All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 19
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The TWC/L'Amy pact is producing good results
The licensing agreement signed with Ann Taylor in the U.S. just before the last Silmo show in Paris, which we already reported at the end of October, is indicative of the new multi-product strategy pursued by TWC-L'Amy, the French company that came out of the acquisition of L'Amy in the ...
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Interesting insights into European markets from Spectaris
Published in September, an annual report by Spectaris, the German ophthalmic industry association, again provides an overview of the European ophthalmic optics market, its consumers and future trends, although it is only written in German.It shows for example that France remained the biggest importer of ophthalmic optics products in 2011, ...
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The eyewear makers of Jura invite designers from the world...
The eyewear makers of Jura invite designers from the world over to present their vision of sunglasses of the future in the 9th Concours International des Lunetiers du Jura. The competition seeks glasses that would be marketed in 10 to 20 years. The theme is “1 year … 100 years, ...
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Oakley is trying to stop the previously reported sponsorship deal...
Oakley is trying to stop the previously reported sponsorship deal between the golfer Rory McIlroy and Nike, suing them both for breach of contract. Oakley, a former sponsor of McIlroy, says that it tried to use its right of first refusal to match Nike's offer, but the golfer and his ...
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Polycore Optical has launched a new corporate website with technical...
Polycore Optical has launched a new corporate website with technical information for its German clients about its complete collection of lenses. Opticians are able to register for additional technical data on grinding methods and Abbe coefficients. In the download section of the website, visitors can find the catalog for Polycore's ...
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CooperVision gains further market share
CooperVision continued to improve its position in the global market for soft contact lenses in its latest financial year, ended on Oct. 31, and especially in its fourth quarter. Its sales of soft contact lenses grew by 10 percent for the 12-month period ended in September in a market that rose by ...
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The internet portal for contact lenses managed by Spectaris, cl-portal.com,...
The internet portal for contact lenses managed by Spectaris, cl-portal.com, welcomed its 1,500th member earlier this month. The service portal of the German eyewear industry association gives registered opticians the opportunity to download up-to-date catalogs for contact lenses from various suppliers and to integrate them into their own software. Opticians ...
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Slight sales increase for Carl Zeiss Vision
The Vision Care unit of the Carl Zeiss group recorded a small sales increase of around 1 percent to €860 million in the financial year ended Sept. 30, compared with €849 million in the previous year. At least part of the progress was no doubt related to Hoya Vision Care's inability ...
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Gerhard Novak, ‘head of strategic business unit eyewear' at Rodenstock...
Gerhard Novak, ‘head of strategic business unit eyewear' at Rodenstock since February 2012, left the company at the end of October by mutual agreement. Novak was replaced by Micha Siebenhandl, who provides a long-term management experience in the eyewear industry. Most recently, he was vice president for global collections at ...
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Brulimar Optical Group has signed two new distribution deals for...
Brulimar Optical Group has signed two new distribution deals for Canada for its Bench eyewear with Optiman Group and Vezina Optical Group, which distribute frames to thousands of independent opticians throughout the country. The deals were agreed following discussions at this year's Silmo trade show in Paris. Canada is the world's ...
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Maison Bonnet, the luxury eyewear company in France, was recently...
Maison Bonnet, the luxury eyewear company in France, was recently at the center of a controversy over the price of the glasses that it made for Audrey Pulvar, a popular journalist and the ex-girlfriend of Arnaud Montebourg, presently French minister of industrial recovery. Speaking with Agence France-Presse, Franck Bonnet said ...
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Jochen Kaber, founder of Bon Optic, handed over the management...
Jochen Kaber, founder of Bon Optic, handed over the management of this German supplier of ophthalmic instruments and refraction units to Louise Meiners at the beginning of November because of his advanced age. Meiners has worked in the international ophthalmologic industry for over 15 years. She was a member of ...
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The British golfer Lee Westwood will wear Bollé sunglasses through...
The British golfer Lee Westwood will wear Bollé sunglasses through a new two-year sponsorship agreement. Westwood, 39, who was No. 1 in the world in 2010, will start playing with the Bolt sunglasses, fitted with V3 lenses, which were originally designed for golf.
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An optometrist in Singapore has been sentenced to pay a...
An optometrist in Singapore has been sentenced to pay a fine of US$30,000 for selling counterfeit contact lenses. Neo Teck Soon confessed that he sold 100 pairs of contact lenses that were wrongly marked with the brand name Freshlook Colorblends, which belongs to Novartis, parent company of Alcon and thus ...
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Loubsol is sold to a health and beauty firm
Loubsol, the French maker of sports sunglasses and goggles based in the Jura region of France, has been sold to Batteur, a specialist in health and beauty products. Sport-Guide.com reports that its owner, Robert Clément, now 70 years old, has been looking to sell the company for several years. He ...
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Marge Axelrad, the very capable editorial director of Vision Monday...
Marge Axelrad, the very capable editorial director of Vision Monday and VMail, has been selected as the recipient of the annual Pleiades award by the Optical Women's Association (OWA) in New York next March 15. As senior vice president of the Jobson Optical Group, Axelrad is also responsible for special events ...
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Face à Face recently awarded the winners of its photo...
Face à Face recently awarded the winners of its photo contest on Instagram, an online photo-sharing and social networking service. The theme of the contest was architecture, true to the founding spirit of the French designer brand, whose collections of eyewear and jewelry are conceived along the themes of architecture, ...
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Randolph Engineering as appointed Ekene Ofodile to the newly created...
Randolph Engineering as appointed Ekene Ofodile to the newly created position of senior vice president of global sales and marketing. He will report directly to Peter Waszkiewicz, president and chief executive of the company. Ofodile joined Randolph on Nov. 12 from the Cross Water Group, where, as the founder and ...
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Safilo has announced the early renewal of its licensing deal...
Safilo has announced the early renewal of its licensing deal for the Max Mara and Max&Co lines of eyewear. They are now set to expire at the end of 2019. Safilo's relationship with Max Mara, an Italian fashion house, dates back to 1997.
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Brian Andrews has been appointed treasurer of The Cooper Companies,...
Brian Andrews has been appointed treasurer of The Cooper Companies, parent of CooperVision, effective Jan. 1. He served as assistant treasurer since 2006, after working for Keybanc Capital Markets in coporate and investment banking and for ING Barings in investment banking.
