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Monoprix opens optical corners with Sym Optic
Monoprix, the French chain of upscale supermarkets, is partnering with Sym Optic for the integration of an eyewear offering in its new healthcare corners. Branded “La Santé au quotidien”, the new concept offers a wide range of healthcare-related products and services. It has been launched in two Monoprix shops so ...
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French opticians under scrutiny
Inspectors of the French DGCCRF, a national organization in charge of verifying the respect of business regulations, have recently started a control operation in the country’s optical shops in order to check that opticians fully comply to their obligations, in particular regarding the implementation of the ”100% Santé” eyecare reform. ...
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CECOP launches an optical MBA
CECOP, the Spanish-based buying group with about 6,700 members in nine countries, is launching an MBA program aimed at independent opticians. The training will consist in a three-month online session by experts on retail transformations, with a focus on four key-topics of business management: strategy, marketing, human resources and finance. ...
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Essilor France benchmarks the performance of its partner opticians vs. others
According to a report commissioned by Essilor France to the research company Galileo Business Consulting every year since 2011, opticians partnering with the lens maker in France have been performing better on average than the other optical shops in terms of revenues and gross margin progression since 2007. The last ...
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ArticleZVA sees German market down 7.4 percent last year
Like for most other business sectors, 2020 turned to be a difficult year for the ophthalmic optics market, as shown by the latest figures published by the Zentralverband der Augenoptiker und Optometristen (ZVA), the German association of opticians and optometrists. Overall, the German eyewear sector faced a 7.4 percent drop ...
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Vision Group interested in Essilux and GV Italian stores
Vision Group, one of the leading Italian retail players, said that it was interested in studying the takeover of the 174 Italian stores to be divested if EssilorLuxottica and GrandVision eventually agree on the planned takeover. The divestment, which is a prerequisite for the European Commission to authorize the transaction, ...
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ArticleAcuitis’ door count passes the 100 mark
Acuitis, the French banner of optical and hearing aids’ shops, kept opening new franchised stores at a steady pace last year in spite of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Adding 14 new retail locations, the Acuitis door count reached a total of 103 stores in eight ...
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Atol opens a flagship store on the Champs-Élysées
Atol, a French voluntary group of opticians with about 750 retail locations, opened a new flagship store for its premium format last week in the Galerie des Arcades, a famous shopping acade on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris. The 85-square meter showcases the sunglasses’ collection on the first floor and ...
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French social security expects more impact from its eyecare reform in the future
In a roundtable with a French journalists’ association last week, Frank von Lennep, the country’s social security director said that 14 percent of eyeglasses’ frames and 12 percent of corrective lenses sold had been picked from the Class A products’ list since the implementation of the 100% Santé healthcare reform ...
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German optical retailers’ customer service performance analyzed
Focus, a German business magazine, looked at the performance in terms of customer service for 22,000 companies operating in 150 different sectors in the country. The research published a couple of weeks ago was based on the analysis by artificial intelligence tools of tens of thousands of online messages and ...
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ArticleGentle Monster mixes eyewear with cosmetics, cakes and artworks in new retail format
Gentle Monster, the South-Korean brand of luxury eyewear which is famous for the unusual design of its stores that integrate large contemporary artworks and futuristic robots, unveiled at the end of last month its new multi-brand retail format in the Gangnam district of Seoul in the presence ...
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Afflelou continues its expansion in Spain
Look Vision, the Spanish trade publication on our sector, reports that Alain Afflelou opened ten new shops in the country in the last nine months, including 8 franchised stores. The retail group plans to continue its development this year in Spain, its second largest market after France, adding 12 new ...
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News briefsNau! opens two stores in Saudi Arabia
Nau! opened two additional stores in Saudi Arabia through its local partner Magrabi. A 140 square meter store was opened in Riyadh and a 105 square meter location in Dammam. Thanks to the partnership with Magrabi, the Italian optical retailer now has five stores in Saudi Arabia, as well as ...
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News briefsMilleocchiali buys 5 Optistar stores
The Italian optical retailer Milleocchiali has bought five of the six stores of its rival Optistar. Three of the stores are located in Rome, one is in the nearby town of Tivoli and one in Isernia. Optistar, founded in 1969, will continue operating a store in Rome. From March 1, ...
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Fielmann opens 34th store in Italy
The German optical retailer Fielmann opened its 34th store in Italy and the sixth in the Veneto region. The store was opened in the center of Padua. It covers more than 270 square meters and carries over 850 models.
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Mykita opens second New York store
Mykita has opened its second store in New York and the fourth in the U.S. The new shop is located on Madison Avenue and covers about 50 square meters. The German eyewear company also has stores in New York’s Soho district, Los Angeles and Washington. Overall, Mykita has 17 stores ...
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News briefsMister Spex now has 35 German stores
With the opening of a store in Göttingen, in the region of Lower Saxony, Mister Spex has extended its German network to 35 stores, of which 16 were opened in 2020. The new store covers a sales area of more than 100 square meters and carries over 800 glasses. The ...
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French opticians in large malls ordered to close
As part of the new Covid-19 regulations implemented by the French government on Jan. 30, all shops operating in malls of 20,000 square meters and more have to close, to the exception of food retailers and pharmacies, but not opticians. All optical shops, regardless of their locations, had been considered ...
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News briefsHallmann opens new flagship, headquarters in Flensburg
The German optics and hearing aid retailer Optik Hallmann is opening a new flagship and headquarters in its hometown of Flensburg, in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The previous headquarters were also situated in Flensburg, which sits on the Danish border, but the move will enable the company to move ...
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Brexit controls suspended in Northern Ireland
Controls introduced in Northern Ireland due to Brexit were suspended Monday evening in the ports of Belfast and Larne due to threats to personnel. Mid and East Antrim council on Monday night announced it was withdrawing 12 of its staff at Larne port with immediate effect due to concerns for ...
