All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 15 – Page 2
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The Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) reports on the opening of one...
The Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) reports on the opening of one of the world's biggest hospitals for the blind in a former marsh area in Nepal. Inaugurated on Nov. 15 by Ram Baran Yadav, president of Nepal, it can treat up to 1,500 patients per day. The complex stems from a ...
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B. Robinson has a new licensing deal with Xcel Brands...
B. Robinson has a new licensing deal with Xcel Brands to make and distribute sunwear and eyewear for the Isaac Mizrahi and Isaac Mizrahi New York brands. Mizrahi is creative director at Xcel. The new collections will be available in autumn 2012. B. Robinson's license portfolio also includes Cynthia Rowley, ...
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CooperVision's recall of some lots of Avaira Toric contact lenses...
CooperVision's recall of some lots of Avaira Toric contact lenses has been expanded to include limited lots of Avaira Sphere lenses as well. CooperVision identified certain lots of the spheric lenses that did not meet its updated quality requirements due to the level of a silicone oil residue. The Avaira ...
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The new president of the Swiss Optics Suppliers Association (SOV)...
The new president of the Swiss Optics Suppliers Association (SOV) is Thomas Fischer, managing director of Knecht & Müller, a 31-year-old Swiss surfacing laboratory for corrective lenses that produces about 250,000 units per year. The association stems for a merger in 2006 of the organizations that represented suppliers of contact ...
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Marcolin lifted by top-tier brands, Asia
In the first nine months of 2011, Marcolin booked an 8.8 percent rise in sales to €169.0 million, driven by growth in fashion and luxury brands and the launch of the new Swarovski line. On a currency-neutral basis, sales were up by 10.7 percent.In Europe, the company's turnover rose by ...
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Armani drops Safilo and switches to Luxottica
Safilo admitted last week that it has lost the battle to retain the key A/X Armani Exchange, Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani licenses expiring at the end of 2012. The Italian fashion group is now ready to re-embrace its former licensee, Luxottica, with which it previously had a 15-year partnership.In ...
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An appeals court in Paris has backed a previous court...
An appeals court in Paris has backed a previous court ruling that Aoyama has engaged in counterfeiting by selling eyeglasses under the Twin name, especially over the internet, and by registering the Twin brand name all over the European Union. The court confirmed the rights held on the Twin-FX 5 ...
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Antonio Bortuzzo will run Mikli International
Three different managing directors have run the Alain Mikli International Group in the past few years, and the management turnover has not finished. A 51-year-old Italian manager with a strong track record, Antonio Bortuzzo, has now been appointed as Mikli's new chief executive, with an ambitious goal of tripling the ...
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò has named Roberta Sambinello to be its...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò has named Roberta Sambinello to be its new director of franchising. She started out with the leading Italian optical retail group as manager of its flagship store in Florence, moving up to area manager and regional manager. In 2009, she joined the company's franchising unit. Her goal ...
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Ametek, an American manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanic devises...
Ametek, an American manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanic devises with annual sales of $3 billion, has paid $150 million to acquire Reichert Technologies, the maker of ophthalmic instruments. Reichert was previously owned by Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company, a private equity firm. The U.S. company, which has a European ...
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Baumvision will handle North American distribution and support for the...
Baumvision will handle North American distribution and support for the aluminum-based frames of Kilsgaard, the Danish eyewear company, under a new agreement. The collection will be sold in the specialty sun and high-end optical stores where Baumvision distributes.
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Mario Casini, who formerly ran the training programs of AIO,...
Mario Casini, who formerly ran the training programs of AIO, the Italian Association of Opticians, is the new president of this organization, one of the two Italian optical retailers' associations, which that claims to be representative of the opticians as individual professionals. The other organization is Federottica. Casini takes over ...
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Bridgepoint, Apax Partners and the other shareholders of Alain Afflelou...
Bridgepoint, Apax Partners and the other shareholders of Alain Afflelou have apparently dropped plans to place the French optical retail group again on the stock exchange, which is languishing. A French magazine speculated that Luxottica or Fielmann may be interested in taking over the chain, but officials of both companies ...
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A French competitor, the Alain Afflelou network of franchised stores,...
A French competitor, the Alain Afflelou network of franchised stores, has gone in a similar direction by signing a partnership with Sophie Vouzeland, a former finalist of the Miss France beauty contest who is deaf since birth, to use her image in its advertising. She is a fashion model and ...
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A huge advertisement for Henry Jullien's Equinox eyewear is looming...
A huge advertisement for Henry Jullien's Equinox eyewear is looming over the centrally located rue de Rivoli in Paris, covering the side of the Lissac megastore. The launch of the new eyewear collection – and the ad – are honoring the company's 90th birthday. The ad will remain up through ...
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ProDesign of Denmark has extended its Iris collection, adding new...
ProDesign of Denmark has extended its Iris collection, adding new styles for women
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Safilo acquires Polaroid Eyewear
A couple of days after admitting the loss of the Armani licenses, Safilo announced an agreement to take over Polaroid Eyewear with the help of its main shareholder, Hal Holding. Combined with the acquisition of a license for Céline eyewear, previously held by De Rigo, it should offset about half ...
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While the liquidation procedure continues for Area, Area 98,...
While the liquidation procedure continues for Area, Area 98, the new company that is taking over most of its activities thanks to the intervention of China-based King Song and an Italian furniture manufacturer, FEM, is now set for business. Beatrice Fasan, the owner of FEM, has sold her 33 percent ...
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Unilens Vision has named No. 7 Contact Lens Laboratory to...
Unilens Vision has named No. 7 Contact Lens Laboratory to be its exclusive U.K. distributor for its C-Vue Advanced Hydravue line of custom silicone hydrogel contact lenses. No. 7 will also distribute the products in the the rest of the European Union. Unilens, based in Delaware, said the partnership will ...
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Nau!, an Italian optical retailer with around 40 franchise outlets...
Nau!, an Italian optical retailer with around 40 franchise outlets located mainly in the northern part of the country, has decided to apply Grilamid technology to the children's eyewear it sells, after using it for adults' spectacles. The new children's frames are said to be highly resistant to bending and ...
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