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The U.K.'s first Marks and Spencer (M&S) Opticians was officially...
The U.K.'s first Marks and Spencer (M&S) Opticians was officially inaugurated at Westfield London in White City on July 31. The company said that right after opening, bookings for the following two weeks filled up quickly. The practice is run by Galaxy Optical, the former operator of Tesco Opticians. Customers ...
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Vuarnet has opened a store of 100 square meters in...
Vuarnet has opened a store of 100 square meters in New York, about as big as the one it opened in Paris early last year. Located at 35 Spring Street, in the heart of Little Italy, not far from the Supreme shop, it offers a selection of garments in addition ...
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Mister Spex opened its tenth brick-and-mortar store in Münster, Germany....
Mister Spex opened its tenth brick-and-mortar store in Münster, Germany. The German online retailer had already opened two new physical stores near Frankfurt and in Erfurt in April, followed by one in Essen in May, and Mister Spex had already opened a new brick-and-mortar store in Essen. Mister Spex opened its ...
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Foto Ottica Carminati, an optical retail store in the village...
Foto Ottica Carminati, an optical retail store in the village of Calusco d'Adda near Bergamo, is the first Italian retailer to have ordered and installed the EzFit lens edger developed by MEI. Customers have responded favorably to the fact that the equipment is on display in the store.
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Chanel has launched an online store for its eyewear in...
Chanel has launched an online store for its eyewear in the U.K., coinciding the re-opening of a four-year-old store at Burlington Arcade in London that has been renovated to function as a dedicated boutique for the brand's eyewear, fragrances and cosmetics. Customers can reserve a pair of glasses and collect ...
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Only a few days after the takeover of the French...
Only a few days after the takeover of the French Hans Anders stores, Acuitis announced last month that it had acquired the business of Direct Optic. Initially launched in France as a pure player in 2008, Direct Optic has developed into an omni-channel, low-cost optical retail operation with the opening ...
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Four months after the inauguration of the first Vision Express...
Four months after the inauguration of the first Vision Express at Tesco, the British optical retailer has completed the banner change of the 210 Tesco Opticians to the new format with the last two stores in Inverness, Scotland
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Marks and Spencer (M&S) has announced that it will be...
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has announced that it will be trialing in-store optician practices in five of its stores. The five locations include: London, Westfield White City; Manchester, city center; Bolton, Deansgate; York, York Vangarde; and Derby, Intu Derby Centre. The concessions, branded as M&S Opticians, will be run by ...
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Sunglass Hut has signed an exclusive partnership with Bass Pro...
Sunglass Hut has signed an exclusive partnership with Bass Pro Outdoor World, a big American outdoor retailer, to open shop-in-shops in its Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's stores and e-commerce platforms. The agreement covers 160 stores in the U.S., which will be refitted between now and the end of September. ...
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Specsavers has been named as the leading online performer in...
Specsavers has been named as the leading online performer in the U.K. glasses retail sector in a recent marketing study by Inside Online, a digital marketing agency with offices in Chester and London. The 2018 Glasses Retailer Market Performance Report ranks 49 websites according to their online performance, which is ...
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Mister Spex opened its ninth brick-and-mortar store in Essen last...
Mister Spex opened its ninth brick-and-mortar store in Essen last month. In April, Mister Spex had already opened two new brick-and-mortar stores, one in the Main-Taunus shopping center in Sulzbach, near Frankfurt, and another one in Erfurt. In its new store in Essen, which covers 110 square meters, the German ...
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Vuarnet is selling five models of sunglasses in the single-brand...
Vuarnet is selling five models of sunglasses in the single-brand stores of Fusalp, another iconic French brand of skiwear and lifestyle apparel that was recently taken over by members of the Lacoste family.
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Specsavers has launched Frame Styler, a new frame recommendation technology...
Specsavers has launched Frame Styler, a new frame recommendation technology designed to help customers to choose their frames in the shops. The system makes a 180 degree scan of the wearer's face and submits in one second a selection of 12 Specsavers frames, based on their own characteristics but also ...
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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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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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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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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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ZVA, the German's opticians' association, reports that the German optical...
ZVA, the German's opticians' association, reports that the German optical retail market increased by 3 percent to €6.12 billion in 2017, as compared to the previous year. Excluding online retail sales, the market recorded a turnover of €5.9 billion in 2017, representing an increase of 2.7 percent. The number of ...
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Mister Spex opened a new brick-and-mortar store in the Main-Taunus...
Mister Spex opened a new brick-and-mortar store in the Main-Taunus shopping center in Sulzbach, near Frankfurt, as well as a new store in Erfurt. In its new store in Frankfurt, covering 108 square meters, Mister Spex offers more than 1,000 prescription frames and sunglasses. The store in Erfurt measures 119 ...
