All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 12, Issue 9 – Page 2
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MAFO will organize a convention in Beijing for the first...
MAFO will organize a convention in Beijing for the first time next Sept. 13, on the eve of the CIOF fair in the Chinese capital. MAFO, which already stages similar conferences at Mido in Milan, will work through the Chinese edition of its Focus magazine, which started last year, and ...
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Brigitte Bazelais has been named chief financial officer of Pro...
Brigitte Bazelais has been named chief financial officer of Pro Fit Optix, which is expected to announce an equity increase soon
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Peter Bateman, the former chairman and managing director of the...
Peter Bateman, the former chairman and managing director of the GC Bateman group, has died from cancer at the age of 82. He was a past chairman of the Society of Opticians and Optical Information Council, and joined the family business in 1957. He also helped establish the Federation of ...
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Bushnell creates an eyewear division, based in France
Based at Bushnell's European office at Suresnes near Paris, the new eyewear division of Bushnell Outdoor Products will be in charge of the Bollé, Bollé Safety, Cébé and Serengeti brands of eyewear owned by the American group on a global basis. The division will be run by Olivier Ciaravino, director ...
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Oftalmica Galileo Italia is supporting The Bankrobber, an emerging Italian...
Oftalmica Galileo Italia is supporting The Bankrobber, an emerging Italian rock band, and will post its banners and sell Galileo Vista Rock T-shirts and other merchandise at the band's concerts
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Joe Ayling, a young and determined British journalist from Birmingham,...
Joe Ayling, a young and determined British journalist from Birmingham, has left as news editor of the Just-syle.com fashion business information service to fill a vacant position as new editor of Optician, the leading trade magazine in the U.K.
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PPG Industries has appointed Anne M. Foulkes as assistant general...
PPG Industries has appointed Anne M. Foulkes as assistant general counsel and corporate secretary
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Marcolin returns to head Anfao and Mido
At a shareholders' meeting for Anfao and Mido on July 7, Cirillo Marcolin was named president, stepping in for Vittorio Tabacchi. He will serve a two-year term as president of those two organizations as well as for Fiamp, the Italian Federaion of Fashion and Personal Accessories. Marcolin is a past ...
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Spy Optic has signed a sponsorship deal with Andre Villa,...
Spy Optic has signed a sponsorship deal with Andre Villa, the freestyle motocross figure, for an undisclosed term
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Anateo Jeevan by BBGR is the first progressive lens in...
Anateo Jeevan by BBGR is the first progressive lens in the U.K. designed for presbyopes from the Indian subcontinent. A yearlong study of patients in Chennai and Bangalore found significant differences between them and European and North American patients, including eye length, rotational axis and wrap angle. Indians were also ...
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PPG Industries reports all-time records for sales and profits in...
PPG Industries reports all-time records for sales and profits in its optical and specialty materials segment for the second quarter ended June 30, with gains in both businesses. Sales in this segment, which includes silicas in addition to well-know ophthamic coatings and materials, grew by 8 percent to $326 million. ...
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Orlando Duque and Alain Kohl, professional cliff divers, wear Gloryfy...
Orlando Duque and Alain Kohl, professional cliff divers, wear Gloryfy sunglasses with NXT frames by Intercast Europe. They most recently competed at the Red Bull Cliff Diving event at Lake Garda last weekend. Duque, from Colombia, has nine world championship titles and two Guinness World Records. Kohl, from Luxembourg, has ...
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Novartis’ vision care sales lifted by AirOptix
Sales of Novartis' vision care products rose by 10 percent to $630 million in the second quarter driven by double-digit growth registered by Ciba Vision's AirOptix contact lenses. At constant currency rates, the division's sales rose by 2 percent. Contact lens sales rose by 13 percent to $440 million but ...
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De Rigo has signed a license agreement with the French...
De Rigo has signed a license agreement with the French fashion house of Lanvin for the design, production and worldwide distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses. The 2012 collection will be available from December 2011 and will be sold in optical and department stores as well as Lanvin's boutiques. The ...
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Luxottica beats forecasts again
Luxottica ended the second quarter with a 2.4 percent rise in sales to €1,633.5 million and a net profit of €162.1 million, up by 8.0 percent, yet again beating market expectations. The sales figure was at the top end of the analysts' forecast range and net profits were about €4 ...
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Luca Biondolillo, head of international communications, has left Luxottica after...
Luca Biondolillo, head of international communications, has left Luxottica after seven years to join Benetton Group. He joined the eyewear company in 2004 supervising corporate and financial communications out of Milan. In 2007, he become head of the group's international communications, moving to New York in 2009. At Benetton, a ...
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After three years as business development manager of Essilor for...
After three years as business development manager of Essilor for Central Europe, Marcel Pohl is going back to Essilor Deutschland to lead its sales operation in the German market
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Alain Afflelou has mandated two banks, Société Générale from France...
Alain Afflelou has mandated two banks, Société Générale from France and Citibank from the U.S., to work on its possible reintroduction on the stock exchange. It would take place at the end of 2011 or the beginning of 2012 if market conditions are right and the company is not sold ...
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Alain Afflelou has set up ephemeral stores in parking areas...
Alain Afflelou has set up ephemeral stores in parking areas along some major French highways. Advertising the French banner, these mobile shops will only offer sunglasses and other private-label items during the holidays and until Sept. 15
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The imaginative and successful “Less Squinty” advertising campaign conducted by...
The imaginative and successful “Less Squinty” advertising campaign conducted by Transitions in Australia and New Zealand last year has moved to the U.S., with billboards in major cities since last May
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