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Alain Affelou has opened its first franchise store in Bangkok,...
Alain Affelou has opened its first franchise store in Bangkok, Thailand. The 1,700-square-meter shop on two floors will trade under the Afflelou Paris banner, offering a wide selection of 1,600 optical glasses and 650 sunglasses. It has an eyesight examination room. Already present in Asia since the end of last ...
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Viu, the fast-growing Swiss retail chain, has opened its second...
Viu, the fast-growing Swiss retail chain, has opened its second store in Berlin
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Zeiss is joining Bausch + Lomb, Essilor Instruments and other...
Zeiss is joining Bausch + Lomb, Essilor Instruments and other suppliers as a partner in VSP Global's Premier Program, which gives members rebates and access to special services
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Maison Bonnet has announced the upcoming inauguration of its first...
Maison Bonnet has announced the upcoming inauguration of its first store in the U.K., scheduled for this autumn. The 1,187-square-foot store of the French luxury eyewear brand will be located on Stafford Street, in London's Mayfair. Maison Bonnet was awarded France's “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” (Living National Heritage Company) status ...
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Hawkers, the Spanish low-cost sunglass brand, has announced it will...
Hawkers, the Spanish low-cost sunglass brand, has announced it will move from online sales only to physical stores as well. According to reports in PambiancoNews, after a store in Madrid, another store will open in Rome before the end of the year. Hawkers posted revenues of around €60 million in ...
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Last month Alain Afflelou launched an upgraded version of its...
Last month Alain Afflelou launched an upgraded version of its consumer website in France. The new online portal, entirely in responsive design for optimized navigation on computers and smartphones, is set to offer customers a shopping experience similar to an actual visit to an Afflelou store, according to the company. ...
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Acuitis has opened its second store in the U.K. in...
Acuitis has opened its second store in the U.K. in Milton Keynes, a couple of months after its first opening in London
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Viu, a Swiss eyewear brand, is expanding into Scandinavia. The...
Viu, a Swiss eyewear brand, is expanding into Scandinavia. The company opened a flagship store in Copenhagen, covering 150 sqm on two floors. The second floor will be used primarily for art exhibitions. Viu already has 24 stores, 11 of which are located in Germany, nine in Switzerland and three ...
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The mayor of Acton opened a new Specsavers store in...
The mayor of Acton opened a new Specsavers store in London in April, taking the number of Specsavers stores in the British capital up to a total of 205
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Mykita has moved its Paris store to a new location...
Mykita has moved its Paris store to a new location on rue du Pont-aux-Choux
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Three optical retail stores in Japan, Austria and France won...
Three optical retail stores in Japan, Austria and France won the Bestore Award at the recent Mido trade show in Milan. They are Globe Specs in Tokyo, Brillen Q-Uartier in Graz and Les Lunettes de Manus in Lyon.
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Working with U.S. Vision, Saks Fifth Avenue, the big American...
Working with U.S. Vision, Saks Fifth Avenue, the big American department store chain, has opened its first Saks Optical Boutique at its store in Boca Baton, Florida, and another one should follow later this year at an undisclosed location, according to Vmail
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Acuitis, the French optical retail chain, entered the U.K. market...
Acuitis, the French optical retail chain, entered the U.K. market opening its first franchise in London at the end of March. The 400-square-meter shop will sell the in-house optical frames and sunglasses designed by Frédéric Beausoleil, as well as hearing aids equipment in partnership with Widex. The voluntary group has ...
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Nau! is taking off! The optical franchise stores of the...
Nau! is taking off! The optical franchise stores of the Italian retail group are proving a success. Established 12 years ago by Fabrizio Brogi, the company closed 2016 with turnover up to €30 million and 109 franchises, plus a dozen more directly managed stores. The target is to expand the ...
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Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, opened its second...
Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, opened its second bricks-and-mortar store in Berlin. Its first offline store had been opened in Berlin's Alexa shopping center a year ago. The new store is located on the Schlossstrasse in Berlin-Steglitz, the second-biggest shopping mall in Berlin. The interior of the new ...
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Moscot, the New-York based eyewear brand had a busy week...
Moscot, the New-York based eyewear brand had a busy week in Italy last month. Only a few days after its first participation in the Mido fair in Milan with its own stand, the American company opened a new directly-operated store in Rome. It is the seventh unit of the brand ...
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Alain Afflelou, the big French franchisor in the optical retail...
Alain Afflelou, the big French franchisor in the optical retail sector, has planted its flag in its 17th country with the opening of its first franchised store in Burkina Faso. It is located at Ouagadougou, the biggest city in the African country, where more than 2,700 French expatriates live.
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TD Tom Davies, the British brand of designer eyewear, has...
TD Tom Davies, the British brand of designer eyewear, has opened a fourth store in London in the prestigious Royal Exchange building in the City
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Komono, the Belgian eyewear and watches company, will open its...
Komono, the Belgian eyewear and watches company, will open its first directly-owned flagship store in Antwerp in April 2017, adding to its network of seven franchises worldwide
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Galaxy Optical Services, a privately owned company based in the...
Galaxy Optical Services, a privately owned company based in the U.K. that offers a wide range of products and services to eyecare professionals, from manufacturing and supplying lenses and frames to IT and point-of-sale design, acquired a chain of 27 optical stores in eastern Europe in September 2016. The newly ...