All Retail articles – Page 26
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Vuarnet is opening a boutique in Paris' 8th district to...
Vuarnet is opening a boutique in Paris' 8th district to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the brand. The 100-square-meter shop will replace Vuarnet's Concorde Optique at 28, rue Boissy d'Anglas. It is at that address that Roger Pouilloux, Vuarnet's founder, had his first workshop. The boutique is scheduled for opening ...
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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 ...
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An international eyewear retail chain based in Germany, Eyes +...
An international eyewear retail chain based in Germany, Eyes + More, opened a new store in the Elbe shopping center of Hamburg earlier this month, thus reaching a current total of 100 stores in its home country. The retail chain has opened a new store every two weeks since the ...
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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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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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La Shaperie, a location in Paris best known for being...
La Shaperie, a location in Paris best known for being both an optical and a barber shop, has opened a second boutique in the French capital. The new boutique is located at 312 rue Saint-Martin, in the 3rd district of France's capital city. The other boutique is located in rue ...
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A Specsavers store in Newport, U.K. is now home to...
A Specsavers store in Newport, U.K. is now home to the Austin Friars Eye Treatment Centre, the first specialist eye treatment centre integrated with a high-street optician in the U.K. The facility was inaugurated by Vaughan Gething AM, the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, on Jan. 16. ...
