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WearLite, a Swiss lens manufacturer that won last year's Swiss...
WearLite, a Swiss lens manufacturer that won last year's Swiss Innovation Prize, has cooperated with Prost Boucle, a well-known manufacturer of eyewear frames based in Geneva, for its latest product innovation, “DiamondFusion.” At the Baselworld trade fair for jewelry, WearLite presented the first lens with incorporated diamonds and jewels. In the ...
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The introduction of new systems by various lens manufacturers to...
The introduction of new systems by various lens manufacturers to block the penetration of harmful blue light is enlivening the eyewear market. The BiB Group has indirectly benefitted with strong demand and big orders at recent trade shows for a new device that measures the lens' ability to do this, ...
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Some new figures from Germany
At its annual press conference, German opticians' association, ZVA, estimated that the German optical retail market increased againt to a total turnover of €5,438 million in 2013, but cautioned that the rise was mainly due to increased online sales. A total of about 500,000 eyeglasses were sold over the internet last year. ...
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A good quarter for Fielmann
Germany's largest optical retailer improved its sales by 9 percent on a same-store basis in its domestic market during the first quarter ended March 31. Its sales in the country moved up to €256.9 million from €231.2 million in the same period a year ago, and they resulted in an ...
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Fielmann has some new projects
The company is anticipating a doubling in its revenues from contact lenses and accessories in the coming years. Marc Fielmann, son of the group's founder and chief executive, Günther Fielmann, is leading a project to develop online sales of contact lenses in Germany at some future date, similar to an ...
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Ferdinand Menrad has set up a new Italian subsidiary at...
Ferdinand Menrad has set up a new Italian subsidiary at Arconate, near Milan. It is run by Alessandro Chitotti, who was previously responsible for Charmant in Italy, and Marco Tassini, who has also his own business, supplying cleaning cloths and cases to opticians. The German company was previously represented in ...
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Mykita has partnered with Maison Martin Margiela, the fashion house...
Mykita has partnered with Maison Martin Margiela, the fashion house bought by Renzo Rosso in 2002, for two new collections of eyewear, “Essential” and “Dual.” They were presented for the first time last month at selected Maison Martin Margiela boutiques and Mykita stores worldwide, followed by a broader release at ...
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A relatively good quarter for Essilor
Sales increased more than expected at Essilor International in the first quarter ended March 31. They rose by 3.6 percent to €1,322.6 million, but they were up by 8.4 percent excluding foreign exchange currency conversions. Changes in the scope of consolidation represented six full percentage points of growth, with Costa ...
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Maui Jim has earned the Seal of Recommendation from the...
Maui Jim has earned the Seal of Recommendation from the Skin Cancer Foundation. The Seal of Recommendation, which is a symbol of safe sun protection recognized by consumers worldwide, is granted to sun protection products after they have been verified by an independent committee of experts specialized in the study of ...
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The organizers of Out of Mido described its second edition...
The organizers of Out of Mido described its second edition last April 8-13 as an enormous success. Almost 18,000 consumers and retailers visited a showroom in downtown Milan where 15 companies displayed highly creative eyewear styles during the big International Furniture Fair in the city. The exhibitors included companies such ...
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Ocuco is waiting for a final decision by the U.S....
Ocuco is waiting for a final decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sometime this month on the re-examination that it has requested for a patent registered by Carl Zeiss in 2000 in the area of back-surface free-form processing of progressive lenses. The USPTO's verdict should fall sometime ...
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TD Tom Davies has opened its first shop. Located on...
TD Tom Davies has opened its first shop. Located on London's Sloan Square, the two-level store is said to be the first in the U.K. to benefit from a full suite of clinical and dispensing equipment supplied by Carl Zeiss.
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Luxottica’s first quarter was hit by unfavorable currency rates
Luxottica reported a 1.2 percent decline in first-quarter revenues to €1.842 billion due to unfavorable foreign exchange rates. At constant currency rates, sales were up by 4.2 percent. The company saw a decline, against the euro, in all five main currencies in which it trades, namely the U.S and Australian ...
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Marcolin's integration with Viva follows interesting criteria
Marcolin is following a matrix management system and best-practice criteria for the integration of Viva International, the big American company that it purchased late last December. The integration process is still ongoing, but Giovanni Zoppas, the chief executive of the group, and other executives of the company agreed to share ...
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Faoflex has created a new hinge for spectacles that requires...
Faoflex has created a new hinge for spectacles that requires no screws. This Italian frame manufacturer, who is based at Segusino, has devised an ingenious system that gives the temples all the movement they require using a hinge, called Articula, that is made up of a series of “vertebrae.” It ...
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Google continues to test Google Glass
Google held a 24-hour general sale of Google Glass device in the U.S. last April 15, inviting U.S. residents to order them for $1,500 on the internet. The initiative was described as a temporary extension of its “explorer” program intended to test the public's reactions, which continues to be limited ...
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The latest numbers on contact lens sales in Europe
In 2013, sales of contact lens sales to eye care professionals (ECP) across a combined 33 European countries reached €1,468, marking a 3.6 percent rise on the previous year, according to the most recent census released by Euromcontact, the short name for the European Federation of National Associations and International ...
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Google plans to develop a contact lens with an incorporated...
Google plans to develop a contact lens with an incorporated camera and display. According to on online magazine, Google has already registered for a patent at the U.S. patent office. The camera can be started by means of an integrated sensor per eyelid movement. A smartphone, carried by the wearer ...
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Mercy Jeysingham, a committee member of the U.K. General Optical...
Mercy Jeysingham, a committee member of the U.K. General Optical Council, has been appointed chief executive of Vision 2020 UK, replacing the retiring Anita Lightstone. Launched in 2008, Vision 20/20 UK is part of the global Vision 20/20 strategic initiative led by the World Health Organization and the International Association ...
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The ECV calls the EU to take measures to promote eye health
The European Coalition for Vision (ECV) met on April 1 with the European Union's Directorate General for Health and Consumers and with Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, to reiterate its call to include eye health and vision in the European political agenda. The ECV said that EU authorities ...
