All Smith Optics articles

  • Safilo
    Article

    Smith rebound cushions Safilo’s Q3 revenue decline

    2023-11-07T05:54:00Z

    The Safilo Group has reported a second consecutive quarter of topline decline as total Q3 revenue dropped by 9.8 percent year-on-year to €260.4 million, with sales declining both in North America and Europe that together account for over 80 percent of sales. Aside from strong currency headwinds, the company attributed ...

  • News briefs

    Top management reshuffle at Safilo’s North America and sports division

    2023-06-14T05:14:00Z

    The Safilo Group has announced two top management appointments at its North American and sports division, two strategic areas for the group as they represent the company’s largest regional market and its fastest growing segment. Francesco Rinaldi Ceroni was promoted to the position of president of Safilo’s global sports’ division, ...

  • News briefs

    SMITH promotes new global VP of sales from within

    2022-09-22T09:15:00Z

    SMITH, the sports brand of the Safilo group, has promoted Rob Retzlaff to the position of global vice president of sales. Retzlaff has been working for SMITH in Canada for more than twenty years. He held various marketing and sales positions in the company and became general manager for Canada ...

  • Francesco Rinaldi Ceroni
    News briefs

    Safilo appoints president & CCO for North America

    2022-04-17T07:36:00Z

    Francesco Rinaldi Ceroni is to become Safilo Group’s president & chief commercial officer for North America on June 1, in replacement of Steve Wright, who is retiring. Rinaldi Ceroni has been with Safilo since June 2020, serving as president & global general manager of the Smith Optics brand. Before that ...

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    Smith transfers consumer & dealer services division to Portland

    2020-09-27T08:30:00Z

    The American helmet and eyewear brand Smith Optics has transferred its consumer dealer services division to its headquarters in Portland, where it will join the product, marketing and sales departments. The division was previously located at Smith’s Utah-based manufacturing facility. The Portland team will include account managers ...