All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 9-10
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New products by Hoya
Hoya Vision Care announced in the last few days the introduction of several new products including a more reactive photochromic lens, Hoya Sensity. It became available in Europe and South Africa on June 2 in bronze brown and silvery grey tints, replacing the company's Suntech Intense offer.The Japanese company, which ...
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Hoya steps up production
Hoya Corp. has decided in principle to start up a new manufacturing facility for ophthalmic lenses before the end of this year in the Philippines, where Seiko Epson already has its own plant, investing in the new facility in various stages. Hoya bought a 30 percent stake in its Seiko ...
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Pennine Optical is the new distributor for Logo Eyewear's successful...
Pennine Optical is the new distributor for Logo Eyewear's successful Ice-Watch collection of eyewear in the U.K. and Ireland
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Ogi Eyewear has a new distributor for the U.K. and...
Ogi Eyewear has a new distributor for the U.K. and Ireland, Carina Eyewear
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Menrad is distributing Revo in Europe
Menrad, the German producer of ophthalmic frames and sunglasses, has signed a long-term agreement for the distribution in Europe of Revo sunglasses with B. Robinson Optical of New York, the brand's exclusive licensee for eyewear, covering all sales channels including specialty outdoor. Menrad knows this brand of performance eyewear well ...
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Loewe has prolonged its partnership with De Rigo Vision for...
Loewe has prolonged its partnership with De Rigo Vision for the design, production and worldwide distribution of its eyewear. The collaboration of the Spanish fashion house, part of the LVMH group, with Italy-based De Rigo started 14 years ago and will now continue under the supervision of Loewe's new ...
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Interesting data from the first VisionWatch Europe study
Average retail prices for all kinds of eyewear tend to be higher in Europe than in the U.S., judging by the first VisionWatch survey conducted by the Vision Council on the Old Continent. The survey also shows, among other things, relatively strong demand for corrective sunwear in France and a ...
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Vanni, the highly creative Italian producer of designer eyewear, has...
Vanni, the highly creative Italian producer of designer eyewear, has signed a distribution agreement for the U.S. with Design Gallery, a new division of Match Eyewear
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The first congress for contact lenses in Germany, named DCC,...
The first congress for contact lenses in Germany, named DCC, welcomed a total of 542 participants from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. The event was organized by Spectaris, the German optical industry association, in cooperation with ten companies from the German contact lens industry on May 25-26 in Munich. It was ...
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Vishion, a Swiss start-up company, has developed a pillow for...
Vishion, a Swiss start-up company, has developed a pillow for eyewear, which allows the wearer to relax and lay down on their side without the frame of the glasses pressing into their temples or nose. The product is called “eyePad” and it is currently only sold in Switzerland.
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Zeiss' vision care sales go down
Zeiss reported last month a drop of 8 percent to €384 million for its vision care business group, which essentially consists of Carl Zeiss Vision Care, in the first six months of its financial year, ended on March 31. On a comparable basis, taking into account changes in exchange rates, ...
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Zeiss Vision Care has signed a new partnership with Optik...
Zeiss Vision Care has signed a new partnership with Optik Tunggal of Indonesia, allowing the company to produce world-class lenses for the Indonesia market
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The organizers of Mido are launching a new project, called...
The organizers of Mido are launching a new project, called Pop-Eye, in connection with the Pitti Uomo show in Florence on June 17-20. It will be a dedicated eyewear section of the menswear fair, intended to persuade the more sophisticated buyers to add eyewear to their lifestyle offerings. Carolin Abram, ...
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New regulations under the spotlight in Budapest
There is a chance that eyewear manufacturers will be able to put the same barcode on their products in the European Union and the U.S. to allow consumers to check their dependability and other characteristics.Addressing the second annual convention of the European Sunglass Committee of the Vision Council, held in ...
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Electric tuns into a lifestyle brand
Electric, the Californian brand of sunglasses co-founded by Kipp Arnette 14 years ago, is running a temporary store across from the entrance of the huge Citadium lifestyle store in downtown Paris until tomorrow, featuring its new logo and an expanded line of products being developed under the same brand. Other ...
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The Sunoptic group launches the Montana Eyewear brand
The Sunoptic group, one of the world's largest suppliers for private label prescription frames, reading glasses and sunglasses, has come out with its own new label, Montana Eyewear, starting with a line of readers developed with the help of a Swiss designer. Named after the Swiss resort of Crans Montana, ...
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Google Glass works with Marchon, names a new boss
Luxottica will not be the only supplier of stylish Google Glass frames. Marchon Eyewear has announced the launch of a limited edition of enhanced reality Google Glass frames signed by Diane Von Furstenberg, the American fashion designer with whom it has a long-standing eyewear license.Called Goggle Glass DVF, the line ...
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Optiker Bode, the German chain of optical shops, reports that...
Optiker Bode, the German chain of optical shops, reports that it plans to increase the number of shops from the current 74 to 100 in the medium term. New shops are planned in North Rhine Westphalia, Berlin and Hamburg. In North Rhine Westphalia, where the chain has been represented since ...
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The Italian section of the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) the international...
The Italian section of the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) the international non-profit organization for the blind, has presented “Unlimited Love,” a campaign intended to raise awareness and funds whose objective is to completely cover the costs of surgery that will restore sight to 1,000 women in Africa. For the launch of ...
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Oakley unveiled its new line of Scuderia Ferrari Carbon Blade...
Oakley unveiled its new line of Scuderia Ferrari Carbon Blade eyewear, part of its Oakley Scuderia Ferrari collection, at a special event in Barcelona a few days ago. Scuderia Ferrari stands for Ferrari's automotive racing team. The special-edition eyewear was presented by Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari's driver and former Formula 1 ...
