All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 5-6 – Page 2
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Jobson Medical Information Holdings, the U.S. company that produces Vision...
Jobson Medical Information Holdings, the U.S. company that produces Vision Monday, market research and other information services through its subsidiary Jobson Optical Group as a subsidiary, has exited a short pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that began in February by amending its credit facility. Its business continued as usual during ...
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Lindberg, the Danish eyewear company, has racked up four new...
Lindberg, the Danish eyewear company, has racked up four new design awards for 2012. It won two prestigious Red Dot awards, one for its 1800 Horn and one for its Acetanium Teen. In addition, the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design honored the company with Good Design awards for ...
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William Morris London was an official partner of West Coast...
William Morris London was an official partner of West Coast Cooler Fashionweek, held March 14-16 in Belfast, with one out of every six models wearing eyewear by the British company
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CooperVision eyes China
CooperVision continued to outperform the market in the three months ended last Jan. 31. Reaching $268.9 million, its sales grew by 10 percent in dollars and in constant currencies during the period, which corresponds to the first quarter of its financial year, while the overall market for soft contact lenses ...
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Charmant Group has formed a new division, Horitech, that will...
Charmant Group has formed a new division, Horitech, that will provide Japanese medical institutions with ophthalmic surgical instruments starting next month. It will start branching out to other countries in 2013. The company has traditionally been a manufacturer of titanium eyeglass frames. Its expertise in processing titanium will be a ...
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Stylemark will close down its distribution and customer support center...
Stylemark will close down its distribution and customer support center following its acquisition by FGXI
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European consumers see contact lens care differently
They are showing more interest in the wearability of contact lenses and the practicality of use, according to the ongoing market surveys of GfK, which indicate a general recovery of the European market for contact lens care products in 2011 in terms of units as well as value, in contrast ...
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Independent eye care professionals in the U.S. are still optimistic...
Independent eye care professionals in the U.S. are still optimistic about the industry, according to the February Optical Business Barometer by Jobson Optical Research. The rating hit 3.9, the highest rating the Barometer has seen since it was started in January 2010 and matched only once, in March 2011. The ...
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New dimensions in Realglass campaign
A group of manufacturers, led by Barberini, launched a new trademark, Realglass, a new logo and a new promotion campaign at the Silmo fair last September to make opticians aware of the unique properties of mineral lenses. It started with an explanatory website in four languages – English, French, German ...
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Major French buying groups stride forward
The two biggest French buying and franchising groups for independent opticians, Krys and Optic 2000, performed better than thier national market, which grew by only 1.5 percent in 2011, according to GfK.The Optic 2000 group reported a drop of 0.8 percent on a same-store basis for its various chains. Adding ...
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Marcolin books record results
In 2011, Marcolin booked a 9.0 percent rise in sales to €224.1 million, driven by growth in fashion and luxury brands as well as Asian markets. On a currency-neutral basis, sales were up by 10.4 percent.In Europe, revenues rose by 4.6 percent to €119.9 million, driven by France, Germany, the ...
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Luxottica’s bond issue was a roaring success
It was considerably oversubscribed. Luxottica received total requests of nearly €9 billion for the €500 million seven-year bond it placed on the market on March 12. As the demand was 18 times the size of the proposed lot, the bond was placed in about half an hour, enabling the company ...
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Besides Lindberg and POC (separate story in this issue), Eschenbach...
Besides Lindberg and POC (separate story in this issue), Eschenbach Optik has also won a Red Dot Award for product design. Accompanied by an “honorable mention,” the award has gone to the company's Titanflex 820605 model, which uses Titanflex plate material on the nose bridge instead of memory metal wire. ...
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IC! Berlin is not for sale. Executive of the German...
IC! Berlin is not for sale. Executive of the German company firmly denied the rumors to this effect, which had even indicated that it had refused an offer from a prospective purchaser because it was too low. The firm claims to be growing at an annual rate of 10 percent. ...
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Renato Cappuccitti has been named director of sales for Costa...
Renato Cappuccitti has been named director of sales for Costa Sunglasses' RX sun lens division. He has worked most recently as director of professional and business development for For Eyes Optical, one of the major American optical retail chains. He previously held management positions at Hoya, Rodenstock and Vision Systems, ...
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Dieter Kurz has become the new chairman of the Carl...
Dieter Kurz has become the new chairman of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, which controls Carl Zeiss and Schott. He takes the place of Theo Spettmann, who resigned as of March 15 for health reasons.
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Two Italian laboratories, D.A.I. Optical and Optilens Italia, have become...
Two Italian laboratories, D.A.I. Optical and Optilens Italia, have become partners of PPG for its new Tribrid material
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DNV Business Assurance, an independent certification body, has granted two...
DNV Business Assurance, an independent certification body, has granted two certifications to Safilo Group: one for corporate social responsibility, SA8000:2008; and one for occupational health and safety, OHSAS 18001:2007. In its announcement, Safilo said that it was among the first Italian luxury companies to receive such accreditation. The company also ...
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Aspex showcased a collection of sun eyewear at Mido called...
Aspex showcased a collection of sun eyewear at Mido called Turbosun, using a technology called Turboflex with a unique hinge construction that allows the temple to rotate around the end-piece with 360-degree movement in all directions. The company is relatively satisfied with the Greg Norman license – named after the ...
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Bud Doyle has been appointed U.S. national sales director of...
Bud Doyle has been appointed U.S. national sales director of Desert Sunglass of Scottsdale, an American importer and wholesale of unbranded sunglasses, readers, accessories and displays. Doyle has been licensing product manager for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. He subsequently served as marketing manager for the ...
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