All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 10 – Page 2
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Luxottica buys Israeli retailer
Luxottica has entered an agreement to purchase the Israeli sunglass retailer Erroca in a deal with an enterprise value of about €20 million. The transaction has to be cleared by regulatory authorities and is expected to be closed by the end of October.Erroca has more than 60 locations in shopping ...
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Hoya’s lens business fared well in the quarter
Hoya Corporation's revenues from vision care products rose by about 4 percent in local currencies in Europe during the first quarter of its financial year, ended June 30, according to company officials. The business remained difficult for the company's vision care operations in the U.K. and the Scandinavian countries, but ...
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Brands O.I., the Italian company recently set up to produce...
Brands O.I., the Italian company recently set up to produce and distribute Borsalino eyewear, will have exclusivity for Italian sales of Zadig & Voltaire sun and prescription eyewear, under the terms of a distribution agreement between Brands O.I and Lunettes Grasset, the French company that holds the worldwide eyewear license ...
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Noggs is a new brand of sports sunglasses focusing on...
Noggs is a new brand of sports sunglasses focusing on hiking and other outdoor activities. It was launched by Peyramex, a big U.S. company that has been supplying safety and military eyewear for over 20 years, at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City at the beginning of ...
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Michael McInerney has been promoted to managing director of Younger...
Michael McInerney has been promoted to managing director of Younger Australia, replacing Perry Timmons, who has left the company
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Jobson Optical Research's Optical Business Barometer for July saw a...
Jobson Optical Research's Optical Business Barometer for July saw a slight uptick to 3.7, from 3.6 in June. The barometer, which measures the attitudes toward the industry of independent professionals in the U.S., runs on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is very negative and 5 is very ...
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Just in time for the back-to-school season, Ray-Ban is launching...
Just in time for the back-to-school season, Ray-Ban is launching its Flip Out sunglasses, which feature interchangeable lenses. Each model comes with three pairs of lenses that you can switch depending on the level of tint you want. The Aviator and Caravan styles of glasses are available in a Flip ...
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CooperVision is recalling some lots of its Avaira Toric contact...
CooperVision is recalling some lots of its Avaira Toric contact lenses when they were found to have a residue that could cause temporary hazy vision. The company is resolving the issue and inventories should be back to normal by Dec. 1. Avaira Toric lenses made up less than 1 percent ...
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Safilo turns around and continues to clean up its brand portfolio
Safilo has 10 licenses expiring by the end of 2012 and the group is expected to announce the termination of a large number of them in the coming months as it concentrates on renewing the Armani brands.After 13 years of partnership, Safilo announced in June that it would not renew ...
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Silhouette has appointed Jeremy Lanaway as U.K. marketing manager...
Silhouette has appointed Jeremy Lanaway as U.K. marketing manager
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Essilor launches anti-fog lens coatings
Essilor International unveiled Friday a new category of hydrophilic ophthalmic coatings that prevent the condensation of fog on the lenses, while preserving their anti-smudge qualities. Presented as a major technological breakthrough and protected by patents for the quality and durability of their performance, Essilor's new Optifog line is expected to ...
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Peter Zieman, the former executive of Essilor and Dollond &...
Peter Zieman, the former executive of Essilor and Dollond & Aitchison who joined PixelOptics in 2008 to run its expansion outside the U.S., has been promoted to vice president in charge of European territories
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Johnson & Johnson's vision care operations showed sales increases in...
Johnson & Johnson's vision care operations showed sales increases in the second quarter of 5.6 percent in the U.S. to $245 million and of 13.3 percent elsewhere to $487 million, but in local currencies the growth outside the U.S. was limited to 2.1 percent. J&J's Vistakon disposable contact lenses were ...
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Safilo has introduced the use of tablet computers among its...
Safilo has introduced the use of tablet computers among its sales force to present its collections. The software was developed with the Italian company H-umus, while the telecommunications infrastructure is managed by British Telecom. The devices are expected to speed up the interaction between the marketplace and the company as ...
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American eye care market continues slow growth
VisionWatch has found that for the 12-month period through the end of June, overall revenues from vision care in the U.S. rose by 1.2 percent to $32.2 billion. Turnover from eye exams was up by 2.8 percent for the year, and up by 1.9 percent in volume for the six ...
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Allergan's sales of eye care pharmaceuticals rose in the second...
Allergan's sales of eye care pharmaceuticals rose in the second quarter by 13.8 percent to $657.6 million as compared to the same period one year ago, with a rise of 10.1 percent in local currencies. The company's total net product sales rose 13.7 percent to $1,400.4 million, up by 9.6 ...
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Essilor International, Alcon and Corning were all recently named to...
Essilor International, Alcon and Corning were all recently named to Forbes magazine's list of “The World's Most Innovative Companies” in its Aug. 8 issue. Alcon came in at No. 21, Essilor was No. 25 and Corning ranked No. 69. Essilor came after Procter & Gamble and before L'Oréal. Details and ...
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Alain Mikli takes over the eyewear license for Jean Paul...
Alain Mikli takes over the eyewear license for Jean Paul Gaultier from De Rigo
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Adlens, a company in Oxford, England, has developed Emergensee, a...
Adlens, a company in Oxford, England, has developed Emergensee, a pair of adjustable eyeglasses that can correct almost anybody's requirements for near or far vision in an emergency, such as when the wearer loses his or her own glasses. The spectacles employ adaptive lens technology developed by a Nobel ...
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L'Amy has signed an additional new eyewear license for Le...
L'Amy has signed an additional new eyewear license for Le Temps des Cerises, a French brand of young fashion clothing
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