All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 4 – Page 4

  • News briefs

    Marchon 3D is collaborating with Younger Optics to work on...

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Marchon 3D is collaborating with Younger Optics to work on prescription 3D lenses, which will allows users to view movies and other media in 3D without having to wear bulky 3D glasses over their prescription eyewear. Younger Optics will use its proprietary technology to make semi-finished prescription 3D lens blanks, ...

  • News briefs

    Salmoiraghi & Vigano, Italy's largest eyewear chain, has invested €3...

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Salmoiraghi & Vigano, Italy's largest eyewear chain, has invested €3 million on a marketing campaign, mainly TV commercials, focusing on a number of brands that are major players on the Italian market. The operation is called Fashion & Tech, and concerns 10 brands: Carrera, CK, Calvin Klein, Max & Co, ...

  • News briefs

    Effective next Sunday (March 27), David Pyott, the chairman and...

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Effective next Sunday (March 27), David Pyott, the chairman and chief executive at Allergan, is going to add his former title of president again. He held that position from 1998 to 2006. He's picking up the job from Michael Ball, who is leaving the company to become CEO of Hospira, ...

  • Short stops

    Featuring 85 new exhibitors and a new layout, the 25th...

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Featuring 85 new exhibitors and a new layout, the 25th edition of International Vision Expo East started with a 4% increase in attendance on its first day last Friday

  • News briefs

    Ray-Ban launched a new “Never Hide” campaign on March 19,...

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Ray-Ban launched a new “Never Hide” campaign on March 19, setting up cameras in 12 cities to record participating consumers as they pass by. The video is broadcast to the brand's website in a simultaneous feed. The 12 cities selected for the campaign are Shanghai, Delhi, Istanbul, Rome, Berlin, Paris, ...

  • Article

    De Rigo grows by 18%

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    De Rigo's preliminary figures for 2010 give wholesale turnover at €190 million, or 18 percent more than in 2009, with Ebit of €18 million. At the beginning of last year the group had forecast a return to the level of wholesale revenues generated in 2008, before the recession set in. ...

  • News briefs

    GrandVision has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Lafam,...

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    GrandVision has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Lafam, a leading optical retailer in Colombia. Based in Bogota, it operates 38 stores in addition to three laser clinics under the Lafam Vision Center name. The company has approximately160 employees. It reported sales of 19 billion Colombian pesos (€7.0m-$10.0m) in ...

  • News briefs

    Orange 21 raised $1.17 million in fresh capital by issuing...

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Orange 21 raised $1.17 million in fresh capital by issuing 712,121 new shares bought by the U.S. private equity firm Harlingwood at $1.65 each. The transaction gives Harlingwood a 5.6 percent stake in the company. It can propose a board member for election at Orange 21's shareholder meeting. The designee ...

  • Short stops

    BBGR has sold more than 1 million Neva Max AR-coated...

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    BBGR has sold more than 1 million Neva Max AR-coated lenses