All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 1 – Page 2
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Essilor has bought X-Cel Optical, an ophthalmic lens maker based...
Essilor has bought X-Cel Optical, an ophthalmic lens maker based in Minnesota, for an undisclosed price. VMail reports that Joe Doescher, X-Cel's chief executive and president, and Wayne Gottwalt, the chief financial officer, will keep a 20 percent stake in the company. It had been privately held by Doescher's family ...
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U.S. barometer shows an optimistic December
Independent eye care professionals in the U.S. felt better about the industry in December than they did in November, but not as optimistic as they were in December 2011. The latest Optical Business Barometer from Jobson Research found that December 2012 rated a 3.7 among the businesses it surveys, compared ...
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Vistamax goes into bankruptcy, Indo comes out of it
Indo came out a couple of weeks ago of its voluntary bankruptcy proceedings, which began in 2010. Court authorities have endorsed an agreement with the Spanish company's creditors whereby they will forgive 50 or 80 percent of the debt, with the balance paid over a period of eight or five ...
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Massimo Stefanello has been appointed chief financial officer and chief...
Massimo Stefanello has been appointed chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Marcolin. He held various positions at Geox and its parent company from 2005, including corporate manager and financial manager of LIR, the holding company that controls Geox. Valerio Giacobbi has been appointed general manager for sales, marketing ...
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Luxottica has expanded its collection of Dolce & Gabbana eyewear...
Luxottica has expanded its collection of Dolce & Gabbana eyewear by adding a line of prescription frames and sunglasses for children. They are generally downsized version of the adult models in the line, but some of them have a fairy-tale inspiration.
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All of Specsavers' joint venture companies (JVCs) must register with...
All of Specsavers' joint venture companies (JVCs) must register with the General Optical Council (GOC). As reported by Optician, the GOC in the U.K. opened an investigation after receiving a complaint about unregistered Specsavers' JVCs and subsequently made its policy on registration of corporate bodies clear to the multiple, triggering ...
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Two investors have bought Albin Paget, an eyewear manufacturing group founded...
Two investors have bought Albin Paget, an eyewear manufacturing group founded in 1886 in the Jura region of France, and plan to expand the business. Thibaut Mortier and Jean-Michel Werling bought the group with the support of Réseau Entreprendre, a non-profit association that provides financial aid for interesting projects. They have the ...
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REM Eyewear has extended its licensing agreement with John Varvatos...
REM Eyewear has extended its licensing agreement with John Varvatos through 2018. Born in Detroit, Varvatos launched his collection of tailored menswear and sportswear in 2000. He has since developed his namesake line into a lifestyle brand applied also to shoes, bags, belts, watches and fragrances, in addition to eyewear. ...
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Safilo has reported the renewal of its licensing agreement with...
Safilo has reported the renewal of its licensing agreement with J.C. Penny Purchanging Corporation for the design, production and distribution of the Liz Clairborne and Claiborne lines of prescription frames and sunglasses in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The new contract runs through 2017 and includes an option for an additional ...
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Advice is given for online sales of contact lenses
The European Contact Lens Forum is providing guidance to vendors as well as customers on how to deal with online sales of contact lenses, which continue to grow. It has posted two new documents to its website, www.eclf.eu: a “best practice” document to help contact lens sellers give customers the best, and most ...
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Bausch+Lomb has acquired an exclusive global license to a new...
Bausch+Lomb has acquired an exclusive global license to a new technology for the treatment of ocular redness, one of the most common ophtalmological conditions, affecting millions of people worldwide. Licensed from Eye Therapies, a biopharmaceutical company, and developed in collaboration with Ora, a private research organization, the technology employs a ...
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Zoggs, the Australian brand of swim goggles about which we...
Zoggs, the Australian brand of swim goggles about which we reported on Dec. 12, has added an optional feature to the superior lenses of its Predator Flex frames. It is offering lenses with an embedded photochromatic treatment that react to the UV rays from the sun, darkening the optics when they ...
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The Italian eyewear manufacturer Immagine 98 started selling its products...
The Italian eyewear manufacturer Immagine 98 started selling its products directly in Germany and Switzerland this month. The objective is to support the collections X-Ide and Rye & Lye in these markets. Through the end of 2012, Immagine 98's products were distribued by BBM Brillenfaszination. With the decision to distribute ...
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Alain Afflelou, the 64-year-old founder of the eponymous French-based chain...
Alain Afflelou, the 64-year-old founder of the eponymous French-based chain of franchised opticians, will be leaving France for Britain in a move that might be connected with the announcement by the French government of a 75 percent super-tax on revenues beyond €1 million. Other famous French millionaires and personalities announced ...
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Smarteyes, a Sweden-based optical retail chain with 40 stores in...
Smarteyes, a Sweden-based optical retail chain with 40 stores in Sweden and Germany, continues its expansion on the German market. On Jan. 15, Smarteyes opened a new store in Stuttgart, encompassing 125 square meters. The German headquarters of the company will be moved into that same building from its current ...
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Essilor has acquired 68.3 percent of the capital of Interactif...
Essilor has acquired 68.3 percent of the capital of Interactif Visuel Système, a French company that provides technological sales support solutions for opticians. Its range of sales support and ophthalmic measurement solutions are marketed under the brand name Activisu. One of these is Visioffice, a measuring column designed jointly with ...
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Mykita won the 2013 German Design Award for its Mykita...
Mykita won the 2013 German Design Award for its Mykita Lite collection, which is available at selected high-end opticians around the world. The German Design Council gives the German Design Award for outstanding achievements in product and communication design. The glasses in the Lite collection are extremely lightweight and with ...
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Sales rose by 2.9 percent in French optical stores during...
Sales rose by 2.9 percent in French optical stores during the last quarter of 2012 as compared to the previous three months, says the Bank of France. The optical sector performed much better than the rest of the retail sector, which declined by 1 percent. Only pharmacies did better, with sales ...
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Giorgio Fedon 1919 has created the MW Michael Wong by...
Giorgio Fedon 1919 has created the MW Michael Wong by Giorgio Fedon 1919 line of small leathergoods in cooperation with Michael Wong, an actor who is considered to be the “Harrison Ford” of Asia. It is the Italian group's first venture into men's travel accessories. Giorgio Fedon 1919 is the ...
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Johnson & Johnson has plans to invest more than €100...
Johnson & Johnson has plans to invest more than €100 million in the expansion of its Vistakon Ireland manufacturing operations in Limerick, creating 100 permanent production jobs in the process. The announcement was made by IDA Ireland, the national investment promotion agency, and was later confirmed by Richard Burton, the ...
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