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After four months of renovation works, Alain Afflelou reopened its...
After four months of renovation works, Alain Afflelou reopened its flagship store on the prestigious Champs Elysées avenue in Paris. First opened thirty years ago, this store welcomes an average of 800 visitors daily and reportedly brings five time higher revenues than the average optical shop. It remains open every ...
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According to the latest Optical Business Barometer (OBB), the index...
According to the latest Optical Business Barometer (OBB), the index of the independents' sentiments about their business was down to 3.92 in the first quarter of 2018, as compared to 3.94 in the first quarter of 2017. A positive exception came from the independents' assessment of eye exams, which showed ...
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The 800 members of the French voluntary group had an...
The 800 members of the French voluntary group had an average growth of 0.4 percent last year in a slightly declining market.
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The Think About Your Eyes campaign reportedly generated 3.4 million...
The Think About Your Eyes campaign reportedly generated 3.4 million eye exams in 2017. Think About Your Eyes, presented by The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association, is a campaign raising awareness in the U.S. of the importance of an annual comprehensive eye exam. According to an announcement from ...
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Sunglass Hut expects its revenues from e-commerce to outperform those...
Sunglass Hut expects its revenues from e-commerce to outperform those of its brick-and-mortar stores in the coming years, generating 8-10 percent of the banner's total revenues by 2021
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Nau! plans to boost its franchising program in Italy this...
Nau! plans to boost its franchising program in Italy this year, while expanding in Spain, Mexico, Malta, Russia, Dubai and India. The Italian optical retailing company announced a 16 percent increase in sales at its stores to €35 million in the past year, after opening 22 new doors, 18 in ...
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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 ...
