All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 17-18 – Page 2
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Mnemosline is the name of a device that claims to...
Mnemosline is the name of a device that claims to improve the wearer's memory through its frames. Instead of lenses, the glasses have two red LEDs with light impulses that stimulate alpha brain-wave activity to help memory recovery. The device is the result of 10 years of research by Francesco ...
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Céline Wurtz is the new secretary general of Gifo, the...
Céline Wurtz is the new secretary general of Gifo, the French optical industry association. She replaces Henri Venet, who has left the post to move into the metalworking sector. Prior to her new role, Wurtz was secretary general of Appamed, a French industry association in the area of medical devices. ...
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Italy's Commissione della Vista (CDV), which promotes vision correction in...
Italy's Commissione della Vista (CDV), which promotes vision correction in the country, recently performed over 1,000 eye tests on the occasion of the G! Come Giocare toy fair in Milan, held on Nov. 16-18, and the results are rather alarming. More than 20 percent of the adults who took an ...
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New Line Optik, exclusive distributor of the eyewear brands Chloé,...
New Line Optik, exclusive distributor of the eyewear brands Chloé, Nina Ricci, Sonia Rykiel and Enni Marco in Germany and Austria, continues its cooperation with Céphas Bansah, king of the Gbi Traditional area of Hohoe, Ghana. In its ninth edition, which runs from January to May 2013, For the ninth ...
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Hoya benefits from flood insurance
The Life Care segment of Hoya Corporation suffered a 4.6 percent decline in sales to 49.9 billion yen (€466.7m-$606.1m) in the second quarter of the Japanese company's financial year, ended Sept. 30, but the segment's income rose by 16.2 percent to 12.78 billion yen (€119.5m-$155.2m). Within this segment, sales of ...
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The battle of the British fairs goes on
As the date of The Eye Show in London approaches, the organizers of this new fair and of its competitor in Birmingham, Optrafair, are sending out more and more press releases to announce the advancement of their preparatory work.The Eye Show said that Tom Davies, one of the most respected ...
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Rodenstock received three awards during this year's Silmo show in...
Rodenstock received three awards during this year's Silmo show in Paris, even though it did not exhibit this year at the fair. A French buying group, Centrale des Opticiens, or CDO, recognized the benefits of the German company in the categories “optical excellence,” “order processing” and “service quality.” Rodenstock competed ...
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OPSM, the large Australian optical retail chain owned by Luxottica,...
OPSM, the large Australian optical retail chain owned by Luxottica, is associating itself with the game of cricket, promoting the use of efficient sunglasses to protect the players and the spectators from UV radiation, which can be particularly strong during cricket matches in the country. Under a five-year deal signed ...
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Contact lenses grow fastest in Asia, led by Korea
Global demand for contact lenses remains generally strong, with a consistent upward growth in market value registered in the three regions of the U.S., Europe and Asia. According to a recent GfK report auditing contact lens retail, these regions registered sustained single-digit expansion in the 12-month period from July 2011 ...
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Flair continues with the development of its exclusive Art Couture...
Flair continues with the development of its exclusive Art Couture product line. Manufactured in Germany, the frames are decorated with 24-karat gold and Swarovski jewels and are sold in a golden box together with matching accessories with Swarovski crystals. The German company's Pure product line is made of bio-steel in ...
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Since the launch last April of the campaign “Mon permis...
Since the launch last April of the campaign “Mon permis à portée de vue” (Tr.: “My driver's license within eyesight”) by the retail partners of Optic 2000 and Optissimo, nearly 1,000 people have had a chance to test their sight for free in the French northeastern region of Alsace, in ...
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Cesare Paciotti has appointed Brands O.I. to manufacture and distribute...
Cesare Paciotti has appointed Brands O.I. to manufacture and distribute its new eyewear collections. Cesare Paciotti is an Italian footwear brand with stores both in Italy and abroad, including major cities such as London, Istanbul, Dubai, Seoul, Beijing, Miami, Los Angeles and New York. Brands O.I. is a company dedicated ...
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For the third consecutive year, Salmoiraghi & Viganò has won...
For the third consecutive year, Salmoiraghi & Viganò has won the Retailer of the Year 2012 award in the “optical” category in Italy. The survey, now in its fifth edition, was conducted by Q&A Research & Consultancy on a sample of 16,000 consumers who responded to an online questionnaire in ...
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In France, eyewear and contact lenses are among the products...
In France, eyewear and contact lenses are among the products that sell the least on the web. Only 2 percent of French consumers bought either contact lenses or glasses on the internet over the last 12 months, compared with 7 percent of them who bought handbags and fashion accessories online, ...
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Allison will open a new showroom in Barcelona by the...
Allison will open a new showroom in Barcelona by the end of this year. The showroom will be located in Paseo de Gracia 37, in a well-known shopping area of the city, a few steps from the Pedrera, the famous creation of Antoni Gaudì. The opening coincides with the arrival ...
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Allison has signed a licensing deal with Fashion Box for...
Allison has signed a licensing deal with Fashion Box for the production of prescription frames and sunglasses under its Replay brand. Taking the place of Marcolin, the new contract with Allison will last for five years. It calls for the development of a line that will target various distribution channels, ...
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Allergan delivered good results in the third quarter, in spite...
Allergan delivered good results in the third quarter, in spite of the strong U.S. dollar relative to virtually all major currencies. The U.S.-based company reported product sales of $1,391.1 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, representing a 6.1 percent increase over the same period a year earlier, or 9.4 ...
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Bausch+Lomb has exercised an option to purchase all the outstanding...
Bausch+Lomb has exercised an option to purchase all the outstanding shares of Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH that it does not own yet. The deal is scheduled to be finalized at the end of January 2013. Based in Munich, Technolas Perfect Vision was established in 2009 through a joint venture between ...
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Luxottica is ready to buy Alain Mikli, maybe also Salmoiraghi
Luxottica has entered into exclusive negotiations to take over a 100 percent stake in Alain Mikli International, the French luxury eyewear company. The acquisition would not include the sunglass operations of Vuarnet, which had been taken over by Mikli at the end of 2009 along with the related licensing rights.Reports ...
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Cione acquires Primera Opticos
With more than 1,000 affiliated retail members and 1,200 points of sale, Cione Grupo de Opticas has reinforced its leadership as the biggest cooperative of independent opticians in Spain through the acquisition of Primera Opticos, a smaller cooperative of about 100 retailers that run larger stores and are positioned in ...
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