All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 3-4
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In a preliminary statement, Hal Holding says that its optical...
In a preliminary statement, Hal Holding says that its optical retail subsidiaries raised their sales by 0.1 percent in 2011 on a constant-currency and same-store basis, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent in 2010. Including other properties, Hal's total net asset value went up last year by 2.4 percent ...
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Scott Sports is now offering snow goggles that use Recon's...
Scott Sports is now offering snow goggles that use Recon's Micro Optic Display, which delivers real-time GPS data to the user. Recon is a Canadian firm that already works with Briko.
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J.F. Rey has won a prize in France for its...
J.F. Rey has won a prize in France for its website
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The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians is setting a goal of...
The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians is setting a goal of a 15 percent increase in attendance at the next Optrafair, due to be held at the NEC in Birmingham, England, on April 13-15, 2013. Numbers have been stable over the past few events, and FMO plans to use an enhanced ...
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Ogi Eyewear, a U.S. producer of frames and sun eyewear...
Ogi Eyewear, a U.S. producer of frames and sun eyewear based in Minneapolis, is now distributing its products direct on the Canadian market, rather than through Ogi Canada, the independent distributor that was selling Ogi eyewear in Canada until recently. Joe Tallier, Ogi Eyewear's vice president for global sales, is ...
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Silhouette has revamped its website to make picking out eyewear...
Silhouette has revamped its website to make picking out eyewear and choosing a retailer easier, using clear graphics and large visuals. Visitors to Silhouette.com can use filters to select for color and lens shape in choosing their glasses, and can upload a photo of themselves to see how the glasses ...
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Virtual Lens Express will produce Sharper Image lenses
Virtual Lens Express, an American lens manufacturer based in Florida, has signed a licensing agreement with Sharper Image for the production and sale of its ophthalmic lenses, prescription eyewear and sun eyewear (RX and plano). The license will start up in March 2015, and will cover the U.S. and Canada. ...
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U.S. market recovery is evident
VisionWatch, the ongoing research survey conducted in the U.S. by The Vision Council, has found that all vision care products and services generated 3 percent more revenues in 2011, at $32.8 billion. Sales of frames and lenses each went up less than 1 percent by volume, but by value they ...
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Transitions is introducing its new Vantage lenses for glasses, everyday...
Transitions is introducing its new Vantage lenses for glasses, everyday adaptive lenses that darken as well as polarize when they're exposed to UV light. This allows for sharper vision even in the strongest glare. The variable tint and variable polarization of the new lenses use different technology from conventional photochromic ...
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A flurry of new licenses on the eve of Mido and Vision Expo
While some of the licenses announced in the last few days are new, two others – Balenciaga and Nine West – are transfers from the Safilo Group to Marcolin and Marchon. They follow on the heels of Luxottica's takeover of the Armani licenses from Safilo a few months ago. While ...
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As part of its efforts to expand in Italy and...
As part of its efforts to expand in Italy and throughout Europe, Marchon Group has opened a new marketing and brand management subsidiary, Marchon MB, in Treviso, Italy. This follows the opening of a distribution center in Fortogna and the expansion of its Style Center and production departments in Puos ...
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Vision Expo East welcomes France, and everyone else
International Vision Expo & Conference, being held March 22-25, is bringing some French flair to New York. The French Loft will make its debut at the show, showcasing the latest in French design. It will be located on Level 4 of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, the show having ...
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Menicon's German subsidiary has taken on the distribution of Solocare...
Menicon's German subsidiary has taken on the distribution of Solocare Aqua solutions in Germany and Austria
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William Morris London will distribute the Kenmark Group's Original Penguin...
William Morris London will distribute the Kenmark Group's Original Penguin lines of eyewear and sunwear in the U.K. and Ireland
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Swedish firm gets the Craft license
Craft is a leading Swedish brand of body-conscious sports clothing. It has signed its first eyewear license with Future Trading, which is probably the largest eyewear company in Sweden, with annual sales of about 2 million items worth 100 million Swedish kronor (€11.3m-$15.2m), and the largest one in Scandinavia for ...
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Luxottica’s fourth quarter was hit by one-off costs
Luxottica posted lower than expected fourth-quarter results due to the accounting of one-off charges. Its reported operating income rose by 33.5 percent to €128.4 million, and the net profit attributable to Luxottica stockholders increased by 16.8 percent to €64.4 million. Adjusted to eliminate extraordinary items, the operating profit rose by ...
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Nyxio Technologies Corporation has introduces its Venture Mobile Media Viewer...
Nyxio Technologies Corporation has introduces its Venture Mobile Media Viewer for watching movies, reading e-books and playing videogames right in your eyewear. It has 2GB of memory built in, and sleek, designer styling. With a USB cable the user can upload media files to a 62-inch virtual display. The starting ...
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The number of optical retail stores continued to grow by...
The number of optical retail stores continued to grow by 4.7 percent in France last year, with 649 new openings against 126 shutdowns
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Fielmann wants committed employees
With only 670 opticians declared unemployed in Germany, 17 percent fewer than one year ago, Fielmann is making extra efforts to retain its employees, giving them extra incentives to stay with the group and to perform. The biggest optical retailer in the country says it rewarded their achievements last year ...
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Google isn't commenting on reports that its so-called Google Goggles...
Google isn't commenting on reports that its so-called Google Goggles will go on sale by the end of the year. A blogger first reported on the product in December, and more recently The New York Times followed up with an article describing the heads-up display glasses, with a small screen ...
