All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 5 – Page 2
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Big temporary drop in Essilor’s growth
A number of factors led Essilor International to book a sales increase of only 0.5 percent to €1,276.3 million in the first quarter ended March 31, in contrast with the strong year-on-year sales increases that it usually reports. On a comparable basis, the turnover was actually flat as the slight ...
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Jayanth Bhuvaraghan, president of Essilor International's business unit for Southeast...
Jayanth Bhuvaraghan, president of Essilor International's business unit for Southeast Asia and India, has been named chief corporate mission officer within Essilor's executive committee, a newly created position. Bhuvaraghan, who will report to Essilor's chairman and chief executive, Hubert Sagnières, will be in charge of encouraging all initiatives designed to ...
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Thierry Perrin has become the new president and chief executive...
Thierry Perrin has become the new president and chief executive of Alain Mikli International, following the French company's acquisition by Luxottica earlier this year. He takes the place of Antonio Bortuzzo who has moved to the U.S. to run Viva International. Perrin had joined Mikli last June to act as ...
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New Line Optik, the German distribution company based in Berlin,...
New Line Optik, the German distribution company based in Berlin, will be handling the distribution of the Cerruti 1881 eyewear collection in Germany. Negotiations between New Line Optik and TWC-L'Amy, the new licensee of the French brand, started during the last Silmo show. The Cerruti license was previously held by Nigura-Metzler, the Germany ...
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Baidu, China's largest internet search engine, is reportedly working on...
Baidu, China's largest internet search engine, is reportedly working on its own smart eyeglass technology, similar to the Google Glass project. The “Baidu Eyes” project would consist of a small LCD screen attached to a slim headset. The new glasses are expected to be able to do searches on the ...
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Philipp Greilberger assumed the post of commercial director for Austria at...
Philipp Greilberger assumed the post of commercial director for Austria at Safilo in March. He is working in the Austrian office of the Italian company, handling both the optical and sports retail channels in Austria. The 34-year-old business economist was previously working for Nike in Austria and Switzerland.
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The Vision Council and the California Optical Laboratories Association (COLA)...
The Vision Council and the California Optical Laboratories Association (COLA) signed a definitive merger agreement on April 26, as announced in January. Under the terms of the agreement, COLA's current leadership will remain in place to ensure a smooth transition. COLA members will join The Vision Council as The California ...
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The Vision Council, the U.S.-based trade association for manufacturers and...
The Vision Council, the U.S.-based trade association for manufacturers and suppliers of the optical industry, has named two new spokespeople, Lawrence Zarian and Jenn Falik, for its Eyecessorize campaign. Eyecessorize is the council's initiative to increase awareness of the fashion and lifestyle aspects of eyewear. Lawrence Zarian, or LZ as ...
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Zenni Optical has won a patent dispute with Aspex Eyewear...
Zenni Optical has won a patent dispute with Aspex Eyewear relating to the use of magnets to connect the bridges of eyeglasses and clip-on sunglasses. In 2002, Aspex sued Altair Eyewear, distributor of Tommy Bahama sunglasses, believing that Altair had been marketing and selling a magnetic clip-on sunglass product infringing their ...
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Signet Armorlite, which is now a property of Luxottica, has...
Signet Armorlite, which is now a property of Luxottica, has moved to a new and smaller facility in Carlsbad, California
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Armin Herdegen is the sales director at Hoya Lens Germany,...
Armin Herdegen is the sales director at Hoya Lens Germany, as from May 1. The 43-year-old has a long experience in the eyewear sector, opening his own optical retail store, managed by his wife, in 2001. At the same time, Herdegen started to work for Hoya Lens Germany, where he ...
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Safilo offsets Armani loss, makes more profits
Safilo managed to offset the loss of the Armani brands in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to organic growth of its remaining brands and the addition of Polaroid Eyewear. Sales rose by 2.9 percent to €297.0 million in the period from €288.7 million a year earlier. The top line ...
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Bausch+Lomb has appointed Donald Gagliano as vice president of global...
Bausch+Lomb has appointed Donald Gagliano as vice president of global development operations. Gagliano is a U.S. military colonel, retinal ophthalmologist and fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives. He had a military career for over 30 years and served since 2008 as executive director of the Vision Center ...
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Gatorz appointed Robert Reynolds as its new chief executive officer...
Gatorz appointed Robert Reynolds as its new chief executive officer effective April 2, 2013. Reynolds is a veteran of the action sports and retail markets. Previously, he served as co-founder and chief executive of Super Heat Games, where he handled three capital increases and signed licensing deals with over 30 ...
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Colors in Optics of New York has announced a new...
Colors in Optics of New York has announced a new licensing deal for ophthalmic and sun eyewear named after Elie Tahari, an American fashion house whose products are sold in more than 40 countries. Separately, Colors in Optics has become the U.S. distributor of Cesare Paciotti Eyewear. Brands O.I., the ...
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U.S. index shows improving ratings among independents
The U.S. Optical Business Barometer (OBB), a monthly gauge of general business attitudes among independent ECPs surveyed by Jobson Optical Research, rose to an index 3.8 in March, as compared to 3.7 in February, reflecting a positive attitude among independent eye care professionals. However, the March 2013 rating was lower ...
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Glasses.com, the American online eyewear retailer, plans to launch a...
Glasses.com, the American online eyewear retailer, plans to launch a 3D virtual try-on app that is supposed to generate an interactive photo-realistic image. For the past year it has been controlled by the same investors who own the 1-800 Contact e-commerce platform. Developed by 1-800 Contacts' founder and chief executive, ...
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Carl Zeiss AG has been granted clearance by the European...
Carl Zeiss AG has been granted clearance by the European Commission, under Article 6(1)(b) of the EU Merger Regulations, to acquire full control of Carl Zeiss Vision. Both companies are based in Germany. Carl Zeiss AG previously shared control of Carl Zeiss Vision jointly with the EQT III Fund. Carl ...
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Eva Mendes, the internationally famous actress, is featured in a...
Eva Mendes, the internationally famous actress, is featured in a new advertising campaign for Luxottica's Vogue line
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Alain Afflelou is reportedly negotiating the acquisition of a company...
Alain Afflelou is reportedly negotiating the acquisition of a company that would launch its retail franchising program in the U.K. by next September
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