All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 7
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Italia Independent opens shop-in-shops
Italia Independent has a new commercial strategy – the shop-in-shop – as a corner in eyewear stores, discotheques and restaurants. The corners sell eyewear, apparel and motorbike helmets produced by Italia Independent. The store gets the merchandise on a consignment basis, with a contract stipulating that the supplier takes care ...
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Hoya introduces new high-tech tools
During the last Mido fair in Milan, Hoya chose not to exhibit and to organize instead a big party for some 1,200 opticians from all over Italy to present three new high-tech tools on portable devices that it is introducing all over Europe.The Hoya Vision Consultant Viewer is a system ...
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The Greek government has liberalized the optical retail trade, as...
The Greek government has liberalized the optical retail trade, as well as other forms of retailing. It will no longer be necessary for the owner of optical retail store to be a certified optometrist, and he or she will be able to manage more than one store.
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The Opti fair in Munich is launching a trendy new...
The Opti fair in Munich is launching a trendy new logo
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As previously reported, New Eye London was founded in London...
As previously reported, New Eye London was founded in London in 2011 to produce sophisticated eyewear designed by Ron Arad, with an original brand name: pq – the two letters side by side produce the outline of a pair of glasses. The materials used include a type of acetate produced ...
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Optical Express is sponsoring the PGA Scotland golf tour in...
Optical Express is sponsoring the PGA Scotland golf tour in six events that run through October
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WestGroupe is going to be the new distributor of Spy...
WestGroupe is going to be the new distributor of Spy optical and sun products among independent eyewear stores in Canada through a new partnership. The initial launch this month included 18 optical styles and 12 sunglass styles, and four of Spy's sports styles will be included in the mix.
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Essilor Finland has developed four pairs of driving glasses for...
Essilor Finland has developed four pairs of driving glasses for competition use with the help of Jari-Matti Latvala, the World Rally Championship star. The glasses are tailored for light conditions: the ones for bright light are made with Essilor's Orma Crizal Forte; the yellow are Orma Kiros Crizal Forte; the ...
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Essilor has decided to exhibit only once every other year...
Essilor has decided to exhibit only once every other year at the Opti fair in Munich, skipping the next session in 2013
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NicOx, the French pharmaceutical firm, has signed a deal to...
NicOx, the French pharmaceutical firm, has signed a deal to buy Altacor, the company that makes products for dry eye. NicOx will initially pay €2.4 million for 11.8 percent of Altacor, and has a call option to buy the rest of the shares for €10.8 million.
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Reed Exhibitions, the co-owner of International Vision Expo, has formed...
Reed Exhibitions, the co-owner of International Vision Expo, has formed a medical advisory panel to engage contact lens, pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies at the East and West Vision Expos. The new panel held its inaugural meeting on March 22 during International Vision Expo East. It is made up of the ...
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Silhouette has come out with its first collection of rimless...
Silhouette has come out with its first collection of rimless frames for children. Called SPX Art Kids, the line is manufactured at the company's own facilities in Austria.
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Maui Jim opened an office in the Coda Design Center...
Maui Jim opened an office in the Coda Design Center in Hong Kong on April 1. The office, headed up by Andrew Cheung, managing director of Maui Jim Asia, will offer sales, distribution and marketing services to opticians and optical stores throughout Asia. The complete portfolio of sunglasses will also ...
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Brulimar Optical Group, which claims to be the largest designer...
Brulimar Optical Group, which claims to be the largest designer and manufacturer of eyewear in the U.K., is branching out into Eastern Europe with a new distribution deal with Primavision. Primavision will sell three of Brulimar's top brands – Bench, Lee Cooper and Pineapple – in Poland and Ukraine.
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Kirit Patel, a British optometrist who runs the Radlett Opticians...
Kirit Patel, a British optometrist who runs the Radlett Opticians practice in Radlett, Hertfordshire, won two prizes at the recent Optician Awards. He said he has customers traveling from Canada and New Zealand to get their eyes tested. Optician magazine also honored numerous other opticians in addition to Essilor's OptiFog ...
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British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the prescription manufacturing division...
British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the prescription manufacturing division of Noville Group in Gloucester on April 23
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Hoya goes direct in fast-growing Brazil
Hoya has acquired full ownership of its long-standing distributor in Brazil, Optotal, giving the Japanese company a strong footprint in South America and setting the stage for what the company describes as “aggressive” expansion in the fast-growing Brazilian market.With a staff of about 400 people, Optotal has been growing at ...
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Oakley has started up a new branding campaign that pairs...
Oakley has started up a new branding campaign that pairs artists with the Olympic athletes who inspired them. The campaign, Beyond Reason, is reflected in a specially commissioned art piece collaborated on by the artist Natalie Frank and Bryan Clay, gold medalist in the decathlon in the 2008 Olympic Games. ...
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Nicholas Bozikis, vice president for finance at Coastal Contacts, has...
Nicholas Bozikis, vice president for finance at Coastal Contacts, has been promoted to chief financial officer. He joined the online retailers of eyeglasses and contact lenses in 2008 as corporate controller and took his most recent position in 2010. He succeeds Gordon Howie, who is leaving the company by mutual ...
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Fitting Box has move to a new office with double...
Fitting Box has move to a new office with double the space as before at Labège, near the French city of Toulouse
