. Such high growth can be accounted ...
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Binoche expects to close the year with sales up by...
Binoche expects to close the year with sales up by 20 percent, to €1 million, a repetition of its 2010 performance. The Belgian company, whose name combines the names of its two founders' – Gino Gommers and Biche Gils – produces its eyewear in Italy and France. Retailing at €220 ...
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Atol, the French buying and franchising group, reports a 5.22...
Atol, the French buying and franchising group, reports a 5.22 percent increase in the sales of its affiliated optical stores, with growth of 0.94 percent on a same-store basis, for the first nine months of this year. Eric Plat, the managing director of the cooperative, says 124 of the 770 ...
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A recent study by The Vision Council found that most...
A recent study by The Vision Council found that most Americans who wear eyeglasses consider them to be a medical necessity. Among eyeglass users, 83 percent to 87 percent justify purchases of new eyewear by deeming it a medical need, and the figure is 75-82 percent of plano sunglasses wearers ...
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The Jobson Optical Business Barometer for August was the same...
The Jobson Optical Business Barometer for August was the same as it was the month before as well as the year before. August's rating was 3.7, the same figure as July 2011 and August 2010. It maintained the increase gained from June, when it was 3.6. Across the U.S. regions ...
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Alain Mikli reports a sales increase of 8 percent for...
Alain Mikli reports a sales increase of 8 percent for the year ended Aug. 31 on a comparable basis, without including the Vuarnet licensee acquired at the end of 2009. Sales rose by 20 percent in France, by 26 percent in the U.S. and by 23 percent in China. On ...
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Optica 2000, the Spanish optical retail chain of El Corte...
Optica 2000, the Spanish optical retail chain of El Corte Inglés, recorded sales of €80.34 million in the financial year ended last Feb. 20, up by 0.5 percent compared with the previous year. It was a minimal part of the activities of the group, which recorded net profit of €319.4 ...
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Jobson Optical Research's Optical Business Barometer for July saw a...
Jobson Optical Research's Optical Business Barometer for July saw a slight uptick to 3.7, from 3.6 in June. The barometer, which measures the attitudes toward the industry of independent professionals in the U.S., runs on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is very negative and 5 is very ...
