All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 10 – Page 2
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Oakley is launching a limited series of glasses called Krys...
Oakley is launching a limited series of glasses called Krys Ocean Race by Oakley for the occasion of that event, which starts on July 7. The polarized glasses can be fitted with corrective lenses. The available models include the Jawbone Team Blue and the Fuel Cell Polished White, and they ...
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Brulimar Optical Group, the learding eyewear manufacturer and designer in...
Brulimar Optical Group, the learding eyewear manufacturer and designer in the U.K., has revamped its website to expand its international reach. In addition to English, the site is now also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian.
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Coastal Contacts enters Brazil
After entering the Scandinavian and British markets, Coastal Contacts, the Vancouver-based online optical retailer, has started up a Brazilian website to sell its contact lenses, eyeglasses and sunglasses in the South American country. To better serve the customers there, Coastal is also planning to open a distribution center in Brazil.The ...
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Marcello Reverzani, general manager of Marcolin Brasil, will directly report...
Marcello Reverzani, general manager of Marcolin Brasil, will directly report to Fabrizio Gamberini, chief executive of Marcolin USA. The Italian company pointed out that its U.S. subsidiary registered record growth of 17.6 percent in 2011 and that it was ready to integrate the complexity and potential of Brazil into ...
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Brioni, a high-profile Italian brand of men's clothing recently purchased...
Brioni, a high-profile Italian brand of men's clothing recently purchased by the French PPR luxury group, has launched its first collection of sunglasses. The products are designed by Brioni and manufactured by an Italian manufacturer specializing in horn frames, but Brioni did not want to mention its name. The 15-piece ...
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Karavan Production has bought the brand and the stock of...
Karavan Production has bought the brand and the stock of Eye'DC, including its trademarks IDC, Eye DJ and Eye'D Vision. Karavan will start selling the products through its own infrastructure next year. Karavan has also signed a licensing deal with Jacadi to manufacture and distribute that brand's frames, with those ...
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Coburn Technologies International, a subsidiary of Coburn Technologies, has bought...
Coburn Technologies International, a subsidiary of Coburn Technologies, has bought the patent and related intellectual property of UVMAX-QT, UVAR and related backside hard coating products and formulations. Three months ago Coburn licensed the distribution rights to the coatings from the owner, Solaris Optical Coatings, and calls the acquisition the natural ...
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Walgreens invests in Boots Opticians’ parent
Boasting a 1.6 percent sales increase on a comparable store basis, Boots Opticians has reported a turnover of £332 million (€414.4m-$518.0m) for the past fiscal year, ended on March 31. Good conversion figures were recorded in the stores, even though average transactions were down.The chain's operating profits increased, thanks to ...
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Black Diamond buys Poc Sweden
Black Diamond Inc., an American group in the outdoor and ski sector, has sealed an agreement to take over Poc Sweden, a company that has grown rapidly in the last years with its distinctive ski helmets and other protective gear, ahead of a more recent diversification of its well-designed product ...
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Since June, the KGS curatorship in Berlin is the new...
Since June, the KGS curatorship in Berlin is the new owner of the online platform kontaktlinsenforum.de. The platform has existed for nine years and counts over 7,000 community members. The website is a popular contact point for questions concerning the adjustment, usage and care of contact lenses. Previously, KGS was ...
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Polycore Optical, the manufacturer of eyeglass lenses in Berlin, has...
Polycore Optical, the manufacturer of eyeglass lenses in Berlin, has developed special lenses for people affected by presbyopia who work mainly at eye level. The new product, called Polysoft Work, combines freeform technology in the progressive area with an additional lens in the upper area. The lenses can be ordered ...
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Following on from Mercedes, Ferrari and Bentley, BMW is the...
Following on from Mercedes, Ferrari and Bentley, BMW is the latest automobile manufacturer to enter the world of eyewear. Back in 2005, the Bavarian-based firm introduced a line of high-tech sunglasses with earphones incorporated into an MP3 player for listening to music. The new launch is a more traditional eyewear ...
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Essilor has been selected as one of the companies to...
Essilor has been selected as one of the companies to be included in the Euro Stoxx 50 Index, the main index for stocks in the Eurozone. Essilor ranks No. 34 in the free-float market-capitalization-weighted index, which is made up of 50 blue-chip stocks. Essilor is a member of several other ...
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William Winkenwerder Jr. has been named president and chief executive...
William Winkenwerder Jr. has been named president and chief executive of Highmark, the insurance giant that is the parent company of HVHC, operator of Davis Vision, Viva Internation Group and Visionworks. He was the assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in the U.S. Department of Defense from October 2001 ...
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Jan Willem van den Brink has been the new chief...
Jan Willem van den Brink has been the new chief executive at Nigura Metzler Optics International since June 1. He has replaced Dominik Müser, who held the post for more than two years. Nigura says that Müser developed the company further and completed its reorientation successfully, optimizing the brand portfolio ...
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EmPower eyewear by PixelOptics has been named one of the...
EmPower eyewear by PixelOptics has been named one of the 100 most important new technology products for 2012 by the R&D 100 Awards
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Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the...
Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the distributor of Uvex products in Sweden. The Gothenburg-based company currently has a number of similar brands in its portfolio including Spyder, Dainese and Ziener.
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Jessica Fritzlar has come back to Swiss Eye to work...
Jessica Fritzlar has come back to Swiss Eye to work as marketing and sales manager after quitting the job last November
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The Centre for Eye Research of Victoria, in Australia, has...
The Centre for Eye Research of Victoria, in Australia, has received a grant of 497,000 Australian dollars (€402,000-$500,000) to conduct clinical trials intended to prove that a new nanosecond laser technology developed in Australia can be effectively used to slow down the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The theory ...
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Atol helps young practitioners
Atol, the fourth-largest French buying group in the sector is accelerating the opening of new stores through a program, called “Archipel” (archipelago), that helps young optometrists finance the establishment of their own practices, especially in shopping centers. The 11th Archipel store is set to open shortly and five others are ...
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