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The sunglasses of Vuarnet, whose licensee was taken over by...
The sunglasses of Vuarnet, whose licensee was taken over by Alain Mikli International a few years ago, are being distributed in Italy from this July directly by Alain Mikli Diffusion Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Alain Mikli. Formelli distributed the brand in Italy for a period of 16 years, with ...
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Jai Kudo has set up its manufacturing laboratory in Leeds,...
Jai Kudo has set up its manufacturing laboratory in Leeds, England. The British company, which manufactures and distributes frames and contact lenses throughout Europe and the world, will now have a 100 percent European production, aimed at guaranteeing the highest quality standards. The company warned about possible delays in the ...
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Rodenstock gathers momentum
The German company raised its revenues by 7 percent to €196.3 million in the first half of this year, according to unaudited figures. The growth was driven by the lens segment, whose sales rose by 7.4 percent, and by revenues generated abroad, which went up by 13.2 percent. Sales of ...
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Frank Rescigna is going to be the new president of...
Frank Rescigna is going to be the new president of licensing worldwide for Guess, reporting to Paul Marciano, the company's co-founder and chief executive. In the new job, he will handle all domestic and international licensing. He joins from Viva International Group, which is Guess' eyewear licensee, where he was ...
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Krys reorganizes its management team. Following the launch of its...
Krys reorganizes its management team. Following the launch of its KG20 strategy last March, aimed at reaching a 20 percent market share by 2020, the French group names Franck Deschamps as brand director for Krys, to replace Joël Plat. Deschamps has been director of strategic marketing and communication since 2010, ...
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Sony has filed for a U.S. patent for a new...
Sony has filed for a U.S. patent for a new smart eyeglass system that lets users capture and share information with other people who are wearing the same glasses. The patent application says that wearers can look at each other and transmit the information to the other's display panels, like ...
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Ivanka Trump is expanding her line of self-branded products with...
Ivanka Trump is expanding her line of self-branded products with a new manufacturing agreement with B. Robinson Optical to create Ivanka Trump sunglasses, to be out next spring. The sunglasses join jewelry, footwear, handbags, outerwear and apparel, all of which are created with partners. The sunglasses will sell for $68-175 ...
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FittingBox partners with Eyefinity Europe
FittingBox and Eyefinity Europe have announced the signing of a strategic agreement focused on the development and commercialization of innovative services for optical professionals. FittingBox designs technologies that enable users to try on glasses virtually. By uploading a picture, or by using a webcam, users can see themselves in real ...
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The first edition of SIOM, the optical trade show in...
The first edition of SIOM, the optical trade show in Morocco (“Salon International d'Optique au Maroc”), will take place in Marrakech on Nov. 1-4, upon the initiative of the national opticians federation. For the new fair, which is open to international exhibitors and reserved for professionals, organizers expect about 100 ...
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Drop in Luxottica’s Western European sales
Luxottica's wholesale revenues in Western Europe dropped by 4 percent in the second quarter, led by Spain and Italy, which booked mid-single-digit declines. In the first half, sales were up by a disappointing 1 percent. The economic recession in these and other Mediterranean countries has evidently affected even the Italian ...
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Timberland has launched Formentor, a new eyewear line developed in...
Timberland has launched Formentor, a new eyewear line developed in partnership with its licensee, Marcolin. Limited to 1,000 pieces, the collection is part of a wider product line under the same name that also includes apparel and nautical shoes. Formentor glasses feature, on the right-hand bow, the logo of Spain's ...
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Villa Eyewear has signed a distribution deal to exclusively handle...
Villa Eyewear has signed a distribution deal to exclusively handle Blackfin and Bioeyes, two Pramaor brands, in the U.S.
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De Rigo opens a U.S. subsidiary
Out of the major Italian eyewear producers, De Rigo had remained one of the few ones that was not yet working in the U.S. on a direct basis – a handicap that apparently led the company to lose the Prada license contract a few years ago. It had a joint ...
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Safilo wants continuity and innovation for Polaroid Eyewear
Safilo is currently going through a phase of reassessment of the distribution network for Polaroid Eyewear at the international level. Sources from the Italian company indicate that it is too soon to be more specific on the matter and that more information will be made available in the months to ...
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Essilor has established a new committee of European experts to...
Essilor has established a new committee of European experts to work on protection from ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The group, which met for the first time at the Leibniz Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany, on June 21-22, aims in particular to set the necessary references for the Eye-Sun Protection Factor (E-SPF), so ...
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Optim is presenting the first collection specifically designed for men...
Optim is presenting the first collection specifically designed for men under the name of Pedro del Hierro, the Spanish designer with which it has a license since 2004
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Coburn Technologies has introduced the True-Form high-volume production system for...
Coburn Technologies has introduced the True-Form high-volume production system for free-form and traditional prescription lenses. The True-Form system consists of the new CobaltDS high-speed digital surfacing generator and CobaltDP dual spindle soft-tool digital polisher. Customer shipments should start in August and Coburn will officially release the system at Vision Expo West ...
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Julbo gets closer to its clients in Europe
Julbo has decided to take over its distribution in the Benelux countries in order to service both the sports and optical retail circuits, and to grow its winter business. The French sports eyewear company has already adopted this business model for France and Switzerland since 2003, in Germany since 2005 ...
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Native’s growth was hampered by supply chain issues
The Native brand of sunglasses will see flat sales this year due to problems with its supply chain. A.T. Cross, the parent company that acquired Native in 2008, said that the demand in the second quarter for the new Odyssey line, aimed at mountain athletes, was not properly anticipated, resulting ...
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Het Huis, the Dutch chain of high-end optical retail stores...
Het Huis, the Dutch chain of high-end optical retail stores controlled by Hans Anders, is joining the Hal galaxy. Brilmij Groep, a subsidiary of GrandVision, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Optical Service Group, which operates 89 Het Huis stores directly and 18 others as franchises. With 350 ...
