All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 2-3
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Hoya improves sales and profits markedly
Operations at the company's superlaboratory for eyeglass lenses in Thailand have been completely restored. This led Hoya Vision Care to recover around 90 percent of the sales level it had reached before the flooding on the global basis, and to raise its global sales of lenses by 40 percent in ...
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Google has set up a website for its Google Glass...
Google has set up a website for its Google Glass project and announced a contest related to the product, which is still to be formally introduced. Google posted a promo video for the internet-connected glasses on YouTube, and consumers can buy the product. The glasses, which will not be available ...
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Valerio Giacobbi is the new general manager of sales, marketing...
Valerio Giacobbi is the new general manager of sales, marketing and business strategies for Marcolin, reporting to Giovanni Zoppas, Marcolin's chief executive. Giacobbi has 20 years of experience in the eyewear industry, including having been the executive director of business development, the executive vice president for retail in North America, ...
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Jobson Healthcare has set up a nonprofit foundation named for,...
Jobson Healthcare has set up a nonprofit foundation named for, and in honor of, Rick Bay, the publisher and president of Review of Optometry and Review of Ophthalmology who died in December. The Rick Bay Foundation for Excellence in Eyecare Education will provide scholarships to students in optometry and ophthalmology ...
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Pennine Optical has formed a joint venture with Groupe TWC-L'Amy...
Pennine Optical has formed a joint venture with Groupe TWC-L'Amy called Couture Brands. It will introduce Kenzo, Cerruti 1881, Balmain and Bally ophthalmic and sunglass collections in the U.K. and Ireland. Pennine is currently looking for sales agents to supplement its current sales staff. The new company will formally launch ...
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OGI Eyewear, a U.S. producer of frames and sun eyewear...
OGI Eyewear, a U.S. producer of frames and sun eyewear based in Minneapolis, is now distributing its Seraphin product line directly in Germany. It plans to change it Seraphin sales to a direct distribution mode in all European countries, where it previously worked together with distributors, namely in the Netherlands, Switzerland ...
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REM Eyewear is introducing its V-Lites, a spinoff of its...
REM Eyewear is introducing its V-Lites, a spinoff of its Visualites line that is customizable. Customers have three lens shapes and four colors to choose from to create glasses that perfectly suit them. The V-Lites are rimless and are made from ultralight, flexible TR-90.
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Eastern States Eyewear is going to be the exclusive distributor...
Eastern States Eyewear is going to be the exclusive distributor of Menrad's L'Wren Scott Eyewear in the U.S. L'Wren Scott, the fashion designer and model, launched her line of women's eyewear in 2006 through Menrad, a German company. The full collection of sunglasses and optical frames will be available at ...
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Safilens is selling its fusion technology lenses directly in Switzerland...
Safilens is selling its fusion technology lenses directly in Switzerland by means of a partnership agreement. Before that, it was sold by a Swiss distributor. At the end of 2012, Safilens opened a subsidiary in London and another one near Stockholm in order to be able to change the distribution ...
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Luxottica deploys new growth initiatives
Luxottica continued to grow strongly in 2012 in terms of sales, and even more so in terms of profits. The management expects this pattern to be repeated for the fourth year in a row in 2013, with sales going up in the high single digits and profits moving up about ...
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Zyloware Eyewear is joining with Leon Max, the department store...
Zyloware Eyewear is joining with Leon Max, the department store fashion designer, to launch the new brand MaxStudio.com. The collection will come out in April, coinciding with Zyloware's 90th anniversary. The MaxStudio.com collection is targeted at women seeking superior, sophisticated styling with a refined, minimalistic look. Featuring the MaxStudio.com globe ...
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Specsavers has signed a licensing deal to distribute the EyeDispense...
Specsavers has signed a licensing deal to distribute the EyeDispense app for iPads, following trials in three of its stores. The agreement gives the British retailer multiple unlimited rights to distribute the app across all of its stores worldwide. Specsavers is the biggest optical retailer in the U.K. and Ireland. ...
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Marchon Eyewear has a new licensing deal to manufacture and...
Marchon Eyewear has a new licensing deal to manufacture and distribute eyewear under the G-Star brand. G-Star Raw started out as a denim brand, emphasizing its use of raw denim, but has since branched out to other apparel, footwear and accessories. Its first eyewear collection will be available starting in ...
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The Vision Council has launched a new website dealing with...
The Vision Council has launched a new website dealing with low vision and low vision solutions. The new site of the American industry organization, whatislowvision.org, is designed both for those with low vision – affected by macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and other eye conditions associated with aging – and ...
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Optiker Gilde, one of the major German cooperatives of independent...
Optiker Gilde, one of the major German cooperatives of independent opticians, has launched a new design for its own printed and online magazine, called Augenoptiker Umschau, and boosted its staff. The printed edition has a circulation of 400,000 copies.
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Fielmann continues to improve
Germany's largest optical retail chain continued to raise its domestic market share in 2012. In a market that is estimated to have declined by 1 percent, Fielmann boosted the volume of spectacles sold by 4.9 percent to 7.1 million pairs, and the first few weeks of 2013 give it reason ...
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The expansion of Eyes + More will continue this year....
The expansion of Eyes + More will continue this year. On Feb. 16, Eyes + More opened a new store in Augsburg, managed on a franchise basis. The company currently counts 73 stores in Germany, 39 in the Netherlands and one in Vienna. Only 20 stores are managed on a ...
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A.T. Cross may concentrate on eyewear
A.T. Cross Company is looking at strategic alternatives for its Cross Accessory division, home of the 257-year-old Cross pen business. C.W. Downer & Company will advise the company on possibilities. No definite decision has been made about the fate of the division, and no timetable has been set for action. ...
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Danish and U.S. companies merge
Bellinger House, the Danish eyewear company, has merged with Los Angeles-based Entourage of 7.Bellinger House, founded in 2003 by Claus Bellinger Diederichsen and his wife, Malene, sells the Bellinger, Blac and Kamaeleon brands. Its headquarters, including design, logistics, accounting, customer service, production and marketing, is based in Aarhus, Denmark. Its ...
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Safilo Group will design, manufacture and distribute a collection of...
Safilo Group will design, manufacture and distribute a collection of optical frames and sunglasses under the Bobbi Brown brand name through a new licensing deal with the brand, owned by Estée Lauder Companies. The first collection will be out for spring 2014, and the deal runs through Dec. 31, 2018. ...
