All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 11 – Page 2
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Peter Schiessl is the new director of the Christoffel-Blindenmission CBM,...
Peter Schiessl is the new director of the Christoffel-Blindenmission CBM, an international aid organization that supports supports 749 vision-related projects in 81 countries.Since July 16, Schiessl has been in charge of the administration and finance department. Together with Rainer Brockhaus, director of communication and fundraising, he forms the executive board ...
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Mackey Opticians is opening its first franchised practice in Carnmoney,...
Mackey Opticians is opening its first franchised practice in Carnmoney, County Antrim, at the end of July. The company is the largest independent optical chain in Northern Ireland.
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Cari Zalloni, the creator of Cazal Eyewear, died at the...
Cari Zalloni, the creator of Cazal Eyewear, died at the age of 74 on July 3, following heart surgery. Cazal was born in 1975 and appealed then to inner-city youths, who liked the bold, gold-trimmed design. Its appeal expanded over the years and Cazal Eyewear has been seen on such ...
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Hoya Corporation has increased the capital of a subsidiary in...
Hoya Corporation has increased the capital of a subsidiary in Hong Kong, Hoya Optical (Asia) CP, by US$12 million. The Japanese company said the move was intended to establish the appropriate organization to deal with the continued growth in demand expected by China and other developing countries.
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Cacharel has signed a licensing deal with Mondottica for the...
Cacharel has signed a licensing deal with Mondottica for the new eyewear collection, for a duration of four years. The new line will be launched during the next Fashion Week in Paris, from Sept. 25 to Oct. 5. It will also be presented at the Mido trade show in Milan ...
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Celina Burns, a veteran of the health and insurance industry,...
Celina Burns, a veteran of the health and insurance industry, has been named president of Davis Vision, the provider of vision benefits that is part of the HVHC family of companies. She was most recently a market leader and principal at Buck Consultants, a Xerox Company in Dallas, Texas. She ...
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Budget sunglasses fail EU safety standards
A new study conducted by the Optical Appliances Testing Services at the City University of London found that more than half of the cheap sunglasses purchased on the high street fail to meet the strict EU safety standards. Researchers tested 100 sunglasses from 10 leading retailers, in the price range ...
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Super Sunglasses, a brand owned by the Italian company Retrosuperfuture,...
Super Sunglasses, a brand owned by the Italian company Retrosuperfuture, managed to sell 150,000 pairs of glasses in 2011, representing an increase of about 10 percent. For two seasons, Super sunglasses have also been available as corrective or prescription frames. The company aims to further develop its sales in the ...
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Irregular Choice, a British brand of extravagant women's and men's...
Irregular Choice, a British brand of extravagant women's and men's footwear, presented its first collection of sunglasses at the Bread & Butter show in Berlin this month. The sunglasses were sold in the company's mono-brand stores in London, Brighton, Hong Kong and Paris and on its American website this summer ...
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Vision Express has teamed up with Heston Blumenthal, the celebrity...
Vision Express has teamed up with Heston Blumenthal, the celebrity chef and iconic spectacle wearer, to create a signature range of eyewear, alongside British designer Tom Davis and Inspecs, the Bath-based manufacturer. Blumenthal also works with Waitrose, developing food ranges with the supermarket. The new line of eyewear will be ...
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Oakley is making a big splash at the London Olympics,...
Oakley is making a big splash at the London Olympics, where it is supplying more than 80 percent of the athletes who are wearing sunglasses. It has deals with more 700 athletes competing in the Games in 19 disciplines and coming from more than 200 countries. They are being invited ...
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Massimo Renon has been named head of the EMEA business...
Massimo Renon has been named head of the EMEA business region for Safilo Group. As leader of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, Renon will report to Roberto Vedovotto, the chief executive of Safilo. He was formerly the global head of sales and after-sales for Ferrari. Before that, he ...
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Specsavers has been named the most trusted brand of opticians...
Specsavers has been named the most trusted brand of opticians in the U.K. for the 11th year in a row, in the 2012 edition of the Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand survey
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Brander Sports has become the distributor of Uvex in Sweden...
Brander Sports has become the distributor of Uvex in Sweden
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Bausch + Lomb has launched a tender offer to purchase...
Bausch + Lomb has launched a tender offer to purchase up to $300 million of its outstanding 9 7/8 percent senior notes due 2015. The offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York time, on Aug. 17, unless extended or terminated earlier. Holders who validly tender (and do not validly ...
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Jobson Research's Optical Business Barometer for June shows an improvement...
Jobson Research's Optical Business Barometer for June shows an improvement over the rating for May, up by 0.2 points to 3.7. The barometer, which measures the business outlook of U.S. independent eye care professionals, ranges from 1, which is “very negative,” to 5, which is “very positive.” June's rating was ...
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Inspecs UK is launching its Superdry Eyewear line in Australia...
Inspecs UK is launching its Superdry Eyewear line in Australia through Healy Optical
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Bausch + Lomb obtained the approval of the U.S. Food...
Bausch + Lomb obtained the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Biotrue ONEday, allowing its introduction in the U.S. market The brand is a daily disposable lens made from HyperGel, an innovative material featuring characteristics of both conventional hydrogels and silicone hydrogels. Biotrue ONEday was launched in ...
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Hoya Vision Care has appointed Donald Currie, former managing director...
Hoya Vision Care has appointed Donald Currie, former managing director of Carl Zeiss Vision in South Africa, as the managing director of Hoya Hill Optics. He takes the place of Clifford Sher, who founded Hill Optics, a leading manufacturer and distributor in South Africa, in 1984. The company has been ...
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Anfao instructs consumers on how to avoid fakes
The Italian Ministry for Economic Development and consumer associations have just released five new handbooks to warn consumers against counterfeiting under the title “Io non voglio il falso” (I do not want counterfeit products). The novelty in this campaign lies in the collaboration between consumer associations and manufacturers.Anfao contributed ...
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