All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 15-16 – Page 3
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A research project carried out by Allensbach in Germany shows...
A research project carried out by Allensbach in Germany shows that 90 percent of all people wearing glasses in Germany have never tried contact lenses. The Kuratorium für Gutes Sehen (KGS) in Berlin launched a new video on YouTube and on its own website, kgs-info.de, to show opticians the advantages ...
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Alba launches collapsible eyewear
Remember Dominique Alba? After running Logo Eyewear and Alain Mikli, this French executive has decided to launch an innovative project in the area of eyewear. He has set up a company, Code ADN, that has created a new brand, I Human, with a unique selling proposition. Targeting mainly business executives, ...
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Italian industry agrees new wages, eyes emerging markets
The minimum wage has increased by about 8 percent for the 16,200 people employed at the 880 companies operating in the Italian eyewear industry under a labor agreement signed by their trade association, Anfao, with the labor unions to cover the three-year period since last Jan. 1 and the end ...
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After opening its first Canadian physical store in its hometown...
After opening its first Canadian physical store in its hometown of Vancouver, Coastal Contacts has signed a lease for a second one in Canada, located on Queen Street in Toronto
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Adlens has opened a new manufacturing facility in Oxford for...
Adlens has opened a new manufacturing facility in Oxford for the production of its new Focuss variable progressive spectacles destined for the U.S. The U.K.-based firm announced at Vision Expo West in October that LensCrafters in the U.S. would be first to trial the Focuss line, which integrates variable near, ...
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In a “non-final office action” at the end of October...
In a “non-final office action” at the end of October in response to a request for re-examination filed by Ocuco last May 21, the U.S. Patent Office recommended that all the 20 claims in Seiko Epson's patent 6,019,470 should be cancelled unless the Japanese company comes out with convincing counter-arguments. ...
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Hoya eyes new acquisitions after a strong quarter
Hoya Corp. wants to make new acquisition in the Life Care segment, which comprises eyeglasses and other products, and which booked a sales increase of 25.4 percent to ¥62,664 million yen (€442.0m-$607.4m) in its second quarter ended Sept. 30 as compared to the same period a year ago. The turnover included ...
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Marcolin has formally closed the transaction for the acquisition of...
Marcolin has formally closed the transaction for the acquisition of Viva International. The financial terms could not be learnt. According to VMail, Fabrizio Gamberini, chief executive of Marcolin USA, will also take on the role of CEO of Viva, following the previously reported resignation of Antonio Bortuzzo. Further details could ...
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Acuitis has signed a contract for the acquisition of AcoustiCentre,...
Acuitis has signed a contract for the acquisition of AcoustiCentre, the leading chain of hearing aids shops in the French part of Switzerland. Founded in February 2010 in Geneva by Daniel Abittan, a co-founder of GrandVision, Acuitis will thus have a network of 17 stores in Switzerland selling its special ...
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Black & Lizars saw pretax profits fall to £465,703 (€548,663-$703,795)...
Black & Lizars saw pretax profits fall to £465,703 (€548,663-$703,795) in the year to Sept. 30, 2012, compared with £571,878 (€673,598 - $864,228) the year before. The Glasgow-based eye care specialist has attributed the decline to costs related to acquisitions and store refurbishments. Turnover declined slightly to £11.63 million (€13.69m ...
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Marco Cason, 43, has been appointed general manager of Oftalmica...
Marco Cason, 43, has been appointed general manager of Oftalmica Galileo, the Italian subsidiary of Essilor International, taking the place of Paolo Fonelli, who will be acting as chairman
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Pramaor grew by 42 percent in the first nine months...
Pramaor grew by 42 percent in the first nine months of this year and aims to end the year with total sales of €3.4 million. Sales rose by 13 percent in Italy, but outside the domestic Italian market they jumped by 59 percent to represent just under 70 percent of ...
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Luxottica pays a €33 million tax adjustment
Luxottica reached an agreement with Italian tax authorities on the treatment of transfer pricing, the method used to determine the pricing of intra-group transactions. It is going to result in extra charges of €33 million following a tax audit that concerned transactions related to the export of finished products from ...
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Positive Q3 results and new strategies at Safilo
Safilo provided one of its strongest quarters in term of organic growth, and the company's new chief executive, Luisa Delgado, made a good impression when she presented her strategic views to the financial analysts who are following the company. Speaking in immaculate English, Delgado confirmed the main elements that have ...
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Pierre Verrier, who ran Logo Eyewear between 2008 and 2011,...
Pierre Verrier, who ran Logo Eyewear between 2008 and 2011, has acquired the French Cemo Group together with two of its managers. Based in the Jura region, the group employs 45 people and is a contractor for several important French eyewear companies and for Atol, a French buying group whose ...
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The president and the secretary general of Optic 2000, Didier...
The president and the secretary general of Optic 2000, Didier Papaz and Yves Guénin, were shown on television on Dec. 7 presenting a check for €1,070,000 to AFM-Téléthon, the very active French institute for the advancement of research into the prevention and cure of neuromuscular diseases. Stores affiliated with the ...
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Optic 2000, the French cooperative of independent opticians, chose an...
Optic 2000, the French cooperative of independent opticians, chose an atypical marketing tool to promote its collection of eyewear named “Les Inimitables,” last month. On Nov. 6-9, visitors at the Quatre Temps shopping mall at La Défense, near Paris, could stand in front of a giant interactive mirror to scan ...
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On Dec. 3, Essilor cancelled 1.5 million treasury shares, representing...
On Dec. 3, Essilor cancelled 1.5 million treasury shares, representing 0.5 percent of the share capital. The company has been buying back shares to offset the diluting effect of its own share option programs. After the latest transaction, Essilor still owned 4,519,926 treasury shares, or 2.1 percent of the equity.
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Modo Eyewear has donated close to $1 million worth of...
Modo Eyewear has donated close to $1 million worth of eyewear to the SEVA Foundation, which will give it to people in need in Nepal and other countries. The donation was made possible through a program, “Buy a Frame, Give a Frame,” whereby Modo donates one frame for each frame ...
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Bausch+Lomb is to retain over 1,000 jobs and create 100...
Bausch+Lomb is to retain over 1,000 jobs and create 100 new roles following a $106-million investment in its manufacturing facility in New York. Around 300 jobs would have been lost if the company had moved this new manufacturing line out of the U.S. Two manufacturing lines will be created and ...
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