All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 19-20 – Page 3
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The European Federation of National Associations and International Companies of...
The European Federation of National Associations and International Companies of Contact Lenses (Euromcontact) and Gino Van Ossel, a retail and marketing expert at the Vlerick Business School in Belgium, presented a simulation toolkit they have developed to help eye care professionals (ECPs) promote the wearer's loyalty, at a seminar in ...
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Spectaris, the German optical industry association, approves the German government's...
Spectaris, the German optical industry association, approves the German government's negative position on mandatory labels of imports for nonfood products made outside the European Union. The Competitiveness Council of the European Union held a meeting on Dec. 4 to discuss the status of product safety and market surveillance. In the ...
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Vision-Ease Lens has appointed John Weber as its chief executive....
Vision-Ease Lens has appointed John Weber as its chief executive. Doug Hepper, the company's CEO for the past 12 years, will assume the role of executive chairman. Weber joins Vision-Ease Lens after serving for six years as president of CooperVision. He also served as president of CooperVision Asia Pacific. Prior ...
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Glenn Sherling has been appointed by Ogi Eyewear to the...
Glenn Sherling has been appointed by Ogi Eyewear to the newly created position of senior director of operations. A finance and marketing graduate, he helped establish effective management practices at BBDO and Campbell Mithun Advertising. He opened and ran a Twin Cities office for Mars Advertising and acted most recently ...
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Basler, a German manufacturer of women's apparel, will be launching...
Basler, a German manufacturer of women's apparel, will be launching its first collection of sunglasses in the coming spring/summer season. BeYu, eyewear manufacturer from Austria, is the licensee for the collection, which includes six different styles and will be available in 49 Basler stores from March next year. The sunglasses ...
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The Brien Holden Institute, the Australian research firm, has announced...
The Brien Holden Institute, the Australian research firm, has announced plans to launch a series of commercial entities in Australia, China, India, Europe and the U.S. that will be known as Brien Holden Vision companies. These units will market products for myopia and myopia control, presbyopia, and potentially blinding eye ...
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Nidek has announced the release of the new pupillary distance...
Nidek has announced the release of the new pupillary distance meter PM-700. The device features an ergonomic design, to fit comfortably in the operator's hands, as well as a vertical marker with 0.25 mm increments that is said to allow easier alignment with the corneal reflection point. The scale can ...
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Andrea Guerra, who left as chief executive of Luxottica a...
Andrea Guerra, who left as chief executive of Luxottica a few months ago with a package of severance fees and shares worth about €46 million, has accepted a proposal by Italian Premier Matteo Renzi to act as his strategic adviser for one year, with no compensation. Guerra will officially assume ...
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Amplifon ties up with Salmoiraghi
Amplifon, an Italian company that has become a world leader in the distribution and fitting of hearing aids, has signed a commercial agreement with Salmoiraghi & Viganò (S&V), the biggest Italian optical retail chain. Under the terms of the deal, Amplifon will open 450 “Amplifon points” in S&V's stores, providing ...
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Brille & Co., the trade show in Dortmund, will be...
Brille & Co., the trade show in Dortmund, will be held a week earlier than in previous years and will take place on Jan. 17-18 in the exhibition center of the northern German city. A total of 90 exhibitors had signed up for the show by November and will present ...
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Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has a set a new date of...
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has a set a new date of Jan. 27, 2015 for shareholders to meet and vote on proposals to spin off its sporting goods business, including Bushnell, and to merge the rest of the group with Orbital Sciences Corporation. The U.S. Department of Justice has unconditionnally approved ...
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Giorgio Fedon & Figli has gone public on AIM, the...
Giorgio Fedon & Figli has gone public on AIM, the alternative market of the Italian Stock Exchange for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Italian supplier of eyewear cases and other accessories has been listed on Euronext Paris since 1988 and will continue to trade there simultaneously. The goal of the ...
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John Sanchez has left as president of Zeal Optics after...
John Sanchez has left as president of Zeal Optics after two years with the company, which was acquired by Maui Jim three years ago, to join Costa Sunglasses, the U.S. company recently purchased by Essilor International, in the position of vice president of product development. He will gradually take over ...
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Sharon Stone is the new testimonial of Alain Afflelou. The...
Sharon Stone is the new testimonial of Alain Afflelou. The French optical retail chain has announced a three-year partnership with the American movie star that will cover all the countries where the company is present. The first step in this new collaboration was the shooting a commercial under the direction ...
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After announcing new investments in its Italian manufacturing activities, Marchon...
After announcing new investments in its Italian manufacturing activities, Marchon has reported the promotion of its general manager of operations, Adriano De Sandre to the position of chief executive of its Italian subsidiary, with responsibility also for sales and product development. The present managing director, Giancarla Agnoli, will be honorary ...
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Positive action and new president for the Vision Impact Institute
The Vision Impact Institute (VII), which was set up by Essilor International in March 2013, is beginning to make some progress in putting together evidence of the cost of visual impairment to society and the economy in order to stimulate government action on vision care all over the world.Maureen Cavanagh, ...
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GrandVision acquires Italy’s Randazzo
Hal Holding has become the leader in the rather fragmented Italian optical market, with annual sales of more than €200 million and a market share estimated at between 6 and 7 percent. After its acquisition of the Ottica Avanzi chain of optical retail stores 14 years ago, the Dutch-based investment ...
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Actavis acquires Allergan
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the Canadian-based company that bought Bausch & Lomb for $8.7 billion in the spring of 2013, has lost its long and bitter battle to take over Allergan. A global leader in generic and branded drugs based in Dublin, Ireland, Actavis, has won with a friendlier bid for ...
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According to a survey by the German Forsa Institute of...
According to a survey by the German Forsa Institute of 1,001 people aged between 30 and 65, two-thirds of the respondents suffered from digital vision stress after using smartphones or tablets. The Forsa study, which was commissioned by Optiker Bode, the German chain of optical stores, found that people aged ...
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Electric, the American brand of sunglasses and accessories owned by...
Electric, the American brand of sunglasses and accessories owned by the French Kering group through Volcom, has extended its e-commerce operations from the U.S. and Canada to an initial series of European countries: France, Germany, the U.K., Spain, Italy, Belgium and Austria. The 14-year-old brand, which is based in California, ...
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