All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 10-11
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Mondottica teams up with Zoobug
Mondottica has announced a strategic partnership with Zoobug London, the highly creative British children's eyewear specialist, by setting up a dedicated international children's eyewear division. Run by Julie Diem Le, who founded Zoobug in 2006, it will allow Mondottica to expand its fast-growing portfolio of children's lines, which currently comprises ...
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Lensware International, a provider of lab management systems, has selected...
Lensware International, a provider of lab management systems, has selected Grupo Acert as its distributor in Brazil
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Safilo may relocate its U.S. head office
The group is studying the transfer of its North American head office from Parsippany, New Jersey, to a site closer to New York City, partly in order to attract new talent more easily.The announced shuttering of Safilo's North American headquarters and distribution center in Parsippany will start in earnest in ...
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Luxottica harmonizes prices worldwide
In a move already made by Louis Vuitton and some other fashion houses, Luxottica has decided to harmonize its prices globally, aligning them with those charged in Europe. China, and to the a lesser extent the U.S., will be the markets most affected by this program, as they will see ...
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Hoya reports good growth in eyeglass lenses
The quarterly report of Hoya Corp. indicates that its eyeglass business expanded in the first three months of its current financial year, ended on June 30, but all the growth took place outside Japan. This eyeglass business is on a declining trend in Japan, the company said, due to the ...
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Good progress at Essilor
Essilor International's total revenues went up by 22.6 percent to €3,408 million in the first half of this year, and the “contribution from operations” grew at an even faster rate of 24 percent, raising the operating margin to 19.1 percent from 18.9 percent a year ago, thanks in part to ...
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MEI has released the RacerTBA ophthalmic lens edging unit, which...
MEI has released the RacerTBA ophthalmic lens edging unit, which is said to revolutionize lens edging and reduce production costs. The RacerTBA features the Tba (Throw the Block Away) inspection style process and an edging system in one single unit, combining the two operations of lens loading and inspection and edging. ...
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De Rigo licenses Nina Ricci and Trussardi
After reorganizing the distribution in the U.S. and China, and after boosting its design, product development and marketing departments, De Rigo Vision has added two important fashion brands to its portfolio of licenses - Nina Ricci and Trussardi - that should make up for the loss of the Givenchy license ...
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Opal gets control of Demetz
Opal has acquired a 60 percent stake in the capital of Demetz, the French sports eyewear specialist, for an undisclosed amount, with plans to acquire an additional 20 percent in four years and the remaining 20 percent by 2020. Gilles Demetz will remain chief executive until all his shares are sold.Based ...
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Euromcontact has welcomed the inclusion of plano contact lenses in...
Euromcontact has welcomed the inclusion of plano contact lenses in the scope of a new Medical Devices Regulation adopted at the European level, a change that has been supported by the industry for many years and which will ensure higher patient safety. However, the trade organization expressed reservations about unclear ...
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Verbal, a French optical glazing laboratory near Strasbourg, has closed...
Verbal, a French optical glazing laboratory near Strasbourg, has closed its doors, blaming the new, more restrictive French guidelines for reimbursement of ophthalmic lenses by the mutual funds. The laboratory was apparently too small, employing 22 people for an annual turnover of €3 million. It belongs to a group that operates ...
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Luxottica hires Stefano Volpetti as chief marketing officer
Luxottica has appointed Stefano Volpetti as chief marketing officer, replacing Fabio D'Angelantonio. Volpetti was previously vice president and general manager of Procter & Gamble's beauty care division. Luxottica's new joint chief executive in charge of markets, Adil Mehboob-Khan, was also a senior executive at Procter & Gamble, in charge of ...
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Essilor International has named Xavier Galliot as group chief sustainability...
Essilor International has named Xavier Galliot as group chief sustainability officer. Since 2010, he had been group director of sustainable development at Rexel, a global leader in the distribution of electrical supplies, as well as general secretary of the Rexel foundation. Galliot, 42, started his career with Ernst & Young ...
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Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), an organization that promotes vision correction...
Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), an organization that promotes vision correction in Italy, has announced the release of a new version of its “Sole Amico” app, developed with Unipro and Francesco Loperfido, head of ophthalmology at a prestigious hospital in Milan. The app provides real-time advice on how to protect eyes ...
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Intel continues to expand into the wearable categories with the...
Intel continues to expand into the wearable categories with the acquisition of Recon Instruments, a maker of smart eyewear for sports and high-intensity environments. Recon, based in Vancouver, Canada, is the company behind the first heads-up display product for sports eyewear. Recon was already an Intel Capital portfolio company, following ...
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New leadership for Carl Zeiss Vision
The Carl Zeiss group has made several changes to the top management of its Vision Care business group, which has turned around under the helm of Raymund Heinen, making again a profit. Heinen, who has been with the group for the last eight years, and Ulrich Krauss, who has worked ...
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Jean-François Rey is releasing a new capsule collection of eyewear...
Jean-François Rey is releasing a new capsule collection of eyewear in collaboration with Hideo Kojima, the Japanese video game designer, writer and producer. The Metal Gear Solid V themed glasses consist of 21 frames carrying names like Razor Gear Solid, Hideo Gear or Kaz Gear. The line, which is characterized ...
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Essilor buys Vision Source
Vision Source, the largest alliance of independent eyecare professionals in North America, has agreed to be acquired by Essilor of America, a division of Essilor International. Founded in 1991, this buying group currently has around 4,000 members. Jobson ranks it as the second-largest player in the U.S. market in terms ...
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William Morris, the British frame supplier, has created William Morris...
William Morris, the British frame supplier, has created William Morris Germany to boost distribution and service to that country. The new arm is headquartered in Hamburg, with distribution coming directly from the U.K. It will be managed by Ann Moeller and Ingmar Baudisch of Moller & Baudisch Sales, which has ...
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Luneau Technology, the parent company of Briot USA, Visionix, and...
Luneau Technology, the parent company of Briot USA, Visionix, and Latham & Phillips Ophthalmic (LPO), has announced that Matt Cevasco has moved to the role of consultant on special projects for the company. Cevasco had served as president and general manager of Luneau Technology USA and headed the North American ...
