All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 13-14
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New solutions are on the way for people suffering from...
New solutions are on the way for people suffering from low vision. A team of researchers at Oxford University in the UK, led by Stephen Hicks, are currently developing a prototype pair of hi-tech glasses aimed at facilitating the mobility of people suffering from serious eyesight problems. The prototype features ...
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The organizers of the Opti show in Munich are offering...
The organizers of the Opti show in Munich are offering exhibitors free seminars, courses and workshops on how to prepare for the show, due to be held next Jan. 9-11. They will be able to book for the sessions on Opti's website, which also lists the available dates. Foreign companies ...
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Smith Optics has struck a marketing partnership with Vail Resorts...
Smith Optics has struck a marketing partnership with Vail Resorts in the U.S. to be the exclusive eyewear and helmet supplier to the personnel in its resorts and lodgings
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Silmo launches Silmo Istanbul
The agency that organized the new Istanbul Optik Fuari (ISOF) fair last December, 24 Saat Fuarilik, which also runs a local trade magazine, has rebranded it as Silmo Istanbul as part of a strategic alliance with the organizers of the Silmo fair in Paris. Their stated goal is to turn ...
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The Japanese Patent Office has granted Zeiss two patents related...
The Japanese Patent Office has granted Zeiss two patents related to its freeform progressive technology. These include the types of progressive lenses whose front surfaces are rotationally symmetric with the back-surface progressive design determined by the individual prescriptions alone or in combination with other customization options. The back-surface freeform progressive ...
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Silhouette is reviving its iconic Futura glasses from the ‘seventies,...
Silhouette is reviving its iconic Futura glasses from the ‘seventies, offering them in SP¨X, in connection with the 50th anniversary of the Austrian company
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Francis Jean, founder and president of Iris The Visual Group,...
Francis Jean, founder and president of Iris The Visual Group, the leading Canadian optical retailing group, died while riding a bicycle in the Iris Challenge, an event organized by the company to raise money for cancer research. He was 56 years old. Together with other optometrists, Jean founded the Iris ...
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Safilo is putting out a first line of men's eyewear...
Safilo is putting out a first line of men's eyewear under the Carrera by Jimmy Choo brand
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The number of Fielmann shares trading on the stock exchanges...
The number of Fielmann shares trading on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt and other German cities will double on Friday, Aug. 22, following the stock split decided at the group's annual meeting on July 3
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Jobson Optical Research has released a new report entitled “Selling...
Jobson Optical Research has released a new report entitled “Selling Eyewear to Children,” which explores the under-18 age group's eyewear market from the eyecare professional's perspective. Combining data from two separate studies, the report outlines consumer buying patterns for distinct age categories within the children's segment. It reveals information on ...
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Oakley is launching a new edition of its legendary M...
Oakley is launching a new edition of its legendary M Frame from the 'nineties, called M2, in a more durable and lightweight material
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Safilo reaches deal on layoffs at Italian plants
Safilo has reached an agreement with the unions that will lead to about 100 job losses at its Italian plants in Longarone and Santa Maria di Sala. The two factories will return to normal working levels as a 24-month solidarity contract, or a time-sharing deal, expires on Aug. 31. The ...
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CooperVision is launching an e-commerce service for contact lens orders....
CooperVision is launching an e-commerce service for contact lens orders. Now in its U.S. beta release, the service, called LensFerry, allows wearers to order replacement contact lenses from any manufacturer via their mobile devices, tablets or computers. The prescribing practice gets the sales revenue as if the lenses had been ...
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Italia Independent has opened its first concept store outside Italy,...
Italia Independent has opened its first concept store outside Italy, in Paris's St Germain des Prés, and has three U.S. openings in the pipeline for later this year, in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. The Italian company will also have a pop-up store in a fashion floor of the ...
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Olivier Ciaravino is cumulating his existing role of global president...
Olivier Ciaravino is cumulating his existing role of global president of Bushnell Outdoor Products' eyewear division with that of managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), following the departure of Didier Hamm. He will work in Europe with two sales management teams for general eyewear and sports ...
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Lindberg is offering a new of children's prescription glasses with...
Lindberg is offering a new of children's prescription glasses with Transitions lenses
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Nau !, the largest Italian chain of franchised optical retail...
Nau !, the largest Italian chain of franchised optical retail shops, has opened a new store at Parco Leonardo, a shopping mall near Rome's Fiumicino Airport. This is the third opening in Rome after two others in the historic center of the capital. The chain has grown to about 70 ...
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Hoya Vision Care has signed a multiple-year contract with i-Optics,...
Hoya Vision Care has signed a multiple-year contract with i-Optics, the inventor of the Easyscan retinal imaging device, to offer opticians the Easyscan 3-minute eye-care test services. Easyscan is a zero-dilation retinal imaging system that uses scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) technology to diagnose retinal diseases including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular ...
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New Look Eyewear, an optical retailer in eastern Canada, has...
New Look Eyewear, an optical retailer in eastern Canada, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain optical assets and businesses of Optic Direct, carrying on doing business under the Greiche & Scaff banner in Quebec. The assets and businesses to be acquired include 49 corporately owned stores in ...
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Small increase in U.S. optical business rating in July
The overall rating of the U.S. optical business environment was 3.77 in July, a very slight increase from the June rating of 3.76, according to the Optical Business Barometer (OBB) compiled by Jobson Optical Research. The July 2014 rating also shows an increase from the July 2013 rating of 3.63, ...
