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Rodenstock offered visitors at this year's Opti show in Munich...
Rodenstock offered visitors at this year's Opti show in Munich a chance to design their own pair of sunglasses. The best design concept will be integrated in the brand's next collection of sunglasses, to be launched in August 2014. The winner was awarded on the third day of the trade ...
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New majority owners for MyOptique
MyOptique Group, the U.K. based online retailer that owns Glasses Direct and other e-commerce operations, has raised £8 million (€9.7m-$13.2m) in additional equity in connection with the entry of two new shareholders, Ciplo Partners and GP Bullhound Sidecar. The former investors in the company - Acton Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners ...
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Opti show records growth in terms of visitors and internationality
About 24,000 trade and business professionals from more than 80 countries visited the Opti trade show held in Munich on Jan. 10-12. Visitor numbers have increased over the last couple of years; last year for example the fair attracted about 23,000 visitors.A total of 501 exhibitors presented their new collections, ...
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The U.K.'s Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) is inviting for...
The U.K.'s Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) is inviting for the first time companies outside the U.K. to become members of the organization. Membership had been limited until now to British firms and to the British subsidiaries of foreign companies. Members can belong to any of FMO's focus groups for ...
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Marchon Eyewear has set up a new management team for...
Marchon Eyewear has set up a new management team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa that will report to Nicola Zotta, managing director of the EMEA region. The former country manager for Spain and Portugal, Marco De Davide, is now regional business director for Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and ...
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Insights into European markets and trends
France remained the biggest importer of ophthalmic optics products in 2012, with an increase in the value of imports of 18 percent to €1.26 billion, according an annual report by Spectaris, the German ophthalmic industry association, on the state of the European market. Germany remained in second place with an ...
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Euromcontact on fluorescein strips
Euromcontact has called on EU member states to be “pragmatic” and allow fluorescein strips on the market as medical devices until their classification is concluded in the Borderline & Classification Expert group. Failing to do so would have a major impact on the availability of such products, impacting European patients, ...
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Salmoiraghi enters drugstores
Salmoiraghi & Viganò, Italy's leading optical retail chain, will soon have a presence in pharmacies in a pilot project in partnership with Essere e Benessere, a retail chain specialized in pharmaceuticals and hygiene products. It will do so under its low-cost VistaSì banner.Just before last Christmas, the eyewear chain opened ...
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The latest “Mese della Vista” (=Vision Month) initiative in Florence,...
The latest “Mese della Vista” (=Vision Month) initiative in Florence, on Jan. 18-19, attracted 128 women and 146 men. The patients' age ranged between 6 and 83. The initiative was organized by Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), the body promoting vision correction under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Health ...
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Many people tend to delay their eye exam for years....
Many people tend to delay their eye exam for years. A recent survey by the Simplyhealth Advisory Research Panel (ShARP), an independent group of medical experts in the U.K., has revealed that more than half of potential patients put off their eye test for up to five years. Others admit ...
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Mykita opened its second store in Switzerland in December in...
Mykita opened its second store in Switzerland in December in Zermatt. The store has a focus on Mykita's Mylon collection. A franchise partner, who also partly owns and runs the German brand's store in Zürich, will manage the unit in Zermatt. Mykita already has stores in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Tokyo ...
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Far East e-commerce platforms most dangerous for fakes
The first structured study analyzing online sales of counterfeits in the Italian eyewear and footwear sectors, two key industries in the country, show that the most dangerous sites are large e-commerce platforms, first and foremost those in China and other parts of the Far East. The results of the latest ...
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The creditors of Sover, an Italian eyewear firm that recently...
The creditors of Sover, an Italian eyewear firm that recently filed for bankruptcy protection, have been summoned to appear in a court in Belluno at 9.30 am on Thursday Feb. 13, to agree to a settlement of their debts based on the proposals made by the company last Oct. 25. ...
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S&P ups Luxottica’s credit rating to A-
Even before the publication of Luxottica's sales results and Andrea Guerra's interview with an Italian newspaper, Standard & Poor's (S&P) raised Luxottica's long-term credit rating to “A-” from “BBB+,” with a stable outlook. The company continues to be considered more trustworthy than Italy, whose long-term debt is rated “BBB” by ...
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TD Tom Davies organized creative labs for the first time...
TD Tom Davies organized creative labs for the first time during the Opti trade show held in Munich on Jan. 10-12. In the creative labs, which will account for 50 percent of the company's trade show business in the future, opticians have the chance to work directly with Tom Davies ...
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Italia Independent continues with its policy of developing and offering...
Italia Independent continues with its policy of developing and offering limited series of prescription frames and sunglasses in collaboration with well-known designers. This time, at the Opti fair in Munich, the Italian company presented two styles co-branded with Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer. One of the models combined Italian ...
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Menicon, the contact lens manufacturer from Japan, has opened a...
Menicon, the contact lens manufacturer from Japan, has opened a multi-purpose center for contact lenses in Emmen, the Netherlands, in collaboration with NKL Contactlenzen, Menicon's strategic partner in the Netherlands, in which it has a financial stake. A facility measuring 4,675 square meters has been established for the production of ...
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For the fourth consecutive year, Zeiss is giving a share...
For the fourth consecutive year, Zeiss is giving a share of profits to all employees under a collectively agreed scheme. Each of them received a bonus of more than €1,000 pre-tax based on the results for the business year ended on Sept. 30.
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Oliver Goldsmith Spectacles, the company owned by the senior Oliver...
Oliver Goldsmith Spectacles, the company owned by the senior Oliver Goldsmith, took over the distribution of its products in Europe in mid-2013, working through sales representatives employed by the company in all markets. The British eyewear brand exhibited for the first time at the Opti show in Munich in order ...
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Zeiss launched its first collection of “digital lenses” at Opti...
Zeiss launched its first collection of “digital lenses” at Opti 2014, presenting a totally new first-pair product category for the company. The target customer for this collection is aged between 30 and 45 years and is a frequent user of smartphones and tablets, experiencing near-vision discomfort for the first time. ...
