All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 3-4 – Page 2
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Kirk Originals is coming up with two new shapes and...
Kirk Originals is coming up with two new shapes and colors at Mido as it celebrates its 20th anniversary
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Coastal Contacts of Vancouver says it has set a new...
Coastal Contacts of Vancouver says it has set a new service record by shipping prescription eyeglasses to customers within one day – 0.7 days, to be exact – of the order being placed. It can do this thanks to its own in-house manufacturing facility, which is open 24 hours a ...
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Claims and counterclaims on the German online market
Claiming to be Germany's biggest eyewear retailer trading online, Mister Spex says it raised its sales by 50 percent in 2011 to €17 million. It managed to sell 200 percent more glasses than in 2010, thanks in part to heavy marketing on TV and other media as well as technical ...
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Polycore Optical has developed what it claims are the first...
Polycore Optical has developed what it claims are the first swim goggles with progressive lenses. Its new Polycore Dive system features free-form mineral glasses that are glazed on the backside.
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John Lister has left as chief information officer of Specsavers...
John Lister has left as chief information officer of Specsavers for personal reasons
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Cars invade new China show venue
Exhibitors at the China International Optics Fair in Shanghai (SIOF) last week were generally pleased with its modern new venue on the site of the 2010 Shanghai World Fair in the Pudong district. Conveniently located at less than an hour's drive from the international airport, it allowed several companies to ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision launches Officelens, a new range of progressive...
Carl Zeiss Vision launches Officelens, a new range of progressive lenses for the office. Based on the company's Gradal RD technology, they are said to offer dynamic vision and better management of aberrations. Head movements are said to be comfortable.
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Carl Zeiss Vision Sunless is producing an exclusive limited collection...
Carl Zeiss Vision Sunless is producing an exclusive limited collection of sunglasses signed by Simon Chin, the Hong Kong designer. The line is part of Carl Zeiss' celebration of the 100th anniversary of its introduction of Punktal eyeglass lenses, which revolutionized the optics market. Chin's line, called CR-39, will be ...
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U.S. eye care professionals' optimism for the industry remained stable...
U.S. eye care professionals' optimism for the industry remained stable in January, according to the latest Optical Business Barometer by Jobson Optical Research. The rating was 3.8, the same as in December but up from 3.6 in January 2011. The rating scale goes from 1 to 5, where 1 is ...
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Concept Eyewear, a Canadian distributor – not to be confused...
Concept Eyewear, a Canadian distributor – not to be confused with the Hong Kong-based Chinese company Concept Eyewear Manufacturer – will distribute and market Variation Design eyewear in Canada, but not in Quebec. This French producer exports its V. Design and V. Design Kids labels to a total of 20 ...
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Occhibelli Group, the buying group in Northern Italy, met its...
Occhibelli Group, the buying group in Northern Italy, met its goal last year of adding 100 members to its total, now more than 350, making it the most important purchasing group in the northern part of the country. It says that it has avoided losing members by offering high-added-value services ...
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More German customers are buying new combinations of lenses and...
More German customers are buying new combinations of lenses and frames than before, according to the latest survey conducted by Kuratorium Gutes Sehen in Berlin. That was the case for 74.3 percent of spectacle wearers last year. Back in 2004, instead, after the German health reform, 31 percent changed the ...
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Spain’s optical business expands
Fedao, the Spanish Federation of Optics Industries Associations, has reported that the optics distribution industry in Spain was worth €1.842 billion in 2011. There has been a slight reduction in retail sales, but 295 new optical establishments opened last year, bringing the total to almost 10,000 in the country. This ...
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Brille & Co., the workshop for optical retailers in northern Germany, reported...
Brille & Co., the workshop for optical retailers in northern Germany, reported a record of 3,976 visitors at its January show in Dortmund
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Comprising the Costa and Native brands of sunglasses, the Cross...
Comprising the Costa and Native brands of sunglasses, the Cross Optical Group of A.T. Cross Company reported a 12.0 percent increase in revenues to $12.8 million in the fourth quarter ended last Dec. 31. For the full year, the segment's revenues increased by 19.8 percent to $72.5 million in 2011, ...
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BNL Eurolens will unveil a new lens for premium polarized...
BNL Eurolens will unveil a new lens for premium polarized sunglasses, made at its own facilities in France. Called New Dream, the new polarized lens features a versatile material that will match the creativity of designers for all types of fashion and lifestyle sunglasses, says the company. It offers clarity ...
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ZionEyez, a company based in Seattle, is now selling its...
ZionEyez, a company based in Seattle, is now selling its Eyez product, a pair of eyeglasses with an HD video camera embedded within to record live video and take pictures. The glasses have 8GB of storage, and you can transfer the video or photos to a computer, iPhone or Android; ...
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The board of directors of Marcolin S.p.A. has approved a...
The board of directors of Marcolin S.p.A. has approved a December agreement making Giovanni Zoppas the company's new chief executive and general manager. Zoppas, who does not own any Marcolin stock, replaced Massimo Saracchi, director, who resigned at the same meeting.
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Jon Jacobs has been appointed commercial director at Fabris Lane,...
Jon Jacobs has been appointed commercial director at Fabris Lane, running a team that is managing the company's high-street retail portfolio. On the other hand, Carl Branigan, a member of the company's European opticians team, has left to join Magimix. Jacobs has worked for several companies before including Marks & ...
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Live Eyewear of San Louis Obispo, California, has appointed Quint...
Live Eyewear of San Louis Obispo, California, has appointed Quint Stevens as creative director. Stevens brings more than 25 years of experience with companies such as Saatchi & Saatchi and Patagonia to Live Eyewear, which markets the OveRx and Cocoons brands.
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