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Italy's Vision Group had 274 directly integrated Vision Ottica stores...
Italy's Vision Group had 274 directly integrated Vision Ottica stores at the end of 2017, or 14 more than a year earlier. Adding other operations including those of the Occhibelli group, which was acquired in 2016, the number of affiliated stores rose by about 500 to 2,100 points of sale, ...
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Vision Express, the British optical retailer that took over Tesco...
Vision Express, the British optical retailer that took over Tesco Opticians last year, has inaugurated its first Vision Express at Tesco store in Thurrock, east of London. The shop, that is located within a Tesco Extra in a large retail park, is one of the first to adopt the refreshed ...
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Optical Discount, the low-cost French banner that was taken over...
Optical Discount, the low-cost French banner that was taken over by Alain Afflelou in 2015 announced last month the opening of its first shop in Tunisia, in the city of Sfax. The retailer has more than doubled its number of stores since the takeover with a current total of 182 ...
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Alain Affellou extended its footprint to a 17th country at...
Alain Affellou extended its footprint to a 17th country at the end of last year with the opening of its first Afflelou Paris shop in Vietnam at Nha Trang, a seaside and tourist city of 300,000
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Mister Spex, Germany's online eyewear retailer, opened its seventh brick-and-mortar...
Mister Spex, Germany's online eyewear retailer, opened its seventh brick-and-mortar store in the country, in Münster
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Christian Dior has opened the first boutique that is entirely...
Christian Dior has opened the first boutique that is entirely devoted to eyewear. Located at 28 Avenue Montaigne, a fashion destination in Paris, it will offer vintage items and creations in optical and sun in exclusive colors and special packaging. The Dior eyewear line continues to be developed and produced ...
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Nau! has opened its fourth Spanish store in the Maquinista...
Nau! has opened its fourth Spanish store in the Maquinista shopping center of Barcelona
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Oliver Peoples, a brand of Luxottica, is opening its first...
Oliver Peoples, a brand of Luxottica, is opening its first Italian branded store. The 28-square-meter store is located in Rome at Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina 39, a prestigious address in the Tridente district of Italy's capital city. The design of the store is a tribute to mid-century Italian aesthetics. ...
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Snapchat, best known as a social media application, has opened...
Snapchat, best known as a social media application, has opened a store selling Spectacles, its smart glasses, in London. The store was launched on Nov. 11 at Boxpark Shoreditch, in East London, in partnership with pop-up mall Boxpark. Snapchat's temporary store is an interactive space where shoppers can also try ...
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Acuité reports that Sensee, the French online eyewear retailer, has...
Acuité reports that Sensee, the French online eyewear retailer, has opened two shop-in-shops in Fnac stores. Fnac is a French retail chain for cultural and electronic products with about 150 shops in Europe, including 80 in France, and it is the first time that it is offering any eyewear products ...
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Specsavers opened its 800th store in the U.K. and Ireland,...
Specsavers opened its 800th store in the U.K. and Ireland, located in Preston, 33 years after its first store opening in Bristol
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After testing the concept in 20 of its stores, the...
After testing the concept in 20 of its stores, the French Optic 2000 voluntary group has decided to roll out Optic 2000 Kids to the rest of its 1,200 shops in the country. Optic 2000 Kids consists of a dedicated space for children aged 2 to 8, developed in partnership ...
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Nau!, the Italian chain of franchised optical stores that has...
Nau!, the Italian chain of franchised optical stores that has been opening outlets overseas for some time, is entering the Chinese market with a corner in Globe Harbori, one of the largest shopping centers in Shanghai. Nau! already has three stores in Spain, three in India, one in Miami and ...
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In September Carl Zeiss Vision opened its first Zeiss Vision...
In September Carl Zeiss Vision opened its first Zeiss Vision Center in France. It did so in partnership with an optician, Hugo Optic, according to Acuité. The Zeiss Vision Center is a retail concept developed by the German lens company that includes specific Zeiss-branded store design, state-of-the-art dispensing tools and ...
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Ray-Ban, a brand of Luxottica, will soon open a temporary...
Ray-Ban, a brand of Luxottica, will soon open a temporary store in Milan's piazza San Babila. According to reports by Pambianconews and Affaritaliani, the store will occupy the space previously held by Moreschi, and will remain in place from mid-November to the end of January 2018. Ray-Ban has one flagship ...
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Carrefour, the French chain of hypermarkets and Atol, a French...
Carrefour, the French chain of hypermarkets and Atol, a French voluntary group of opticians with close to 800 shops, have signed a partnership agreement for the development in France of a new optical and hearing aids retail banner under the name Carrefour Optique et Audition. For the French retail giant, ...
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Moscot is gearing up to open a full-service store in...
Moscot is gearing up to open a full-service store in New York's Chelsea Market in October, the company's fourth one in Manhattan
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L.G.R. is going to open its first flagship store in...
L.G.R. is going to open its first flagship store in Milan during the month of October, after the success of a pop-up shop opened earlier this year. The store will be located at 36, Corso Garibaldi, in the prestigious Brera district of the city. Known for its silky, hand-polished frames ...
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Nau has opened its first Iranian store in Teheran through...
Nau has opened its first Iranian store in Teheran through a master franchisee for the country
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Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, opened its sixth...
Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, opened its sixth brick-and-mortar store in Germany. It is located in the Ruhrpark shopping center in Bochum. Mister Spex already has physical stores in Bremen, Dortmund and Oberhausen, plus two in Berlin, where the company has its headquarters. The interior of the new ...