All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 15-16 – Page 3

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    Atol, one of the major French cooperatives of opticians, announced...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Atol, one of the major French cooperatives of opticians, announced earlier this month that it has reached the objective of annexing more than 800 points of sale, compared with 770 one year ago. The retail sales of the affiliated stores have grown by 3 percent so far this year.

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    OBB points to slight decrease among independents

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The Optical Business Barometer put out by Jobson Optical Research shows that the overall rating for business attitudes among independents stood at 3.6 in September, compared with a 3.7 rating for the months of June, July and August. The September ratings for 2011 and 2010 stood at 3.5 and 3.3, ...

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    Luxottica is allowing retiring employees to join its company pension...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Luxottica is allowing retiring employees to join its company pension fund, set up in 1996, the year of the major reform of Italy's national insurance system. The fund provides employees with a pension that combines the minimum state pension with their company pension depending on the number of years of ...

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    The Norwegian alpine ski racer Aksel Lund Svindal, four-time World...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The Norwegian alpine ski racer Aksel Lund Svindal, four-time World Champion, Olympic gold medalist and two-time overall World Cup Champion, joins the Oakley team of sponsored athletes

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    L'Amy America has signed a license agreement with Ann Taylor,...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    L'Amy America has signed a license agreement with Ann Taylor, a well-known brand of women's apparel in the U.S., for its first-ever collection of sunglasses, prescription frames, high-end readers and watches. The Ann Taylor lines will be distributed first in the U.S. and Canada, but TWC-L'Amy may help the brand ...

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    Binoche has signed a licensing agreement with a Belgian fashion...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Binoche has signed a licensing agreement with a Belgian fashion house, Natan, which dresses the Belgian royal family and the aristocracy of northern Europe. Itself a Belgian company, Binoche generates 90 percent of its turnover on the domestic market, so the deal with Natan, run by designer Edouard Vermeulen, should ...

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    After cooperating with the Swiss company Eyetech for its reading...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    After cooperating with the Swiss company Eyetech for its reading glass lenses, Götti will now extend the collaboration to its complete collection. Frames from Götti can now be ordered internationally with glazing fully completed. From now on, opticians can also order frames and lenses on Götti's website. The company Eyetech ...

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    Adlens forms joint venture with Mondottica on variable focus

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    At the recent Silmo show in Paris, Adlens announced a joint venture with Mondottica, based in Hong Kong, to distribute its variable-focus glasses in Europe and Turkey. The chief executives of Adlens and Mondottica, respectively Michael C. Ferrara and Bernard Nuesser, have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up ...

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    Essilor makes more acquisitions

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Since the beginning of this year, Essilor has formed 22 partnerships with independent laboratories and similar players around the world. These so-called “bolt-on acquisitions” will generate extra annual revenues of about €94 million in the company's books.These acquisitions have allowed the French company to enter four emerging markets – Kenya, ...

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    Members of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) have...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Members of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) have voted against a proposal to give it a more modern name, the British Association of Opticians

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    Contrary to the information in the 2013 international calendar of...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Contrary to the information in the 2013 international calendar of optical trade shows sent to you, next year's edition of the Indian In-Optics fair will take place next Feb. 2-4 in New Delhi, not in Mumbai. It will feature 200 exhibition booths on 10,000 square meters. Out of these, 1,000 ...

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    Registrations have opened for The Vision Council's 2013 Executive Summit,...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Registrations have opened for The Vision Council's 2013 Executive Summit, the annual event bringing together industry leaders around the latest trends in the sector. The upcoming edition of the summit will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 16-18. Organizers expect more than 250 top ...

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    Italian exports up by 5.6%, domestic sales off by 8% in first half 2012

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Italian exports grew in the first half of 2012, except in Europe, and domestic sales were substantially down, though they account for only 20 percent of the total, saving the Italian eyewear industry from more severe damage in the current crisis. This is the overall message from the data communicated ...

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    J.F. Rey has launched a limited edition of 200 special,...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    J.F. Rey has launched a limited edition of 200 special, high-end prescription frames in the U.S. to raise at least $70,000 for the fight against breast cancer. Made in France, the model carries a suggested retail price of $450.

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    The French eyewear manufacturer Undostrial launched the 2nd Skin collection...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The French eyewear manufacturer Undostrial launched the 2nd Skin collection at Silmo in Paris under the its own brand name. The company also owns the Lucas de Stael brand, which won the Silmo d'Or in the Optic Frame category. The 2nd Skin collection is made of leather with a hidden ...

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    As of Oct. 16, the U.S. company Ophthnoix ceased its...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    As of Oct. 16, the U.S. company Ophthnoix ceased its operations. The economic situation put the company in the position of not being able to find the capital needed to continue its operations. The company shipped back all customer frames last week at no charge. Accounts will need to restart ...

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    ESA’s merger into The Vision Council may spur collaboration with Eurom 1

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Confirming our report on the eve of Silmo, the European Sunglass Association (ESA) and The Vision Council of the U.S. announced their partnership on the first day of the Paris fair on Oct. 4, but they emphasized that they still want to cooperate with Eurom 1, the organization that indirectly ...

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    Tom Davies has invested €60,000 in the renovation of its...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Tom Davies has invested €60,000 in the renovation of its factory in Shenzhen, which lead to an increase in production capacity by 30 percent. A new IT system allows the company to produce much faster with the same number of staff. Opticians have the choice to use the new ...

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    Essilor posts quarterly organic growth of 4.0%

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Reporting a strong 18.2 percent increase in sales to €1,228.6 million for the third quarter and an even stronger 21.3 percent increase to €3,759.1 million for the first nine months of this year, Hubert Sagnières, chairman and chief executive of Essilor International, predicted that the company would be able to ...