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The Silmo show starting in Paris tomorrow will last until...
The Silmo show starting in Paris tomorrow will last until midnight on Friday and Saturday to allow some exhibitors to stage events in the evening. The schedule of the shuttles has been expanded. A new smartphone app will allow visitors to check out any information immediately. Silmo will showcase at ...
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Hoya launches its new progressive lenses
Hoya Lens announced the launch of a new range of free-form progressive lenses at a special Hoya symposium that took place on Sept. 10-12 in Berlin.The new Hoyalux iD LifeStyle V+ is part of the company's range of customized, free-form progressive lenses and replaces its Hoyalux iD Lifestyle lenses. Its ...
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At the Silmo fair in Paris later this week, Menrad...
At the Silmo fair in Paris later this week, Menrad is unveiling a new collection of 21 styles of sunglasses signed by L'Wren Scott, the tall American designer who owes much of her fame to her long-standing relationship with the signer Mick Jagger. A former model, she has designed clothes ...
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Six strategic and institutional investors have reportedly expressed interest in...
Six strategic and institutional investors have reportedly expressed interest in acquiring a stake in Salmoiraghi & Viganò, the largest optical retailing group in Italy. Their names could not be obtained. According to the report, Dino Tabacchi, the former shareholder of Safilo who owns the group, may decide to accept an ...
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Two new executives have joined Nouveau Eyewear: Les Rookstool is...
Two new executives have joined Nouveau Eyewear: Les Rookstool is the vice president for business development, and John DeLuna takes the position of director of marketing. Rookstool was most recently the vice president of the retail sun division at the McGee Group, and his more than 20 years of experience ...
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Maui Jim launches Zeal Optics in Europe
Maui Jim will not have a stand at the Silmo fair this week, but it will be using the show as a platform to introduce the Zeal Optics brand to European opticians through a dedicated stand in Hall 6 of the fair. Maui Jim's six sales offices in various European ...
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Starting in November, the Ermenegildo Zegna line of sunglasses by...
Starting in November, the Ermenegildo Zegna line of sunglasses by De Rigo Vision can be fitted with polarizing lenses from Carl Zeiss Vision Sunlens
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Optissimo's sponsorship of the eighth edition of the Palermo-Montecarlo regatta,...
Optissimo's sponsorship of the eighth edition of the Palermo-Montecarlo regatta, from Aug. 18-23, was on the wave of eco-sustainability. Optissimo is one of the retail banners of Randazzo, the Italian group based in Palermo that operates 189 stores under that Optissimo, Randazzo and Ottica Romani brands. At the end of ...
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Profits double for Fedon
It was a positive first half for Giorgio Fedon, which seems to have consolidated its position as the leading European producer of eyewear cases since the change of ownership of its rival, Gatto Astucci, which has declined to comment on its performance.The financial results published by Fedon for the six ...
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Eye strain is an increasing problem in a digital world
The Vision Council in the U.S. has put out a new report called “Keeping Your Eyes Safe in a Digital Age,” which finds that almost 70 percent of American adults have some form of eye strain while using digital devices. The use of digital devices such as televisions, computers, tablets ...
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Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer, has opened the first...
Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer, has opened the first physical J.F. Rey store. Located on square Delambre in Paris, it has taken the place of a former optical store called Lunetiers Delambre, which is now only a website selling the collections of J.F. Rey and other designers over the ...
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Spy restructures debt
Spy Inc. and Spy Optic, Spy's wholly-owned subsidiary, have entered into two rather complex transactions to restructure their debt. The first was an amendment to their existing debt instruments issued by Spy Optic to Costa Brava Partnership III and the entry into a registration rights agreement with Costa Brava. The ...
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Vanni Eyewear shared the runway with creations by designer Cristiano...
Vanni Eyewear shared the runway with creations by designer Cristiano Burani during this year's Women's Fashion Week in Milan. Vanni had created exclusively for the fashion show a single eyewear model, in a variety of colors but with emphasis on yellow and a rectangular wraparound with a futuristic look, in ...
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Courrèges is showing its first eyewear line at Silmo...
Courrèges is showing its first eyewear line at Silmo
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ESA will work with The Vision Council
The European Sunglass Association (ESA) is expected to publicly announce at the Silmo show in Paris tomorrow a joint operating agreement with The Vision Council, the big American optical industry organization, previously called Vision Council of America, that annexed the former Sunglass Association of America at the beginning of 2008.ESA ...
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CooperVision keeps outperforming the market
The global market for soft contact lenses grew at an estimated rate of 5 percent on a constant-currency basis in the three months ended June 30, according to the Contact Lens Institute (CLI), reaching a level of $1,836 million. At CooperVision (CVI), sales grew by 9 percent during the company's ...
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This year's European Contact Lens Forum seminar will focus on...
This year's European Contact Lens Forum seminar will focus on how to increase the penetration rate of contact lenses in Europe. In most European countries, the penetration rate is low compared with Japan and the U.S. The speakers at the forum will explain why and outline what their respective organizations ...
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Yves Cogan is recruiting a new export manager following the...
Yves Cogan is recruiting a new export manager following the departure of Frithof De Beijer, who was based in the Netherlands
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Coastal Contacts grows modestly
Coastal Contacts had mixed sales results for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31. Total sales were 50.3 million Canadian dollars (€39.4m-$50.9m), a 1.6 percent increase from the year-ago period. The company registered a net loss of C$1.9 million (€1.5m-$1.9m), up from a loss of C$1.5 million in the prior ...
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The winners of this year's Silmo d'Or will be chosen...
The winners of this year's Silmo d'Or will be chosen by a jury of exports, buyers and journalists among the nominees listed in the chart on the next page. They will be announced during a special gala evening that will be held in the Cité du Cinéma of Saint-Denis, the ...
