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Parents often complain about the exceeding amount of time their...
Parents often complain about the exceeding amount of time their children spend glued to smartphones, tablets and other digital devices, but most parents are unaware of the actual impact of digital devices on vision. A recent survey by VSP Vision Care in the U.S. has revealed that nearly 60 percent ...
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Optical retailers' sales declined by 4 percent in France during...
Optical retailers' sales declined by 4 percent in France during January, February and March 2016 as compared to the previous quarter, according to Banque de France. The decline was mostly attributed by the bank's experts to the comparison with the strong performance in December, according to reports in acuite.fr. Pharmacies, ...
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Black and Lizars has announced profits of £252,187 (€324,750-$367,512) for...
Black and Lizars has announced profits of £252,187 (€324,750-$367,512) for the financial year ending September 2015. This announcement follows the recent appointment of Michelle Le Provost as managing director, in March. The company posted a 3 percent increase in turnover in that period, bringing the total turnover to £14.3 million ...
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Walgreens Boots Alliance reported sales increased by 13.6 percent to...
Walgreens Boots Alliance reported sales increased by 13.6 percent to $30.2 billion in the second quarter ended Feb. 29 as compared to the same quarter a year ago, largely due to the full consolidation of Alliance Boots for the entire quarter this year. Foreign currency conversions negatively impacted sales by ...
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According to preliminary figures, Rodenstock increased its total sales by...
According to preliminary figures, Rodenstock increased its total sales by 3.5 percent to €421 million in 2015, as compared to the previous year. The company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) reached €84 million, up slightly from €82 million. A spokesman for the German company said that no ...
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Feb31st, the Italian brand of wooden eyewear, has been growing...
Feb31st, the Italian brand of wooden eyewear, has been growing fast in the last five years. The brand recorded a total turnover of €2 million in 2015, up by 25 percent as compared to the previous year. The brand engaged a new distributor in Australia, The Stables, at the end ...
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Optical retailers' sales increased by 3.1 percent in France during...
Optical retailers' sales increased by 3.1 percent in France during the three months of October, November and December 2015 as compared to the previous quarter of that year, according to Banque de France. Pharmacies, the only other health-related sector among those under scrutiny in the bank's report, saw a growth ...
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Sales in the outdoor products division of Vista Outdoor, which...
Sales in the outdoor products division of Vista Outdoor, which includes Bollé and the other brands of the Bushnell Outdoor Group, increased by 16.9 percent to $213 million in the second quarter ended Oct. 4, with organic growth of 3.5 percent compared with the second quarter last year. The company's ...
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The sports & leisure segment of Uvex Winter Holding, which...
The sports leisure segment of Uvex Winter Holding, which produces eyewear and helmets under the Uvex and Alpina brands, raised its sales by 6 percent in the financial year ended June 30, reaching a level of €117.2 million, accounting for 29 percent of the group's total turnover. Weak ...
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Higher sales of Acuvue contact lenses helped Johnson & Johnson...
Higher sales of Acuvue contact lenses helped Johnson Johnson to keep its overall turnover relatively stable in terms of local currencies during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, but a negative currency impact of 8.2 percentage points led it to sink by 7.4 percent to $17.1 billion. In ...
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Sales of prescription eyewear and lenses grew by 0.2 percent...
Sales of prescription eyewear and lenses grew by 0.2 percent to €5,752 million in France during 2014, according to the data collected by French health authorities, which reimburse these items as medical devices. The growth was lower than the rate of 2.9 percent recorded in 2013. According to acuite.fr, the ...
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Novartis has reported a 41 percent drop in operating income...
Novartis has reported a 41 percent drop in operating income to $150 million for its eyewear business unit, Alcon, in the second quarter, as a $119 million charge for impairment of intangible assets aggravated a drop in the core operating margin of 5.5 percentage points to 31.1 percent of sales. ...
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Sales of contact lenses increased by 22 percent to $51.2...
Sales of contact lenses increased by 22 percent to $51.2 million in the second quarter for Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the parent company of Bausch Lomb. They were up by 19 percent in the first six months of this year, driven by BioTrue, which has been launched also in China. ...
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Johnson & Johnson has announced sales of $17.8 billion for...
Johnson Johnson has announced sales of $17.8 billion for the second quarter of 2015, representing an 8.8 percent drop versus the second quarter of 2014. International sales decreased by 14.3 percent while domestic sales decreased by 2.4 percent. On an operational basis, excluding the net impact of acquisitions ...
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The eyewear industry in Brazil is evidently suffering from the...
The eyewear industry in Brazil is evidently suffering from the economic slowdown in the country. According to the organizers of Abióptica, the annual trade show in São Paulo, sales to the trade grew by only 3 percent in 2014 to 23.1 billion reais (€6.6bn-$7.3bn). They were still 50 percent higher ...
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Italia Independent Group has reported revenues of €10 million for...
Italia Independent Group has reported revenues of €10 million for the first quarter, up by 21.7 percent, driven by the eyewear business. Operating profit before amortization (Ebitda) grew by around 3 percent, reaching €1.6 million, or almost 16 percent of turnover. The group's debt grew from €10.3 million at Dec. ...
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Vista Eyewear, the company behind the Mad in Italy brand,...
Vista Eyewear, the company behind the Mad in Italy brand, said its sales are continuing to grow through 2015. Sales increased by 12 percent in the first quarter of the year, mostly driven by the new Madup! line, which accounted for more than 50 percent of sales in Italy. In ...
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Aktivopik, a German optical retailer that celebrated its 25th anniversary...
Aktivopik, a German optical retailer that celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, said its sales grew by 25 percent in 2014, well over the 3.5 percent growth of the German retail market, reaching €48.3 million. Sales rose by 17.7 percent in ophthalmic optics and by 85 percent for hearing aids. ...
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Walgreens Boots Alliance has announced plans to close around 200...
Walgreens Boots Alliance has announced plans to close around 200 stores in the U.S. as part of the cost-reduction plan it first unveiled last August. The company, which is the largest U.S. drugstore chain, explained it has not yet decided which stores it will close, although it said it will ...
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British opticians recorded fractionally negative sales in the 12 months...
British opticians recorded fractionally negative sales in the 12 months ended March 31, according to a survey of independent opticians carried out by the Optician magazine. They were up by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of this year.
