All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 2-3 – Page 3

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    PPG and its key partners announced the German launch of...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    PPG and its key partners announced the German launch of its Tribrid lenses during Opti ‘13. Suited to patients with higher prescriptions, Tribrid features optical clarity, lightweight comfort, thinness, impact resistance and protection. Tribrid lenses are available from Seiko Optical, AVM, Nika, Novacel and Stratemeyer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ...

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    Salmoiraghi launches an innovative website

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Salmoiraghi & Viganò, the leading Italian optical retail chain, has launched a new institutional website featuring an innovative service for “virtual glass fitting.” Visitors can “try on” the new collections of the Italian optical chain from a virtual mirror online. It is the first service of this kind to be offered ...

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    Hans Anders introduces brands and buys a Swedish chain

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Direkt Optik is a profitable Swedish chain of optical retail stores, established by the British Crown Eyeglass group back in 1992, but it has a market share of less than 4 percent with its 13 corporate stores and 22 franchises. It was also facing a problem of succession as some ...

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    Wagner + Kühne launched the first collection of More &...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Wagner + Kühne launched the first collection of More & More branded eyewear for men at this year's Opti show in Munich. Additionally, Wagner + Kühne expanded its Pepe Jeans and s.Oliver collections to include eyewear for children, also presented in Munich. Wagner + Kühne handles the design and production ...

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    Allison cuts debt, launches new lines and has a new CEO

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Allison is about to start a new page in the chapter of a history that began in 1997. After a long period of restructuring, recapitalization by its owners ? Paladin Capital Partners of the Carisma Group ? and the sale of its production facilities at Volta Mantovana, the group has ...

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    Evonik Industries will increase the prices for all molding compounds...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Evonik Industries will increase the prices for all molding compounds sold under the Plexiglas and Pleximid trademarks due to the continued escalation in the cost of raw materials. The increase will amount to €0.14 per kilogram. The German group, which is active in over 100 countries, is a global manufacturer ...

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    Alcon's Vision Care division posted a global sales increase of...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Alcon's Vision Care division posted a global sales increase of 4 percent to $606 million for the fourth quarter, thanks to strong sales of contact lenses and better sales of multipurpose products against a weak quarter for them in 2011. Alcon is the second-largest division of the Novartis group portfolio, ...

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    Albin Paget has signed a licensing agreement with Viktor &...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Albin Paget has signed a licensing agreement with Viktor & Rolf for the European market, with an option to extend it to the Americas. It is the first eyewear license for this fashion brand. Reportedly, the company is discussing another licensing deal and planning to put out a line under ...

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    Lunettes Grasset has announced a licensing agreement for the development,...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Lunettes Grasset has announced a licensing agreement for the development, production and distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses under the Tara Jarmon brand name. The first collection will be presented at the next Silmo fair in Paris. Noted for its attention to details, Tara Jarmon is described as a contemporary ...

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    Rodenstock has agreed to a cross-licensing agreement with Carl Zeiss...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Rodenstock has agreed to a cross-licensing agreement with Carl Zeiss Vision for patents covering some of their ophthalmic lens technologies, including Zeiss' back-surface free-from technology. Zeiss has already struck similar agreements with Essilor, Hoya, Indizen and Vision-Ease.

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    Online sales of contact lenses stir U.K. after reports

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The U.K. contact lens community is in an uproar after three articles within a month in The Sun newspaper told of lens wearers losing an eye. An executive from the industry, the British Contact Lens Association and the Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers are all getting involved in the commotion.The ...

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    Julbo launched a big TV advertising campaign this past month...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Julbo launched a big TV advertising campaign this past month of January on Eurosport and Eurosport 2. Coinciding with the winter sports races covered by these channels, the campaign is expected to reach more than 12 million impacts. The French sports eyewear company used the opportunity of the Ispo show ...

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    Adlens, the supplier of adjustable focus eyewear, has appointed three...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Adlens, the supplier of adjustable focus eyewear, has appointed three new managers to its sales team: David Eichelberger, John Barry and Florence Cheng. Eichelberger has become sales director; he joined the company's Boston office in 2012, after 30 years' experience with leading players in the eyewear industry. Barry is the ...

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    PFO Global acquires Optima

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Optima Inc. is a U.S.-based subsidiary of a Japanese maker of high-index lenses which has developed a patented casting process for polycarbonate lenses, called Resolution, that makes them free of distortions and birefringence. However, it has sold its products mostly to independent opticians in the U.S, where polycarbonate makes up ...

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    Germany's optical industry grows mostly abroad

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Thomas Truckenbrod, president of the German opticians' association, ZVA, reported at the Opti ‘13 trade show in Munich that the German ophthalmic optics market recorded stable sales in 2012, but with a decline of about 3 percent in the number of frames sold in the stores. Higher average prices offset ...

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    Rodenstock recorded an increase in its sales of 7 percent...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Rodenstock recorded an increase in its sales of 7 percent to more than €386 million in 2012. The international business of the company accounts for 64 percent of Rodenstock's total sales. The most dynamic markets for the German company are Asia, the Middle and Far East and South America. In ...

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    Mister Spex grows by more than 50%

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Mister Spex, the leading German online retailer, increased sales by more than 50 percent from €17 million in 2011 to €26 million in 2012. While Mister Spex recorded 300,000 clients at the end of 2011, the number of customers increased to 500,000 at the end of the last year. These ...

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    Ivan Dompé, 40, former corporate communications director of Luxottica, he...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Ivan Dompé, 40, former corporate communications director of Luxottica, he became director of financial and corporate communications of Yook, the global online retailing platform for branded apparel, shoes and other accessories. Before Luxottica, he worked in Edison and Pirelli.

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    Ceralp, a French optical retailer with about 31 stores, has...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Ceralp, a French optical retailer with about 31 stores, has joined SAPMM, the buying group belonging to Schertz. Before this new arrival, the group had 26 members with 120 sales outlets. The various cooperatives in the fields of optical and hearing aids that make up Schertz include Luz Optique, Luz ...

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    Etnia Barcelona recorded an increase in its sales of 29 percent in...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Etnia Barcelona recorded an increase in its sales of 29 percent in 2012, with 459,120 frames sold. The monthly record was October, with a sales volume of 60,463 frames. The objective for 2013 is to grow once again by 25 percent. In terms of value, sales increased in France by 34 percent ...