All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 17-18 – Page 2

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    Strong support for the World Sight Day Challenge

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Optometry Giving Sight's main annual campaign, the World Sight Day Challenge, has proved globally the biggest yet this year according to Donna Power, who leads the charity's fundraising efforts in Europe in its bid to prevent blindness and impaired vision due to uncorrected refractive errors around the world. This was ...

  • News briefs

    New Look Eyewear, the Canadian optical retailer, has completed its...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    New Look Eyewear, the Canadian optical retailer, has completed its acquisition of Greiche & Scaff, a Québec-based banner. The deal was valued at C$17.75 million (€12.44m-$15.57m), paid in cash at closing plus assumed liabilities, subject to customary price adjustments. Following the acquisition, New Look will have a combined store network ...

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    Lens firms launch new consumer campaigns in Europe

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Determined to gain further market share in the opthalmic optics market, Hoya is launching its first consumer-oriented brand campaign in Europe. Each country is implementing it differently and at different times. Some have started already in September and others will only start next January, but the general goal is to ...

  • Short stops

    Brulimar Optical Group launched at Silmo a new line of...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Brulimar Optical Group launched at Silmo a new line of cutting-edge frames developed for Crosshatch, a British brand of colorful youth clothing

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    Jan Willem van der Brink, who founded a new company...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Jan Willem van der Brink, who founded a new company called Metzler International last year to take over the assets of the bankrupt Nigura Metzler Optics International, is planning to set up a subsidiary in Singapore by the end of this year, covering all the markets in the Asia-Pacific region. ...

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    Safilo wants Smith to be a more global brand

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Safilo has announced a thorough restructuring of its Smith Optics subsidiary in the U.S. with the objective of turning it into a global brand. The move will lead to further integration with the Safilo group and the closure of Smith's headquarters in Ketchum, Idaho, which has a staff of about ...

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    At Silmo, Hoet launched a new brand of corrective frames,...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    At Silmo, Hoet launched a new brand of corrective frames, Conbrio, which are designed by Patrick Hoet's daughter Bieke Hoet. She also designs and develops the sunglasses that are sold by Hoet under the Cabrio brand. The Conbrio collection currently has two models in three different colors. The frames are ...

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    Dita Eyewear launched a new licensed brand at Mido this…

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Dita Eyewear launched a new licensed brand at Mido this year under the brand name Dita Van Teese, who is one of the most famous burlesque dancers worldwide. The collection of sunglasses has been on sale since March.

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    The Theo brand launched a new brand theme, “Candy Shop,”...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The Theo brand launched a new brand theme, “Candy Shop,” at Silmo. It will be used for the brand's sales support advertising material, the company's website and new marketing images. Additionally 30 new models made of stainless steel were launched in 8 colors each. Theo also launched a limited edition ...

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    Fitting Box will open an office in New York at...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Fitting Box will open an office in New York at the beginning of the next year. The U.S. market accounts for 30 percent of total sales, while 50 percent of sales are generated in France, where the company has its headquarters.

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    Fitting Box has launched a new virtual try-on software package,...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Fitting Box has launched a new virtual try-on software package, called Owiz, for opticians. It was presented for the first time at Silmo in September. Owiz is now available for a 24-month licensing fee of €936, including a virtual mirror that allows customers the possibility to virtually try on different ...

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    Big drop in J&J’s vision care business

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Johnson & Johnson's vision care sales dropped to $704 millio in the third quarter of 2014, down 5.9 percent from a year ago. U.S. sales totaled $232 million, representing a 12.5 percent decline from the same period last year. International sales fell at an even rate of 2.3 percent to ...

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    At the end of October, the KGS Curatorship in Berlin...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    At the end of October, the KGS Curatorship in Berlin started an advertising campaign to inform people about the necessity of wearing glasses when skiing. Opticians have been invited to participate in the campaign. Together with ASiS, a German organization for “safety in sports,” and the German Snowboard Association, KGS ...

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    Okia is beginning to play with carbon fiber in its...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Okia is beginning to play with carbon fiber in its HDA collection

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    ic! Berlin, the German eyewear manufacturer based in Berlin, opened...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    ic! Berlin, the German eyewear manufacturer based in Berlin, opened a subsidiary in Turkey in October. The subsidiary, which is 100 percent owned by ic! Berlin, will be managed by Gülcin Ündemir. After the contract with its Turkish distribution partner ended, ic! Berlin decided to set up its own distribution ...

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    ic! Berlin, the Berlin based eyewear brand, launched its first...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    ic! Berlin, the Berlin based eyewear brand, launched its first frames made with a 3D printer at Silmo this year. The polyamide frames are made by a factory in southern Germany and are assembled at the brand's headquarters in Berlin. At Opti, ic! Berlin will be presenting new models made ...

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    Mondottica has won a Gold Award for its new Spine...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Mondottica has won a Gold Award for its new Spine collection at Frontier Magazine's Buyer's Forum for travel retail in Cannes. Its Spine sunglasses, which were presented at the recent Silmo show in Paris, feature an innovative hinge that improves grip and flex for active lifestyles. The five vertebrae of ...

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    Ottica Avanzi, the Italian optical retail chain that has been...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Ottica Avanzi, the Italian optical retail chain that has been part of the GrandVision group since 1999, has a new managing director, Christophe Reale. The 46-year-old executive had been the managing director of an Italian coffee company, Espressamente Illy, since 2008. He previously acted as operations director at Airest, a ...

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    Bushnell is doing well and ATK may keep it

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Alliant Techsystems (ATK) is reviewing a plan to spin off Bushnell and the other parts of its Sporting Goods segment to a new publicly trade company controlled by its shareholders. Called Vista Outdoor, the new company was going to start trading in January. However, after setting Dec. 9 as the ...

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    Marchon invests in Italy and Asia

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Marchon Eyewear has annunced a €3 million investments in its Italian facilities in the Belluno district, which had already been expanded considerably in 2011. They will lead to a 30 percent increase in production capacity and add about 2,000 square meters of additional office space, including a new showroom ...