All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 13-14 – Page 2
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Sven Kossyk will be the new chief financial officer at...
Sven Kossyk will be the new chief financial officer at Rodenstock from the beginning of the next month. He formerly worked as commercial director for Merck Sharp Dohme, one of the five biggest pharmaceutical companies worldwide, for the Greek market. He also worked for Altana Pharma and Thomas Cook. He ...
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Licefa will be going through some changes to its executive...
Licefa will be going through some changes to its executive board by the end of the next year. Nothing specific has been decided yet but it is certain that the executive board will be different in 2013. Details will be released sometime at the beginning of the next year. The ...
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In a new report, the European Parliament is calling for...
In a new report, the European Parliament is calling for eye exams every 10 years for all drivers of cars and motorcycles, increasing the frequency to once every five years for those over 65. The report, “Own Initiative,” noted that 35,000 people die on European roads every year, and that ...
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Optiswiss has launched Webtracer software for its business-to-business online shop,...
Optiswiss has launched Webtracer software for its business-to-business online shop, Osschop. On the website, opticians can order lenses directly from Optiswiss. With the software, opticians can order lenses that already fit the frame they are intended for. Usually, opticians had to grind the lenses themselves to make them fit the ...
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David Gandy, the famous British fashion model who helped launch...
David Gandy, the famous British fashion model who helped launch one of Dolce & Gabbana's fragrances, is acting as testimonial for Luxottica's line of D&G spectacles
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Bushnell Outdoor Products has bought Night Optics USA, a provider...
Bushnell Outdoor Products has bought Night Optics USA, a provider of night vision and thermal technologies based in Huntington Beach, California. Bushnell, which makes sport optics, premium eyewear and outdoor accessories, said that the acquisition would help enhance its product portfolio for the law enforcement, military and security markets. Terms ...
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Borsalino, whose eyewear license is held by Brands O.I., expects...
Borsalino, whose eyewear license is held by Brands O.I., expects to be selling 20,000 pairs of eyewear a year by 2013. In 2010 it sold half that volume, with turnover of €1.5 million, which is expected to almost double in 2011, to €2.8 million. Such high growth can be accounted ...
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Menicon boosts international operations
The Japanese contact lens company has set up a new subsidiary at Emmen, in the Netherlands, Menicon Holdings BV, to manage and coordinate all its operations outside Japan. The move is intended to increase Menicon's international presence on the back of the planned launch in 2012 of a special new ...
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L.A. Eyeworks launched the recently published “Framed” book at this...
L.A. Eyeworks launched the recently published “Framed” book at this year's Silmo trade show in Pairs. The book features 171 black-and-white photographs, taken by the renowned photographer Greg Gorman for the L.A. Eyeworks print advertising campaigns. From 1982 to the present, Greg Gorman photographed over 200 unique personalities wearing L.A. ...
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Bjorn Jonsson has joined Gunnar Optiks to be its new...
Bjorn Jonsson has joined Gunnar Optiks to be its new vice president for international sales. He was plucked from academia, having been a marketing professor at Vanguard University. His previous experience includes stints with Oakley and Boost Mobile.
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Binoche expects to close the year with sales up by...
Binoche expects to close the year with sales up by 20 percent, to €1 million, a repetition of its 2010 performance. The Belgian company, whose name combines the names of its two founders' – Gino Gommers and Biche Gils – produces its eyewear in Italy and France. Retailing at €220 ...
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Safilo sees biggest potential in its own house brands
Safilo sees its house brands, especially Carrera, Safilo and Smith Optics, as its “biggest growth opportunity.” House brands represent about 20 percent of the eyewear company's sales and are expected to increase sales, organically, by 9 percent a year until the end of 2015. The company's other brands are Oxydo ...
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ClearVision Optical was named the Best Healthy Workplace of the...
ClearVision Optical was named the Best Healthy Workplace of the Year in the 2011 Small Business Awards from the New York Enterprise Report. The awards, sponsored by United Healthcare, honor the best small businesses in the greater New York metropolitan area. The award for health workplace is new this year, ...
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Manfred Dahn has been promoted to the top position at...
Manfred Dahn has been promoted to the top position at Polycore Optical Europe, replacing the former general manager, Andreas Linz, who had been with the company for 23 years. Dahn, who had previously run Margrander, a supplier of specialty glasses, joined Polycore four years ago as manager in charge of ...
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Thierry Lepiez has been selected to succeed Marie-Pierre Milovanivic as...
Thierry Lepiez has been selected to succeed Marie-Pierre Milovanivic as president of the technical committee of EDI-Optique, a 13-year-old association in France that groups more than 60 manufacturers, distributors, opticians and service companies for the definition and promotion of electronic data interchange in the eyewear industry. Over 130 experts are ...
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Because of its growing business, Pro Fit Optix is moving...
Because of its growing business, Pro Fit Optix is moving its head office to a larger location in Irving, Texas
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Etnia Barcelona, a Spanish eyewear brand with offices in Barcelona,...
Etnia Barcelona, a Spanish eyewear brand with offices in Barcelona, Miami and Hong Kong, has purchased 80 percent of the Zhong Shan production site in China. The company invested €500,000 in the acquisition of machines for this Asian supplier, which has been manufacturing its frames. Now, being majority shareholder, Etnia ...
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Luxottica banks on emerging markets
Luxottica is looking at doubling the size of its business in emerging markets over the next 15 months thanks to recent and expected acquisitions, the expansion of Sunglass Hut International in Brazil, retail and wholesale expansion in China and the start of a direct wholesale presence in new markets. Luxottica ...
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Jaime Balasch, former commercial director of Indo and general manager...
Jaime Balasch, former commercial director of Indo and general manager of GrandOptical España, is now the general manager of BBGR Iberia
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Italia Independent is seeking to attract a young clientele with...
Italia Independent is seeking to attract a young clientele with some rather fancy technology, gleaned from its collaboration with the Fiat Style Centre. The result is velvet-smooth, phosphorescent frames, with mirror-effect lenses. Research on materials developed for automobile interiors has been adapted for the miniature scale of eyewear frames, resulting ...
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