All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 9-10 – Page 3
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Bausch & Lomb has signed a license for the Maxim...
Bausch & Lomb has signed a license for the Maxim and Comfort SL scleral lenses developed by Acculens, covering the European Union and South Africa
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Johnson & Johnson has filed a patent application in the...
Johnson & Johnson has filed a patent application in the U.S. for a contact lens that is not round, in order to help the patient to place it correctly over the eye
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Many Americans are unaware of the vision damage caused by...
Many Americans are unaware of the vision damage caused by prolonged exposure to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays, according to The Vision Council's 2014 Sun Protection Survey. The Vision Council works to educate consumers on the benefits provided by the use of UV-protective sunglasses, a habit that only 46 percent ...
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Oliver Peoples has announced a new collaboration with Amanda R....
Oliver Peoples has announced a new collaboration with Amanda R. Hearst, philanthropist, journalist and the face of the brand in 2014. The collaboration has led to a new model of eyewear inspired by Hearst Castle, the historical landmark mansion located on the central coast of California and designed between 1919 ...
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The Italia Independent Group, which apart from eyewear is also...
The Italia Independent Group, which apart from eyewear is also involved in apparel and communication, had a turnover of €8.2 million in the first quarter of 2014, a 60 percent increase over the same period last year. The group's 2013 revenues had already risen by 59 percent from the previous ...
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Exalt Cycle has signed a distribution agreement for the whole...
Exalt Cycle has signed a distribution agreement for the whole Middle East with a 25-year-old company based in Dubai, Vision & Fashion, that specializes in imports and exports of prescription frames and sunglasses. The company has a satellite office in Riyadh and a team of more than 100 people to ...
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Transitions Optical has launched a European ad campaign featuring successful...
Transitions Optical has launched a European ad campaign featuring successful eye-care professionals talking about their experiences and the reasons why they recommend Transitions lenses to their customers. For the new campaign the company, best known for its photochromic lenses, asked 24 eye-care professionals from ten different countries to talk about ...
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Mitsui acquires SunSensors
Mitsui Chemicals is moving into the rapidly growing photochromic lens market with the acquisition on May 15 of the SunSensors business of Corning Inc. The Japanese company, which is already one of the major suppliers of ophthalmic lens materials, says that it will “aggressively develop and sell competitive new photochromic ...
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Valeant Pharmaceutical International and Bill Ackerman, the activist investor who...
Valeant Pharmaceutical International and Bill Ackerman, the activist investor who runs Pershing Capital Management, are putting additional pressure on Allergan's shareholders and its board of directors to approve their takeover proposals. Valeant has increased its offer to buy Allergan twice. One week ago, it was prepared to pay a total ...
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Thailand's military coup, on May 22, has not interrupted ophthalmic...
Thailand's military coup, on May 22, has not interrupted ophthalmic lens production in that country, according to industry sources and as reported by VMail. The situation is being monitored closely but day-to-day operations in the industry have not been impacted by the political instability thus far. A spokesperson for Essilor ...
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Boots Opticians posts a 4.2% sales increase
Boots Opticians reported a 4.2 percent revenue increase to £349 million (€429.77m-$584.88m) for the year ended March 31, with comparable revenues from company-owned stores up by 4.3 percent. The British chain of ophthalmic and dispensing optician stores, which is a subsidiary of Alliance Boots, attributed the improvement to good growth in ...
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Optic 2000 wants to service 18% of the French stores
Optic 2000 reported last month a 9.3 percent increase in its revenues to €456 million in 2013, thanks in part of higher purchases of private label items by the retailers affiliated to the French voluntary group. The cooperative generated a profit of around €8 million, down from €12 million in ...
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Luxottica will rent a building of 11,325 square meters in...
Luxottica will rent a building of 11,325 square meters in Via San Nicolao, near Milan's Cadorna railway station, for its new headquarters from a big real estate group, Beni Stabili, which is indirectly controlled by Leonardo Del Vecchio, Luxottica's founder, main shareholder and chairman. The lease starts on Aug. 1 ...
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More than 50 vision industry professionals from 11 countries attended...
More than 50 vision industry professionals from 11 countries attended the first convention of the new European Sunglass Committee of the Vision Council in Budapest last month. The convention had been previously organized directly by the former European Sunglass Association, which merged into the Vision Council in October 2012. Besides ...
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David Challinor, who was news editor of Optician for 10...
David Challinor, who was news editor of Optician for 10 years and a former editor of Optometry Today, died of a heart attack on May 29 at the age of 50. After studying English and media at Bournemouth University in the U.K., he worked for five years at the publisher ...
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The Italian government is seeking €1.2 billion in damages from...
The Italian government is seeking €1.2 billion in damages from Novartis and Roche for losses after allegations the two drugmakers colluded to direct patients with an eye disorder to a more expensive medicine. That resulted in damages to the Italian health system of €45 million in 2012, €540 million last ...
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