All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 5-6 – Page 2
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The Swiss government's decision to stop subsidizing the purchase of...
The Swiss government's decision to stop subsidizing the purchase of eyewear from the end of last year has reportedly led major retailers to substantially drop the prices that they were charging for children's spectacles. The government's health insurance was previously offering 186 Swiss francs (€144.70-$212.50) for the purchase of a ...
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Eyewear Designs has signed a multi-year licensing deal to design...
Eyewear Designs has signed a multi-year licensing deal to design and distribute an eyewear collection named for Paula Deen, the American television cook and cookbook author. The deal is for North America. Eyewear Designs says that women relate to Paula Deen, who will wear the eyewear on her Food Network ...
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CooperVision has introduced new imagery worldwide to signify its unique...
CooperVision has introduced new imagery worldwide to signify its unique positioning in the market as a company that is completely focused on contact lenses, trying to establish close partnerships with eye care professionals and responding to the needs of individual lens wearers. The colorful and refreshing new look is going ...
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Russell Gagain has joined Ocuco as its senior product consultant...
Russell Gagain has joined Ocuco as its senior product consultant in Manchester, Connecticut
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GrandOptical has inaugurated a new store concept on the Place...
GrandOptical has inaugurated a new store concept on the Place de la Madeleine in Paris
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Victor Scrooby is the new group clinical director for Ocuco,...
Victor Scrooby is the new group clinical director for Ocuco, also overseeing the company's business in the Asia-Pacific region from his base in Brisbane, Australia. Scrooby is an optometrist who set up the U.K. Classic Eyes chain, which has stores in the U.K. and South Africa. He was one of ...
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Mike Hundert, co-owner and chief executive of REM Eyewear, has...
Mike Hundert, co-owner and chief executive of REM Eyewear, has appointed his son Kevin manager of new business development for the U.S. based company. Kevin, who graduated from a college in Boston last year, has the assignment to modernize the remeyewear.com website, to launch an aggressive internet marketing campaign, and ...
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Mitsui Chemicals has entered into a share purchase and transfer...
Mitsui Chemicals has entered into a share purchase and transfer agreement to acquire all shares of Acomon AG, a Swiss manufacturer and distributor of monomers for optical lenses. Through the deal, Acomon became a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Mitsui The share purchase and transfer was finalized on April 6. ...
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The Charmant Group is growing its presence in China by...
The Charmant Group is growing its presence in China by opening a new sales branch in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. It will help the Japanese company to better respond to the needs of customers in the inland part of the country, where the economy is expanding. Chengdu itself ...
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There was no change in February in Jobson Optical Research's...
There was no change in February in Jobson Optical Research's Optical Business Barometer, holding steady at 3.6, the same as in January and December. The barometer measures the independent eye care professionals' outlook on the market in the U.S., with 1 being very negative and 5 being very positive. The ...
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Krys, the leading French chain of franchised optical retail stores,...
Krys, the leading French chain of franchised optical retail stores, is going to sponsor a new boat race between the French harbor of Brest and New York in 2012 and 2014. Scheduled for July 7-13, 2012, the first Krys Ocean Race will involve between six and 12 catamarans. They will ...
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The International Centre for Eye-Care Education has opened a Vision...
The International Centre for Eye-Care Education has opened a Vision Centre in a hospital of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam
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Ulrich Krauss has left the management of Carl Zeiss Meditec...
Ulrich Krauss has left the management of Carl Zeiss Meditec to join the management of Carl Zeiss Vision. The move would seem to confirm the possibility of stronger interaction between these two components of the Carl Zeiss group in the future. Thomas Simmerer has taken Krauss' place at Carl Zeiss ...
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Dr. Carl Kupfer, who ran the National Eye Institute...
Dr. Carl Kupfer, who ran the National Eye Institute for 30 years after it was established by the U.S. Congress in 1970, has passed away at the age of 83, following a long illness
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Da Vinci Canada has taken over distribution of Da Vinci...
Da Vinci Canada has taken over distribution of Da Vinci Eyewear in the U.S., with its holding company, Tek Optical, concluding a deal with Da Vinci Italy (La Fenice S.R.L.). Windsor Eyes, the former distributor, will no longer sell the Da Vinci brand in the U.S. Ennio De Martino, the ...
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A British logistics firm, DX Group, has confirmed interest from...
A British logistics firm, DX Group, has confirmed interest from Specsavers in a new overnight delivery service for contact lenses that has been adopted by one of its main rivals in the U.K., Vision Express. The new service, called DX2Home, allows opticians to send low-value items to patients with proof ...
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Lewis Clinton, a junior surf pro in the British resort...
Lewis Clinton, a junior surf pro in the British resort of Newquay, has signed a sunglass endorsement deal with Von Zipper
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Britain’s Optrafair shows progress
Regional optical shows seem to be enjoying a revival. A total of 7,586 visitors attended the biennial Optrafair show in Birmingham held April 9-11, and the number of those who visited for more than just one day reached 6,647, 2 percent more than two years ago. The floor space rented ...
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Visualites, the brand of reading glasses by REM Eyewear, is...
Visualites, the brand of reading glasses by REM Eyewear, is introducing a line of sunglass readers that can be used by the swimming pool or on the beach without being bothered by the sun's glare. Available in various styles and colors and with various diopters, the readers feature a full-size ...
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Prescription Eyewear, the parent company of Glasses Direct, has bought...
Prescription Eyewear, the parent company of Glasses Direct, has bought Sunglasses Shop, described as the largest online retailer of designer sunglasses in Europe. Glasses Direct and Sunglasses Shop will continue to operate separately; combined, they are expected to sell 250,000 pairs of sunglasses a year with more than 8 million ...
