All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 13-14 – Page 4
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Allison says it has renewed its license agreement with Benetton...
Allison says it has renewed its license agreement with Benetton Group for Sisley and United Colors of Benetton eyewear, but doesn't say until when it will last
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Italy's Gruppo Randazzo reports a special agreement with the Lions...
Italy's Gruppo Randazzo reports a special agreement with the Lions Club for the collection of used eyeglasses at its 101 Optimssimo stores during the months of November and December. In exchange for them, customers will get a voucher entitling them to a discount of €100 on a new pair of ...
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Luxottica has reportedly agreed to sell an Australian sunglass retail...
Luxottica has reportedly agreed to sell an Australian sunglass retail chain, Bright Eyes, to two businessmen, Ralph Edwards and Geoff Harbert. The two men were part of a consortium that had bought Bright Eyes in 2000. The retailer was then sold to Oakley in 2007. The same year, Oakley was ...
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Eschenbach is supplying Alain Afflelou with an exclusive collection of...
Eschenbach is supplying Alain Afflelou with an exclusive collection of titanium frames with memory retention, to be sold under the Asphalte label
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While studying a possible investment in northern Europe, Alain Affelou...
While studying a possible investment in northern Europe, Alain Affelou will shortly enter the Algerian market. Its first store in the country will be in a shopping mall near the international airport of Algiers. Algeria will be the tenth country where the franchised optical retail banner will be trading. Interestingly, ...
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Specsavers made a noticeable return to prime-time TV advertising in...
Specsavers made a noticeable return to prime-time TV advertising in the U.K. with a new funny development of its “Should've gone to Specsavers” commercial spot. It features a short-sighted Zumba instructor who enters a room where old people are expecting to play bingo. As she plays her aerobics act, the ...
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Adlens has introduced Adlens Focuss, a more fashion orientated version...
Adlens has introduced Adlens Focuss, a more fashion orientated version of its adjustable-focus glasses with smaller dials to adjust the power range of the lenses. Available in six finishes and colors, it has been ordered by LensCrafters for pre-Christmas sales at its stores. The company has already received orders for ...
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Cartier is opening a new eyewear factory in France, adding...
Cartier is opening a new eyewear factory in France, adding to the one in Besançon. The new manufacturing facility is located in Sucy-en-Brie, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris. It replaces the historic site in Joinville-les-Ponts, also near Paris, which the Richemond group, the owners of the luxury brand, had ...
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Luxottica improves in Europe, studies acquisitions
Luxottica's European business continued to perform very well in the third quarter, confirming the trend seen in the previous three months and surpassing the group's expectations. In a conference call with financial analysts last week, Andrea Guerra, chief executive of the group, expressed satisfaction about the group's overall results, pointing ...
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Marcolin acquires Viva, without Bortuzzo
Marcolin is moving into the third position in the global eyewear sector, behind Luxottica and Safilo, with its acquisition of Viva International for an undisclosed amount. An agreement in principle was announced a few days ago and should be completed by the beginning of December, after approval by regulatory authorities. ...
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Smith Optics has filled two marketing positions by hiring Aaron...
Smith Optics has filled two marketing positions by hiring Aaron Checkwood as surf promotions manager and John Hechkopf as multimedia manager. Checkwood will oversee the surf and lifestyle programs of the American eyewear brand, serving as the company's key figure for all marketing efforts related to the surf and lifestyle ...
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Theo recently worked together with a Japanese company, Factory 900,...
Theo recently worked together with a Japanese company, Factory 900, that won this year's Silmo d'Or in the category of sunglasses, for the development of two models that can be used either as optical frames or as sunglasses. The models, designed by Patrick Hoet, are available in eight different colors ...
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Gareth Evans, 45, has become the new country manager for...
Gareth Evans, 45, has become the new country manager for Maui Jim in the U.K. and Ireland, taking the place of Mark Polloway who left in April. Evans, who will also take care of Zeal Optics, worked previously for Reebok, Fila and Lacoste Footwear.
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Italian eyewear exports rise by 5.4%
In the first half of 2013, international markets continued to support the Italian eyewear industry, in the midst of an extremely weak domestic market, like in the past five years. According to Anfao, the Italian optical industry association, the sector's total exports grew by 5.4 percent in value compared with ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has invested €4 million in...
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has invested €4 million in a new European logistics center in the Czech Republic. The warehouse, encompassing 450,000 sqm, became operational in October. It is mainly intended for the international distribution of the group's range of stock lenses, but it also includes the worldwide logistics ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision France has announced the layoff of 256...
Carl Zeiss Vision France has announced the layoff of 256 employees at its two laboratories in the country. The decision was attributed to the loss of a major contract with GrandVision, which belongs to the Hal group. The restructuring program involves all the 106 people working at a laboratory at ...
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The 25th edition of the Vision Expo West show in...
The 25th edition of the Vision Expo West show in Las Vegas reported a 5 percent increase in overall attendance last month as compared to its previous session in 2012. A total of around 13,000 visitors from 89 countries went to the fair, which hosted more than 425 exhibitors. Next ...
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Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide...
Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide by the end of this year. There are 158 of them already in the U.S., with an average space of about 200 square meters. Eyewear represents 68 percent of the product mix. The rest is clothing, footwear and accessories. Customers ...
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Jay Higdon, who has worked at Kenmark Group for 21...
Jay Higdon, who has worked at Kenmark Group for 21 years, has taken full responsibility for its international sales team, handling all the accounts. He remains as director of international sales, reporting to John Justice. The latter, who has been in charge of international sales for a long time, has ...
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North American market seen rising to $44-47 billion by 2020
The North American eyewear market offers untapped growth opportunities as the consumption of these products is expected to rise to $44-47 billion at retail in 2020 from an estimated $35.5 billion currently, said Luxottica at an investors' conference, citing Vision Council and other industry data.The optical market should benefit from ...
