All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 7 – Page 4

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    Udo Walz, a well-known German hairdresser, will act as testimonial...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Udo Walz, a well-known German hairdresser, will act as testimonial and “style expert” for the German Binder Optik retail chain

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    Bausch + Lomb is going to spend €70 million to...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Bausch + Lomb is going to spend €70 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Waterford, Ireland, using the investment to help keep the plant's current workforce of 1,100

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    VM has released its listing of the top 50 optical...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    VM has released its listing of the top 50 optical retailers in the U.S. in 2010, and for the 12th year in a row, Luxottica Retail placed first with sales of $2,470 million. Wal-Mart came in second with $1,375.5 million in sales from the vision centers it has in Wal-Mart ...

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    Anthonie Klijn, a 47-year-old manager who ran Luxottica in Germany...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Anthonie Klijn, a 47-year-old manager who ran Luxottica in Germany for eight years after setting up its South African subsidiary in the late 1990s, has joined the advisory board of Mister Spex, the fast-growing German online retailer of ophthalmic glasses and frames. He will be particularly involved in the planned ...

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    Christian Wette, who founded IGA Optic 30 years ago, is...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Christian Wette, who founded IGA Optic 30 years ago, is leaving as chairman of its supervisory board at the age of 67

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    Mario Zimmermann, 26, is now joint managing director of Brille24,...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Mario Zimmermann, 26, is now joint managing director of Brille24, a German e-commerce operation in the eyewear sector. He will work together with Matthias Hunecke, founder of the company in Oldenburg. Zimmermann was one of the founders of Brands4friends, the digital shopping club that was taken over by eBay at ...

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    Orange 21 needs to raise more equity

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Orange 21, parent company of Spy Optic and eyewear licensee of O'Neill, has warned investors that it will need to raise more equity in the current quarter, after posting a net loss of $1.3 million in the first one. Sales declined to $6.7 million during the first three months of ...

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    Johnson & Johnson is spending $21.3 billion to acquire Synthes,...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Johnson & Johnson is spending $21.3 billion to acquire Synthes, a huge supplier of medical equipment and orthopedic protheses. The takeover, which is the biggest one it ever made, turns J&J into the leader in the global market for orthopedic surgery, which is growing rapidly and is estimated at $37 ...

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    A British software company, See20/20, showed an interesting system at...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    A British software company, See20/20, showed an interesting system at last month's Optrafair in Birmingham, described as the world's first internet-based practice management system that integrates an application for insurance covering the spectacles. The system is already used by more than 300 organizations and stores across the U.K. Based on ...

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    Nathalie Dangre, who helped to found Alliance Optique in 1988...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Nathalie Dangre, who helped to found Alliance Optique in 1988 and ran the French optical retail cooperative until 1997, has died at the age of 47

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    On June 16, Safilo will redeem €60 million worth of...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    On June 16, Safilo will redeem €60 million worth of high-yield bonds in advance through its subsidiary Safilo Capital International. The buyback represents 30.8 percent of its outstanding bonds, reducing the amount of notes in circulation to €135 million from €195 million. The bonds, which are due to expire in ...

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    Marcolin’s sales rise by 12.3 percent

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Marcolin booked a 12.3 percent increase in first-quarter sales to €64.6 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 11.4 percent. Turnover in Europe rose by 7.1 percent to €36.7 million driven by ...

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    Hoya Vision Care grows by 10% in Europe

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    The appreciation of the yen, whose value increased by 14 percent against the euro in the past year, had a negative effect on the results of Hoya Corporation, especially in the vision care segment where the company is very international-oriented.However, executives of the Japanese company feel that Hoya is being ...

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    More than 2,000 children in South Africa got vision screenings...

    2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

    More than 2,000 children in South Africa got vision screenings in the last year through the Bona Bolo campaign promoted by Nouveau Eyewear. The campaign was launched in conjunction with last year's Fifa World Cup; “Bona Bolo” means “see the ball.” It screened 2,020 children, and those with refractive errors ...