All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 1-2
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Italia Independent has presented a new and innovative line of...
Italia Independent has presented a new and innovative line of spectacles, Eyeye, that will not be produced in Italy as its core collection is. Designed and developed in Italy, it will be made in China and offered to the public at between €70 and €99 per pair. Lapo Elkann, founder ...
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Vedere International, the oldest international optical trade magazine, has gone...
Vedere International, the oldest international optical trade magazine, has gone completely digital, starting this month
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Goldman Sachs invests in Mister Spex
Goldman Sachs has acquired a stake of just under 20 percent in Mister Spex, the German-based online eyewear retailer, which is apparently considering entering a new country this year. Denying a report that Goldman Sachs is paying €32 million for this financial stake, Dirk Graber, the 37-year-old founder and chief ...
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The German industry is more optimistic
The German ophthalmic optic industry improved its turnover by 2.5 percent in 2014, reaching a level of €4.13 billion, according to Spectaris, the national trade association of the industry. Its sales grew by 2.8 percent to €2.10 billion in Germany and by 2.1 percent to €2.03 billion in other countries.Supplying ...
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The next Mido fair in Milan, which is scheduled to...
The next Mido fair in Milan, which is scheduled to run from Feb. 28 through March 2, will feature two novelties - the Bestore project and the LabAcademy theme area. All owners of stores, concept stores and outlets in the optical retail sector around the world are invited to take ...
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Rodenstock has taken over the global eyewear license for Jil...
Rodenstock has taken over the global eyewear license for Jil Sander from Marchon. Both companies are based in Munich, and their new joint collection for men and women will be developed together the creative director of the German fashion house, Rodolfo Paglialunga. Offering prescription frames as well as sunglasses, it ...
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Rodenstock has named Plastic Plus of Toronto its exclusive production...
Rodenstock has named Plastic Plus of Toronto its exclusive production and distribution partner for Canada. Described as the largest independent lens manufacturer in Canada, Plastic Plus will use its own laboratory to serve the national market with Rodenstock lenses.
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Special lenses from Essilor
Essilor has started to offer some powerful new ophthalmic lenses for the European market from a new Special Lens Laboratory in France. Most of the lenses are made for short-sighted people who have diopters ranging from about -16 to -40 and for hypermetropes with diopters of +8 to +30, but ...
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Randolph Engineering has a new director of global marketing, Sarah...
Randolph Engineering has a new director of global marketing, Sarah Fawle, who comes from the yachting industry
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IOFT, the international optical fair in Tokyo, has decided to...
IOFT, the international optical fair in Tokyo, has decided to move its dates to Oct.6-8, 2015. It will start on a Tuesday rather than a Wednesday. It took the organizers, Reed Exhibitions Japan, two months to negotiate the new schedule with the Tokyo Big Sight venue. The change of dates ...
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L'Amy has renewed its licensing deal with Kenzo...
L'Amy has renewed its licensing deal with Kenzo
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De Rigo Vision has reorganized the distribution of its products...
De Rigo Vision has reorganized the distribution of its products in China, establishing offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to service the whole market. The operation has been placed under the responsibility of a new general manager, Gary Li Hui, a former deputy general manager of Charmant who has spent ...
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Intel Corporation, which recently signed a cooperation with Luxottica on...
Intel Corporation, which recently signed a cooperation with Luxottica on wearable technologies, has made a $24.8 million investment in Vuzix Corporation, an American firm specializing in video eyewear and smart glasses. Vuzix said the investment, which gives Intel an option on 30 percent of its equity, is meant to accelerate ...
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The organizers of White, the trade show held for contemporary...
The organizers of White, the trade show held for contemporary fashion designers during the Milan Fashion Week on Jan. 17-19, report a satisfactory level of attendance at its White Glasses section, which hosted ten brands including AM Eyewear, Andy Wolf Eywear, ic! Berlin and Maki Sunglasses, among others. The total ...
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Safilens presented a new contact lens at the Opti show...
Safilens presented a new contact lens at the Opti show in Munich, the Fusion 1day Presbyo, described as the first daily lens for presbyopia based on the Italian company's patented Fusion technology. It uses a co-polymer to hydrate, lubricate and protect the surface of the eye from mechanical stress caused ...
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Grant Larsen and Karen Ouelette, two professionals with a combined...
Grant Larsen and Karen Ouelette, two professionals with a combined 35 years of experience in the optical industry in Canada, have founded Digital ECP in partnership with various suppliers. The company is described as a digital marketing platform designed to help Canadian eye care professionals to choose from various suppliers ...
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Josef Reiner, a well-known German ophthalmologist who collected more than...
Josef Reiner, a well-known German ophthalmologist who collected more than 30 patents during his career, has died at the age of 93. Born in Romania, he started teaching ophthalmic optics in Jena in 1947. Ten years later he became the director of a new school in Cologne, HFAK, which was ...
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Kikuo Urayama will be the new president and chief executive...
Kikuo Urayama will be the new president and chief executive of Charmant USA, starting next month. He takes the place of Harry Aida, who is retiring after ten years in the position along with Bill Ferraro, vice president of finance for the U.S. subsidiary. Urayama acted most recently as chief ...
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Ed Greene, the retired chief executive of The Vision Council,...
Ed Greene, the retired chief executive of The Vision Council, has been chosen by Prevent Blindness as the 2015 Person of Vision. The prize honors an individual for outstanding leadership and dedication in the field of vision and eye health. Prevent Blindness is a volunteer eye health and safety organization ...
