All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 12 – Page 2
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Lissac, one of the chains belonging to the French Krys...
Lissac, one of the chains belonging to the French Krys Group, sponsored for the first time the Lissac Classic Noirmoutier boat race off the Britanny coast Aug. 3-5, taking the place of Lancel
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Franco Ferrante is the new country manager of Luxottica Belgium,...
Franco Ferrante is the new country manager of Luxottica Belgium, taking the place of Fabien Gribaudo, who left the company a few months ago. Ferranto worked at Luxottica's head office in Milan for six years before moving in 2010 to the Netherlands, where he became deputy country manager of the ...
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This week's International Vision Expo West, being held Wednesday through...
This week's International Vision Expo West, being held Wednesday through Saturday in Las Vegas, has more of a focus on social media than in previous editions. Twelve hours of its conference courses look at social media and internet marketing, and meet-ups are scheduled so members of online forums can connect ...
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A former Danish optician, Dion Eriksen, has become the chief...
A former Danish optician, Dion Eriksen, has become the chief executive of Pro Design International, taking the place of Mogens Frederiksen who is going into retirement. Eriksen previously owned and ran a chain of 30 shops in Denmark that were franchised by Profil Optik. He sold it in 2010 to ...
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Deeluxe, an Austrian producer of outdoor boots, is the new...
Deeluxe, an Austrian producer of outdoor boots, is the new Austrian distributor for Billabong's Von Zipper line of sunglasses and snow goggles
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Atol, one of the major French cooperatives of opticians, has...
Atol, one of the major French cooperatives of opticians, has expanded its center for logistics and supply in Beaune, in the French region of Burgundy, to include a quality-testing laboratory. The new 1,500-square-meter space brings the total surface of the plant, which was originally set up in 2007, to 3,500 ...
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Safilo appoints new board of directors
Safilo's annual shareholders meeting saw the reappointment of Roberto Vedovotto as the group's chief executive. Vedovotto has been the company's managing director since December 2008. He has served as co-chief executive officer since 2002. The position of chairman of the board will be held by Robert Polet, former president of ...
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Menrad has appointed Chris Beal as managing director of its...
Menrad has appointed Chris Beal as managing director of its U.K. subsidiary, taking the place of Roger Mitchell, the company's former director of sales in the country. Beal brings over 20 years of experience in the textile, interiors, clothing and fashion arenas, working for such companies as Laura Ashley. Menrad ...
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Safilo has appointed David Pearson commercial and operations director for...
Safilo has appointed David Pearson commercial and operations director for its Australian subsidiary. The move follows the retirement of Roger Chick, who has been associated with the Italian company since 1967, first working with its agency and then as a partner in its distributor. Safilo acquired a 51 percent stake ...
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De Rigo Vision has appointed Nick Palmiotto as vice president...
De Rigo Vision has appointed Nick Palmiotto as vice president of sales and marketing at its new U.S. subsidiary. Previously at Logo Premiere Vision, Palmiotto has an extensive experience in the eyewear business. He will be tasked with relaunching De Rigo's newly redesigned portfolio of brands including Chopard, Givenchy, Ermenegildo ...
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Coastal Contacts has appointed Gary Collins as its president, a...
Coastal Contacts has appointed Gary Collins as its president, a newly created position. The role of Coastal's chief executive and chairman of the board will rest with Roger Hardy. Collins was previously senior vice president of Belkorp Industries, a private company with holdings in various sectors including environmental services, real ...
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Apollo Optik, the German optical retail chain owned by Hal,...
Apollo Optik, the German optical retail chain owned by Hal, is going to open a flagship store of around 580 square meters on four floors next winter on the Schildergasse, the major shopping street of Cologne. It will be located close to the Fielmann Supercenter opened by its main competitor ...
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Hoya Corporation has announced a partnership with Jacques Denis, which...
Hoya Corporation has announced a partnership with Jacques Denis, which claims to be the biggest independent lens fitting laboratory in France and in all of Europe, specializing in rimless frames, with more than 15,000 optional shapes in its system for the optician to choose from. Opticians can place orders for ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has named Oliver Spandow as...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has named Oliver Spandow as its new general manager, in charge of the company's activities in the U.K. and Ireland. Spandow has been with the group since 1999, when he joined the finance division of a subsidiary, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, to then move to Johnson ...
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Revo, the American brand of polarized sunglasses owned by Luxottica,...
Revo, the American brand of polarized sunglasses owned by Luxottica, will act as official eyewear sponsor of the 2012 Reel Rock Film Tour of climbing and other adventure films. The festival will consist of more than 300 screenings addressing more than 100,000 people in selected cities around the world. One ...
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A German golf champion, Martin Kaymer, is the new ambassador...
A German golf champion, Martin Kaymer, is the new ambassador of the Boss Black Eyewear line marketed by Hugo Boss
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Victoria Beckham, also known as Posh Spice, has launched her...
Victoria Beckham, also known as Posh Spice, has launched her own line of unisex optical eyewear in cooperation with Cutler and Gross. The former Spice Girl told Women's Wear Daily that she had to wear glasses, but couldn't find any that suited her and made her feel confident – so ...
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Hoya signs license with Zeiss after its U.S. victory against Signet
Hoya Corporation has signed a license agreement with Carl Zeiss Vision for its U.S. and Australian patents for back-surface free-from progressive lenses and the processes used to make them. In particular, the deal concerns progressive lenses whose front surfaces are rotationally symmetric with the back-surface design determined by individual prescriptions ...
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Adlens is unveiling its Hemisphere variable focus eyewear at Vision...
Adlens is unveiling its Hemisphere variable focus eyewear at Vision Expo West, being held Sept. 6-8 in Las Vegas. Adlens is calling the new line a new category of vision correction, saying that they can be dispensed immediately and avoid laboratory expenses. Hemisphere uses fluid injection lens technology with external ...
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Bruno Famaceutici acquires Safilens
Safilens, a 12-year-old Italian producer of contact lenses, has been acquired by an Italian pharmaceutical group, Bruno Farmaceutici, at an undisclosed price. Bruno Farmaceutici, which has a very wide product range and turned over €61 million in 2011, was in turn acquired in 1996 by Antonio Bruno – now chairman ...
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