All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 13-14 – Page 3
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Hapter, an Italian brand inspired by a pair of glacier...
Hapter, an Italian brand inspired by a pair of glacier military goggles from the Second World War, was nominated for the Silmo d'Or in the category of optical frames for its model A01L. The first collection of the brand, txtl001, presented for the first time at Mido in Milan, includes ...
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PPG Industries' Optical and Specialty Materials segment booked revenues of...
PPG Industries' Optical and Specialty Materials segment booked revenues of $313 million in the third quarter, up by 11 percent from the same period a year ago. Sales of optical products improved at a double-digit rate, aided by solid market trends and initial customer inventory stocking ahead of the introduction ...
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Logo Eyewear has hired Bernard Rony as vice president in...
Logo Eyewear has hired Bernard Rony as vice president in charge of industrial matters in order to improve the supply chain. He has spent 12 years with ST Dupont, managing the French company's manufacturing operations for lighters and eyewear, after working in the area of automotive components. Richard Vives, who ...
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Ic! Berlin has taken over the distribution of its products...
Ic! Berlin has taken over the distribution of its products in some countries. While sales in Russia and the Ukraine are still carried out by a distributor, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia are now to be handled directly by sales representatives of the German company, starting in January ...
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Ic! Berlin was nominated for the Silmo d'Or in the...
Ic! Berlin was nominated for the Silmo d'Or in the category of frame technological innovation for its new collection of colored frames. The company presents ia collection eight models in four different loud colors. They are made by means of a vacuum-based coating process developed by a supplier based in ...
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Daniel G. McBride has been promoted to the position of...
Daniel G. McBride has been promoted to the position of executive vice president, chief operating officer and general counsel at The Cooper Companies, parent of CooperVision. McBride acted most recently as the company's vice president, general counsel and “chief risk officer.” Since he joined Cooper in February 2005, he has ...
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Etnia Barcelona has expanded to Mexico, Japan and Turkey through...
Etnia Barcelona has expanded to Mexico, Japan and Turkey through distribution partnerships. The brand's new distributor in Mexico is Devlyn. Iwaki will take care of the brand's sales in Japan, while Ant Optik will cover the Turkish market. Currently, France, the U.S. and Canada are the Spanish brand's biggest export ...
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Etnia Barcelona has partnered with the Yves Klein foundation for...
Etnia Barcelona has partnered with the Yves Klein foundation for a range of sunglasses and prescription frames. The Klein Blue collection, based on the patented color from the French artist Yves Klein, includes 12 optical frames and 6 models of sunglasses. 10 percent of sales from the collection will be ...
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Flair has expanded its exclusive Art Couture product line to...
Flair has expanded its exclusive Art Couture product line to a collection of sunglasses, which was launched at Silmo this year for international markets. Sales in Germany started in August this year with a range of six models priced from €500 and up at retail. For the German company, it ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has appointed Mauro Maloberti as...
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has appointed Mauro Maloberti as area sales manager for the Swiss Optic brand . He is responsible for the introduction of Swiss Optic to the Middle East and North Africa, including Turkey since last September. Maloberti worked for 15 years for LTL Lenses in Italy ...
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Optical Express Group has announced that it has placed DCM...
Optical Express Group has announced that it has placed DCM Optical Clinic into administration, a British form of insolvency, but intends to buy back 16 of the 19 stores within that business and consolidate them into the group. The British company said that there will be no job losses, no ...
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Mondottica USA has announced a global licensing deal for CB...
Mondottica USA has announced a global licensing deal for CB Sports eyewear. Founded in 1969 in the state of Vermont, CB Sports was one of the leading American brands of ski and outdoor clothing in the 1970s and 1980s. The brand sponsored the U.S. Olympic ski team at one stage, ...
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Essilor had previously announced that it would exhibit at the...
Essilor had previously announced that it would exhibit at the Opti show in Munich every other year, but it has changed its mind. It will be among other major players at the Jan. 10-12 edition of the fair including Luxottica or Safilo, which are not showing at every international fair. ...
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Anfao, the Italian optical industry association, has oprganized an intensive...
Anfao, the Italian optical industry association, has oprganized an intensive promotional program to help its members enter new and emerging markets internationally, as the sector is mostly holding up thanks to exports. In the first half of 2013, the sector's total exports grew by 5.4 percent in value compared with ...
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Karavan & Co. of France hired Jessy Tissot for the...
Karavan & Co. of France hired Jessy Tissot for the newly created position of export manager last month. Previously, he worked as export manager for Marius Morel. The most important export market for the French company is Germany, followed by Belgium and the Netherlands. As previously reported by Eyewear Intelligence, ...
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Laura Angelini has been appointed president of North America for...
Laura Angelini has been appointed president of North America for Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Among other sales and marketing functions across the company's medical device and diagnostics segment, she was responsible for the introduction of 1-Day Acuvue contact lenses in the Italian market.
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Allison has launched a capsule collection of Replay Eyes glasses...
Allison has launched a capsule collection of Replay Eyes glasses co-branded with Vasco Rossi, a famous Italian rock singer
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Ralph Anderl, founder of ic! Berlin, bought all the shares...
Ralph Anderl, founder of ic! Berlin, bought all the shares of the company at the beginning of this year. Denying speculation about a future change of ownership, he said he had taken them over from two actors who helped him to start his company. Noting that all the profits have ...
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A Chinese firm licenses Alessi eyewear
One of the novelties at the recent Silmo show in Paris was a rather interesting line of eyewear by Alessi, an Italian brand of high-end accessories for the kitchen and the home that is known for the creative design of its products. The brand has already been marketed on specific ...
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Following its recent agreement with Rivoli Group, Italian Independent's products...
Following its recent agreement with Rivoli Group, Italian Independent's products are now sold in the Rivoli Eyezone in the Dubai Shopping Mall and in Magrabi stores throughout the Middle East
