All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 1-2 – Page 3
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Nidek has announced the launch of Retina Scan Duo Optical...
Nidek has announced the launch of Retina Scan Duo Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), described as a combination of a high-definition OCT and a fundus camera in one compact system. A 3-D interface allows rapid image capturing, and once alignment is completed, the OCT images of those of the color fundus camera ...
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A Beatles-inspired social program has been announced for the upcoming...
A Beatles-inspired social program has been announced for the upcoming Clinical Conference and Exhibition in Liverpool, on May 29-31. The president of the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), which is organizing the event, said a Beatles theme will be the highlight of the Gala Dinner and Industry Awards in the ...
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Wilhelm Anger, the founder of Optyl and Carrera, has passed...
Wilhelm Anger, the founder of Optyl and Carrera, has passed away at the age of 88. Anger was a pioneer in the eyewear sector through his early involvement in the licensing of fashion designers and his technical achievements. After World War II, he went door-to-door selling welding equipment to manufacturers ...
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Safilo has decided to locate its global sports & outdoor...
Safilo has decided to locate its global sports & outdoor division in the new Pacific Coast Design Center in Portland, Oregon. The site will also serve as the head office of Smith Sports Optics for product development, marketing, sales and e-commerce. Chatham Baker and Drew Chilson will serve as creative ...
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Kirk & Kirk, the new eyewear company of Jason Kirk,...
Kirk & Kirk, the new eyewear company of Jason Kirk, won silver at the recent London Design Awards
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Robert J. Morrison, the American who helped invent the first...
Robert J. Morrison, the American who helped invent the first soft contact lens in the 1960s, has passed away at the age of 90. He based his work on material technologies developed in the Czech Republic. The related patent was bought by Bausch+Lomb and used for the launch of the ...
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Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods spin-off from Alliant Techsystems that...
Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods spin-off from Alliant Techsystems that owns Bushnell, Bollé, Serengeti and a raft of other brands, mostly in the firearms segment, is evaluating several merger and acquisition opportunities to diversify its product portfolio in areas such as camping, cycling, fishing, golf, snow sports, trail sports and ...
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Luxottica has reached an agreement with Italian tax authorities with...
Luxottica has reached an agreement with Italian tax authorities with regard to transfer pricing, the method used to determine intra-group pricing guidelines, for the 2008 tax year. The settlement totals €29 million. The group had previously reached a settlement of €33 million for similar claims referred to the 2007 tax ...
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De Rigo Vision has announced a licensing agreement for the...
De Rigo Vision has announced a licensing agreement for the design, production and distribution worldwide of a line of prescription frames and sunglasses under the brand of Zadig & Voltaire, starting Jan. 1. The high-end French brand, which uses a creative and anti-conformist approach to fashion, had signed its first ...
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Marcolin has extended its license agreement with Harley-Davidson until Dec....
Marcolin has extended its license agreement with Harley-Davidson until Dec. 31, 2018
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Luxottica has extended its licensing agreement with Tory Burch until...
Luxottica has extended its licensing agreement with Tory Burch until the end of 2024
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Cecop is launching the Sunsea Kids collection, for kids aged...
Cecop is launching the Sunsea Kids collection, for kids aged six to 14. The spectacles are made in Tr90, a strong hypoallergenic polymer, and feature a 180° temple opening system that is supposed to offer greater comfort and safety. All the lenses in the Sunsea Kids family are polarized and ...
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Eschenbach Optik has launched a new brand, Jos. Eschenbach, after...
Eschenbach Optik has launched a new brand, Jos. Eschenbach, after the man who founded the German company 101 years ago. It is meant to speak for vision, tradition, innovation, quality and good service. It is starting off with 32 models, which were shown at Opti in Munich earlier this month. ...
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Florinda Bogner, daughter of Willy Bogner, will act as the...
Florinda Bogner, daughter of Willy Bogner, will act as the face of the Bogner eyewear collection licensed by Rodenstock
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Revo, the brand recently acquired by Sequential Brands from Luxottica,...
Revo, the brand recently acquired by Sequential Brands from Luxottica, has signed a professional American climber, skier adventure photographer and filmmaker, Jimmy Chin, as a testimonial. Chin, who has been also on the athlete team of The North Face for many years, will contribute to the Revo brand's creative direction, ...
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The first Silmoistanbul fair hosted 95 exhibitors, including ten foreign...
The first Silmoistanbul fair hosted 95 exhibitors, including ten foreign participants, who presented about 500 brands. Held in Istanbul last Dec. 11-14, it was attended by 2,976 opticians, 600 foreign visitors and students from three universities. Including the exhibitors, it clocked 12,524 entries. As reported, the fair had been organized ...
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Nearly 95 percent of Americans spend two or more hours...
Nearly 95 percent of Americans spend two or more hours per day on digital devices and this often results in digital eye strain. This emerges in The Vision Council's recent report on the impact of digital media on vision health, which was released at the International Consumer Electronic Show in ...
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7Trade, the company recently founded by Micha Sascha Siebenhandl, has...
7Trade, the company recently founded by Micha Sascha Siebenhandl, has added a new brand to its portfolio. In addition to Kirk Originals and Booth & Bruce, it is distributing Very French Gangsters in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Very French Gangsters is a French company that designs ...
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GrandVision wants to grow by 5% a year or more after it goes public
Confirming its intention to go public, GrandVision BV published some new and interesting figures, leading analysts to estimate that it may be worth about €5.8 billion when it starts trading on Euronext Amsterdam. They feel that this may happen in February or March, without waiting for the release of its ...
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The Opti show in Munich attracted a total of 25,850...
The Opti show in Munich attracted a total of 25,850 daily visits between Jan. 9 and 11, up from the figures of around 24,000 reported by its organizers for the 2014 edition. The visitors, 88.3 percent of whom came from countries belonging to the European Union, placed orders worth more ...
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