All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 5-6
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Oakley has opened a store in Times Square in New...
Oakley has opened a store in Times Square in New York, which is visited by an estimated 26 million people each year. The store features an “Oakley Custom Bar” where customers can create their own versions of Oakley eyewear and goggles, personalizing their designs with an on-site etching and engraving ...
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The Singapore subsidiary of Menicon has opened up a new...
The Singapore subsidiary of Menicon has opened up a new 6,000-square-meter facility for manufacturing daily disposable contact lens. The $97 million factory also has space for R&D. Seventy-nine people work at the plant, which has quality control systems and state-of-the-art production technology.
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Strong start for Marcolin, too
After a record 2010, the new year started well for Marcolin thanks to higher-than-expected orders for its new Swarovski collection and for prescription frames. The positive news flow comes as the Italian eyewear company aims to reinforce its presence in the Far East and in America and prepares to launch ...
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New management for Spy’s parent
A new management team has been appointed at Orange 21. Carol Montgomery will be the new chief executive after 10 years of acting as a consultant within the sunglass and optical industry. Her previous positions include vice president at Sunglass Hut International, and chairwoman and CEO at Revo. She succeeds ...
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Zeiss launches its photochromic technology
Carl Zeiss Vision has launched its new photochromic lens, PhotoFusion. The new lens, which became available in brown and grey tints all over Europe on April 15, is said to react 20 percent faster to changes in light conditions than other photochromic lenses. Zeiss says the lenses darken in 15 ...
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New limitations on internet sales
Independently of the lobbying being done by the European eyewear industry through Eurom 1 to defend its specific rights in this area, the European Parliament has voted in favor of a new directive that would impose new conditions on suppliers of any kinds of product to consumers over the internet ...
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To help keep pace with its growth, Safilens has opened...
To help keep pace with its growth, Safilens has opened a new logistics center in Venice with 1,800 meters of shelving to more easily manage increasing volumes of shipments – in five years, the company has gone from storing about 5,000 products to storing more than 28,000. The new center ...
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Opticians in the U.K. are lobbying the government for a...
Opticians in the U.K. are lobbying the government for a doubling in the current fee of £20.50 (€23-$34) per eye test that optometrists receive from the National Health Service (NHS). They are also angry that current legislation allows patients to take their free prescription elsewhere – often to the internet ...
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Smarteyes of Sweden has opened its sixth store in Germany...
Smarteyes of Sweden has opened its sixth store in Germany
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Mister Spex, the German online optical retailer, is planning a...
Mister Spex, the German online optical retailer, is planning a partnership program with brick-and-mortar opticians. The start of the concept is planned for the coming weeks. In the medium term, Mister Spex plans to work with opticians in the main German cities. The company is still searching for opticians who ...
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Vision Is moves further toward merger with Vision Service
A colorful convention organized earlier this month to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Vision Is sanctioned the first stages of a merger between this Italian buying group, which operates mainly in the center and south of the country, with Vision Service, another major Italian group that is strongest in the ...
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PixelOptics gets new funds to launch its technology
The American company has announced the closing of a new round of financing, worth a total of $45 million and led by Safeguard Scientifics, a stock-listed U.S. company focusing on high-tech and life science companies. This company, which has been in operation since 1953, has thus taken a 25 percent ...
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Former Maui Jim manager joins William Morris
Nick Boys, a 46-year-old executive who had been handling Maui Jim's sales operations in the U.K., has decided to become joint managing director in charge of U.K. sales and marketing at William Morris Eyewear, with a minority stake in the company.This small British company, which has an annual sales turnover ...
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Pro Fit Optix is introducing a premium single-vision free-form lens,...
Pro Fit Optix is introducing a premium single-vision free-form lens, adapted to the patient's eye movement and the shape of the frame
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Higher margins for Fielmann in quarter
Fielmann reported a very positive first quarter, raising sales by 7 percent on a same-store basis and by 7.9 percent overall. Consolidated sales went up by 7.9 percent to €255.9 million. Unit sales were up by 4.7 percent to 1.6 million pairs of glasses.Margins improved, as the leading German optical ...
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Fielmann gains further market share
Presenting its annual report for 2010 in Hamburg yesterday, Fielmann said it met its expectations for the year. As already reported, Fielmann posted a 3.9 percent increase in pre-tax income to €170.3 million in 2010 while consolidated sales rose by 4.3 percent to €993.7 million, with a volume increase of ...
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Nouveau Eyewear has gained a foothold in new markets in...
Nouveau Eyewear has gained a foothold in new markets in Latin America, Australia, Europe and India through its presence at recent fairs such as Mido in Milan and Vision Expo East in New York. The new business concerns two of its lines in particular: Umbro Diamond Collection, consisting of sun and ...
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Immagine Eyewear has launched a new website in Italian and...
Immagine Eyewear has launched a new website in Italian and English for its X-IDE brand, using the format of a fashion magazine with a touch of humor
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Samuel Eto'o, the football star, is the new face of...
Samuel Eto'o, the football star, is the new face of John Richmond Eyewear's spring/summer advertising campaign
