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Jim McGrann will take over as president of VSP Vision...
Jim McGrann will take over as president of VSP Vision Care as of Jan. 1. Until now he has been the chief technology officer for VSP Global – a role he will continue – and the chief executive of Eyefinity. Before joining VSP in 2008, he was senior vice president ...
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Luxottica's latest idea for a pop-up store holds water …...
Luxottica's latest idea for a pop-up store holds water … or rather, water holds it. The company recently set a Sunglass Hut concept store afloat in Sydney Harbor in Australia. In late November, the company located the floating store in three different locations in the harbor, and donated 10 percent ...
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Maui Jim launched last month a special new “VirtualTryOn” function...
Maui Jim launched last month a special new “VirtualTryOn” function on its own website. Provided by FittingBox of France, the system allows customers for the first time to take photos from their Facebook pages and to use two forms of interactive technology to see themselves in a pair of glasses ...
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Progress and new strategies at Fedon
Fedon continues to progress after the difficulties experienced over the past four years. The Italian company, which produces eyewear cases for the major players in the industry, closed the first nine months of this year with sales up by 5.8 percent year on year, reaching a level of €41.9 million ...
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The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) in the U.K. has...
The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) in the U.K. has published a brochure listing all the benefits that members enjoy, including discounts on updated reports about the national and international standards that they must comply with
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Luxottica improved the ranking of its website at the European...
Luxottica improved the ranking of its website at the European level but lost positions domestically. According to KWD Webranking, an index previously known as H&H Webranking, Luxottica's position among Europe's 500 largest companies by market capitalization rose to 26th in 2011 from 30th in 2010, despite a drop in the ...
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Independent opticians in the U.S. are enjoying an upward positive...
Independent opticians in the U.S. are enjoying an upward positive moment according to the monthly Optical Business Barometer of Jobson Optical Research. Based on a scale of 1 for very negative to 5 for very positive, the mood in November was better than neutral. The index rose to 3.5 during ...
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Pearle Vision, a division of Luxottica Retail in the U.S.,...
Pearle Vision, a division of Luxottica Retail in the U.S., has named Srinivas (Srini) Kumar to be its senior vice president and general manager. He is tasked with expanding Pearle Vision's franchise network, much as he did in his previous position as president and chief operating officer of Baskin-Robbins International. ...
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Karavan Production has taken on the distribution in France of...
Karavan Production has taken on the distribution in France of the eyewear collection named after Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, the Spanish fashion designer licensed by Optim
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Having moved to direct distribution in the U.K., the German...
Having moved to direct distribution in the U.K., the German company Heidelberg is working on building up its own team there. It has selected Kenny Boyle and Tosh Vadhia as regional business managers, handling the north and the south, respectively. Phill Ennion is the sales and technical support manager for ...
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Moscot has signed a deal with its Mexican distributor, Independent...
Moscot has signed a deal with its Mexican distributor, Independent Eyeware, to take its products to several countries in South America. Moscot, the New York-based eyewear retailers and supplier, is the company of The Moscot Originals, Moscot Originals Sun and Moscot Spirit collections. Through the expanded partnership, they will be ...
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REM Eyewear recently signed a new distribution contract for the...
REM Eyewear recently signed a new distribution contract for the promotion of Converse eyewear products in Germany. The new partner, Freudenhaus, produces its own eyewear brands and also distributes brands such as Nine, Gorge, Gina & Lucy and La Loop accessories. Freudenhaus owns four stores in Munich, where it also ...
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Italia Independent has inaugurated its second Italian concept store in...
Italia Independent has inaugurated its second Italian concept store in Alessandria, in the Piedmont region, in partnership with a retailer called Gruppo Ottica Ottobelli. The first store was opened in nearby Liguria, in the holiday resort of Alassio. The store offers the group's complete product range, from eyewear to clothing, ...
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Marchon Eyewear completed its move into new headquarters in October,...
Marchon Eyewear completed its move into new headquarters in October, combining the operations of two other buildings and adding 12,000 square feet to their combined area for a total of 62,000. About 225 employees work at the headquarters on Old Country Road in Melville, New York, in executive management, human ...
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David Kellner has replaced Rupert Loibl as commercial director of...
David Kellner has replaced Rupert Loibl as commercial director of Rodenstock for the German market
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The U.K. has closed a loophole in VAT regulations for...
The U.K. has closed a loophole in VAT regulations for products that come from the Channel Islands, which includes a small number of contact lenses destined for Boots Opticians. The chain has said that it will absorb any additional costs, however, keeping the prices for customers the same. Boots will ...
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CooperVision plans to invest in China
Commenting on excellent results for the fourth quarter and the financial year ended last Oct. 31, which showed increased profitability and market share gains, the management of CooperVision (CVI) indicated that it plans to invest about $5 million this year to develop its business in China.In the latest quarter, CVI's ...
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Indo has reportedly sold its subsidiary in Chile to a...
Indo has reportedly sold its subsidiary in Chile to a local company, Megalux
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Sagnières is confirmed chairman and CEO at Essilor
The widely expected promotion of Hubert Sagnières to the post of chairman and chief executive of Essilor International will take place from next Jan. 2. It will mark the end of a two-year transition period where the previous chairman and CEO, Xavier Fontanet, relinquished one of the two functions.On Jan. ...
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Vision care sales decline at Zeiss
Carl Zeiss Vision's revenues dropped by 3.6 percent to €849 million in the financial year ended last Sept. 30, as compared to €881 million in the previous year, and following structural changes, the number of its full-time employees declined by 14.2 percent to 9,941 at the end of the period, ...
