All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 11-12 – Page 3
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Rodenstock has agreed to extend its three-year-old licensing and...
Rodenstock has agreed to extend its three-year-old licensing and cooperation agreement with Mercedes-Benz for another five years though 2018
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The Kirks have new plans, after a change of control
Jason Kirk and his wife Karen have decided to launch a new line of glasses, called Kirk & Kirk, and filed a legal suit against Kirk Originals, the company that they had founded 22 years ago. The couple resigned from the management of the company on June 28, nearly one ...
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U.S. optical business rating rises in August, after July decline
The latest Optical Business Barometer (OBB) rose to 3.72 for August 2013. This compares to a July rating of 3.63, when it had registered a slight decline from a 3.69 rating in June. The barometer, which is compiled by Jobson Optical Research, is a monthly index that measures independent eyecare ...
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Adlens has promoted Rob Stevens to chief technology officer, a...
Adlens has promoted Rob Stevens to chief technology officer, a newly created position in the company. Based in Oxford, U.K., Adlens specializes in the development and commercialization of variable-focus eyewear. Stevens joined the company in 2008 as technical director. Before, he served as technical director at PS Research, a company ...
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At the Silmo show, Adlens will present a more aesthetic...
At the Silmo show, Adlens will present a more aesthetic line of Emergensee eyeglasses with improved optics, called Adlens Ajustables, through its European joint venture partner, Mondottica
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ADCL is distributing Allison's Replay Eyes collection in France...
ADCL is distributing Allison's Replay Eyes collection in France
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Essilor makes many new acquisitions
In the first half of 2013, Essilor acquired holdings in 15 different companies that generate annual sales of around €89 million. All expect three of these transactions were carried out in the faster-growing economies, and two of them allowed the group to enter the markets of Chile and Nepal.In Chile, ...
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The acquisition of Bausch + Lomb by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International...
The acquisition of Bausch + Lomb by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is now completed. As reported previously by Eyewear Intelligence, the Canadian company will pay $4.5 billion in cash to the current owners, an investor group headed by the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, and another $4.2 billion in cash to ...
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Luxury Optical Holdings (LOH) has acquired Leonard Opticians, a high-end...
Luxury Optical Holdings (LOH) has acquired Leonard Opticians, a high-end optical operation with two stores in New York and one in Los Angeles. As reported by Vision Monday, the deal became effective on Sept. 16. Leonard's management team will remain in place while Arthur Leonard, Leonard's president, will continue as ...
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According to a new report from Jobson Optical Research, two...
According to a new report from Jobson Optical Research, two thirds of U.S. consumers, 66 percent, purchase eyeglasses at the same location or from a retailer where they first had their eyes examined. Seven out of 10 consumers, 72 percent, said they selected their eyeglasses in less than an hour. ...
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Essilor creates new unit to improve access to vision correction in emerging countries
Essilor International is launching “2.5 New Vision Generation,” a new division dedicated to facilitating access to vision correction in emerging countries. The move is part of the company's overall social business strategy to bring good vision in these countries.According to the French group, 2.5 billion people worldwide need vision correction, ...
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CooperVision gains further market share in an accelerating market
CooperVision continued to outperform the global soft contact lens market in the third quarter of its financial year, ended on July 31. Its sales grew by 5 percent to $330.5 million during the period, as compared to the same quarter of 2012, with a 9 percent increase in terms of ...
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Essilor is introducing a 3D optical shape tracer, the Iness...
Essilor is introducing a 3D optical shape tracer, the Iness T
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Essilor has risen from the 28th to the 23rd place...
Essilor has risen from the 28th to the 23rd place on Forbes' list of the world's most innovative companies
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The online ticket sale for Opti 2014, to be held next...
The online ticket sale for Opti 2014, to be held next Jan. 10-12 in Munich, has just started. Visitors can check on the English website opti.de/en for additional information about the fair and how to get there. Tickets are €7 cheaper online than at the show. Lufthansa is offering discounts of up ...
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Charmant has closed its subsidiary in Italy. From Sept. 1,...
Charmant has closed its subsidiary in Italy. From Sept. 1, the distribution of its brands is entrusted to the Muller32, a new company controlled by Vega. Muller32 will maintain the same sales force that in the subsidiary was selling the lines of Charmant to italians opticians. Alessandro Chitotti, the former ...
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Optometry Giving Sight has made a £20,000 (€23,700-$32,139) donation to fund...
Optometry Giving Sight has made a £20,000 (€23,700-$32,139) donation to fund a new Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) center in Manchester, U.K. for three years. VCHP already has centers in central, west and east London, as well as in Brighton and Birmingham. Optometry Giving Sight, whose global head office is ...
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