All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 7 – Page 2
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Bollé is the new sunglass supplier for the GAC Pindar...
Bollé is the new sunglass supplier for the GAC Pindar sailing team. The sailors will wear the company's polarized Marine sunglasses in this year's Extreme Sailing Series, which started on Feb. 28.
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Bruno Salvadori will be the new chairman of the board...
Bruno Salvadori will be the new chairman of the board at Signet Armorlite. He had been president and chief executive of the company since 1993. He replaces Carl Bracy, who will stay on as senior vice president for marketing and new business for Essilor of America, Signet Armorlite's new parent ...
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The board of directors of Highmark has terminated Kenneth R....
The board of directors of Highmark has terminated Kenneth R. Melani as president and chief executive. He had been on administration leave since March 29 after being arrested on March 25 for defiant trespass and simple assault. Since then, J. Robert Baum has been acting as CEO in addition to ...
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Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, has expanded into...
Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, has expanded into Sweden. The e-commerce retailer from Berlin launched its first Swedish online shop for contact lenses, frames, corrective lenses and sunglasses on April 17. As Sweden has the biggest population of all Scandinavian countries, Mister Spex chose it for entering the ...
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PFO Global has moved into new, bigger headquarters in Irving,...
PFO Global has moved into new, bigger headquarters in Irving, Texas. The company said that the new location would better support customers and help the company get products to the market faster. The building is also next to 10,000 square feet of empty space that can be used if the ...
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Eyeglass wearers want the best, but don’t know what that is
PPG Industries has sponsored a survey that found that consumers aren't entirely familiar with their options when it comes to choosing lenses for their eyewear. They know they want a combination of certain attributes, but aren't receiving sufficient information from their eye care professionals. The problem is apparently increasing. In ...
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Stuart J. Thomas has been named chairman of the board...
Stuart J. Thomas has been named chairman of the board of VSP Global, parent company of Marchon. Thomas, who has been on the board since 2005 and been vice chairman since 2010, will serve a two-year term. He has been a practicing optometrist for 28 years.
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The rumored “Google glasses” that the industry has been buzzing...
The rumored “Google glasses” that the industry has been buzzing about are a reality. Google unveiled its internet-enabled glasses earlier this month through photos and a video on its website. The designers working on “Project Glass” are seeking feedback about what users might like to see the glasses do. The ...
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The London flagship store of Kirk Originals has been named...
The London flagship store of Kirk Originals has been named Fashion Frames Practice of the Year for 2012 by The Optician Awards. Kirk Originals, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, also recently won to retail design awards for the store. The London store is the only place customers can see ...
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Brown Couch has become the new distributor of Spy Optics...
Brown Couch has become the new distributor of Spy Optics in Sweden. The Swedish company's team is composed of Fredrik Heikki from Nordic Trade; Jens Aabech, who has been involved with Spy Optics in Norway; and Lars Andersson, who will sell Spy products from the resort town of Sälen. Nordic ...
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Bushnell Outdoor Products is buying Primos Hunting, based in Flora,...
Bushnell Outdoor Products is buying Primos Hunting, based in Flora, Mississippi, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition should be completed by mid-May. Primos was founded in 1976 as a supplier of game calls, and has expanded to include other hunting tools such as blinds, scent eliminators, games scents, trail cameras, ...
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The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians, based in London,...
The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians, based in London, has set up its own operations specifically for Ireland after members there clamored for expanded service. FODO Ireland will help the corporate sector there expand and adapt to future changes. It will lobby for members, offer support solutions and promote ...
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Pince-nez glasses are back
Pince-nez spectacles were the 19th-century glasses that distinguished professionals and aristocrats. Spectacles with no temples that clip onto the nose actually made their first appearance at the end of the 13th century. They were rediscovered two years ago by two Austrian eyewear specialists, Gerald and Martin Lasnik, who now produce ...
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Next year's Mido exhibition has been moved back a few...
Next year's Mido exhibition has been moved back a few days, now scheduled for March 2-4 instead of March 8-10, after the organizers held discussions with exhibitors and analyzed visitor data from this year's fair. The Milan show will thus return to a weekend schedule, starting on a Saturday and ...
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Rodenstock has won the iF Product Design Award for its...
Rodenstock has won the iF Product Design Award for its ImpressionIST3 dispensing system, which uses a 3D video centering system to eliminate the need for a measuring attachment
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Francesco Pellegrini, president of the European Sunglass Association (ESA), has...
Francesco Pellegrini, president of the European Sunglass Association (ESA), has assigned the task of supervising its activities to Cecilia Zanasi, who runs a communication agency called Zed_Comm in Italy, pending the organization's possible merger into Eurom 1. Matilde Sometti in her office handles the secretariat and Valentina Fraccascia is in ...
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The German optician's association, ZVA, presented its final figures for...
The German optician's association, ZVA, presented its final figures for the business year 2011 at its annual press conference on April 17 in Düsseldorf. The German ophthalmic optics market recorded an increase in sales of 2.5 percent to €5.039 billion at retail, including value added tax. Without the online eyewear ...
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The Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers has found that sales...
The Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers has found that sales of contact lenses in the U.K. rose by 2 percent in 2011 compared with the year before, up to £231.1 million (€283.4m-$375.7m) for sales of more than 583 million products
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Fielmann is looking for larger sales areas
Fielmann Consolidated Income Statement('000 Euros, Three months ended March 31)20122011% ChangeGermany224,8XX213,4XX5.3Switzerland34,5XX30,6XX12.7Austria14,8XX14,0XX5.7Other6,8XX6,9XX1.4Total271.498255.8866.1Other Operating Income2.2522.1315.7Cost of Goods61.38754.23613.2Personnel Costs109.171101.3017.8Depreciation8.6548.4492.4Other Operating Expense54.62055.233-1.1Net Interest429661-35.1Tax13.27512.1079.6NET32.68630.7496.3Earnings/Share (Diluted)0.780.736.8 Fielmann has presented its annual report for 2011, reporting an increase in its pre-tax income of 1.6 percent to €172.9 million. Its consolidated sales rose by 6 percent to €1.053 ...
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Hoya Surgical Optics has gotten approval from the U.S. Food...
Hoya Surgical Optics has gotten approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell two models of clear foldable hydrophobic acrylic-optic aspheric intraocular lenses commercially in the U.S. They are the iSymm intraocular lens and the preloaded iSert intraocular lens.
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