All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 15
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New online shop starts up in France
Customers can now log into the beta version of Sensee.com, the new virtual optical retail store developed by Marc Simoncini, the French entrepreneur who 10 years ago founded Meetic, the leading European dating and chatting website, and then sold it with a major capital gain. It has stated a goal ...
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Lunettes Grasset has launched a new line of prescription frames...
Lunettes Grasset has launched a new line of prescription frames made of magnesium alloy as part of its Eden Park collection
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The industry recovers from the Thai floods
Hoya Vision Care's recovery from the floods in Thailand is coming along faster than expected. The Japanese company had said a few days ago that it was expecting to resume operations yesterday at its production facility in Pathumthani near Bangkok, which have been stopped last Nov. 2. It also ...
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Hoya shipped more lenses prior to the floods
In releasing its quarterly results last Oct. 31, Hoya Corporation said its shipments of eyeglass lenses increased overall in the three months ended Sept. 30, corresponding to the second quarter of its financial year. They rose especially in Europe, which is the company's single largest market for this kind of ...
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Fielmann gains more market share
While the German optical retail market declined by an estimated 1 percent in terms of units in the first nine months of this year, Fielmann managed to post a 4.2 percent increase in units sold over the same period, reaching a new record of 5.0 million pairs of glasses.Sales in ...
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The seventh Ottico E.Leclerc-Conad store has opened in the futuristic...
The seventh Ottico E.Leclerc-Conad store has opened in the futuristic A12 shopping center near Turin. As it is located next to the new Juventus football stadium, it features a special selection of sports eyewear, including special styles by Smith Optics, among some 1,200 different models of prescription frames and sunglasses. ...
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Ridgway Optical Supplies has taken on the distribution in the...
Ridgway Optical Supplies has taken on the distribution in the U.K. of the Kliik Denmark, Fysh UK and Evatik collections of Wescan Optical, the Canadian company based in Montreal
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Matthias Thoma, a Swiss optician, has decided to sell only...
Matthias Thoma, a Swiss optician, has decided to sell only Tom Davies products in his new store in Thun. The new Optik Thoma will offer TD Tom Davies custom-made products as well as the British company's Couture and Natural Horn collections. The store features a fully branded design and portfolio ...
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The Cross Optical Group of A.T. Cross Company, which consists...
The Cross Optical Group of A.T. Cross Company, which consists mainly of the Costa and Native brands of eyewear, grew by 19.6 percent to $18 million in the third quarter ended Oct. 1. This helped the A.T. Cross group to raise its total revenues by 14.8 percent to $43.8 ...
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Oakley is teaming up with the U.S. Olympic Committee to...
Oakley is teaming up with the U.S. Olympic Committee to release a Team USA branded eyewear collection. Oakley has the licensing rights for protective, active, lifestyle and corrective eyewear under the Team USA brand, including glasses, sunglasses, goggles and accessories. Oakley will provide products for the U.S. delegation at the ...
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Gilbert Le Nouvy quits as general manager of Charmant France,...
Gilbert Le Nouvy quits as general manager of Charmant France, a post that he has occupied for five years. Pending the nomination of a successor, Taki Mizukami, president of Charmant for Europe, is taking over his responsibilities, assisted by two top managers of the French sales subsidiary.
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Charmant has obtained a European patent for its Excellence material,...
Charmant has obtained a European patent for its Excellence material, made up of a free titanium-nickel alloy and used in its LineArt Charmant line and others
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Générale Optique, one of the chains of GrandVision, has won...
Générale Optique, one of the chains of GrandVision, has won a prize as the optical retail chain preferred by the French people. The study analyzed the perceptions of French customers about 66 different banners in 11 retail sectors.
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The monthly survey of independent eye care professionals in the...
The monthly survey of independent eye care professionals in the U.S. conducted by Jobson Optical Research has found that confidence in the industry fell again in October. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is “very negative” and 5 is “very positive,” eye care professionals said their outlook ...
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Essilor Canada is partnering up with the University of Waterloo's...
Essilor Canada is partnering up with the University of Waterloo's School of Optometry to enhance optometric education and advance eye health in Canada. Over the course of five years, Essilor will invest $250,000 toward the $8 million transformation that the School of Optometry is working on to create a state-of-the-art ...
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Debenhams, the British department store chain, has started training personal...
Debenhams, the British department store chain, has started training personal shoppers in its 134 stores to help blind and partially sighted customers through a partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People. The employees will describe the color, cut and shape of clothes to people who can't see them ...
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Nicodesign sets its sights on Brazil
The emerging markets of Latin America are starting to attract Italy's medium-sized eyewear producers, in spite of prohibitive customs duties: 100 percent on acetate and 120 percent on metal. An Italian company, Nicodesign, has consequently identified a chain of luxury stores in which it can position its Made in Italy ...
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Pramaor targets Brazil differently
Like many European eyewear companies, Pramaor is also looking to expand into the promising Brazilian market, in spite of the customs barriers that double the price of the finished product, with duties of 100 to 120 percent respectively on acetate and metal. Calculated on the wholesale price plus transportation costs, ...
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Safilo booked a loss in the third quarter
After making profits in the first half of the year, Safilo finished the third quarter with a €4.7 million loss stemming from weaker sales and the impact of foreign exchange adjustments. The top line slipped by 3.2 percent to €230.2 million due to negative exchange rates and the disposal of ...
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Bob Hughes has left his position as chief executive of...
Bob Hughes has left his position as chief executive of the British Association of Optometrists after serving for almost seven years, saying he wanted to pursue new career opportunities; Richard Carswell, deputy CEO, will fill in until a replacement is named
