All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 5 – Page 3

  • Short stops

    Described as an accomplished snowboarder with prior experience in marketing...

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Described as an accomplished snowboarder with prior experience in marketing and retail, Kyle Martin has been appointed snow marketing manager at Dragon, the action sports eyewear brand acquired by Marchon last year

  • Article

    Europe records mixed CL sales in 2012

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    In 2012, the value of soft contact lens sales to eye care professionals (ECP) across a combined 31 European countries reached €1,396 million, up by 1.7 percent from the previous year, according to the most recent census released by Euromcontact. However, the data collected and assessed in the study for ...

  • News briefs

    Optic 2000 has reported a 5.7 percent increase in its...

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Optic 2000 has reported a 5.7 percent increase in its sales in Switzerland last year. The French buying and franchising group opened, in February, the first of five new stores planned for Switzerland in 2013, adding to the 47 affiliated stores it has. In the same month, Optic 2000 signed a ...

  • Article

    Luxottica sees Armani sales reaching €130 million this year

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Luxottica said that the launch of the three Armani brands it snatched from Safilo has been excellent and that the labels are expected to generate more or less €130 million in revenues this year, and about 10 percent of that amount was achieved in the first quarter. The brands' impact ...

  • News briefs

    The U.K. contact lens market grew by 1 percent in...

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The U.K. contact lens market grew by 1 percent in 2012 compared with the previous year, reaching a total value of £234.4 million (€278.7m-$364.1m). This and other data were recently released by Britain's Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers (ACLM), based on information supplied by 12 industry members. Daily disposables represented ...

  • Short stops

    Essilor will open a new 170,000-square-foot distribution facility in Lewisville,...

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Essilor will open a new 170,000-square-foot distribution facility in Lewisville, Texas, according to VMail, complementing its three-year-old distribution center in Columbus, Ohio