All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 10-11 – Page 3
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Hilco Vision has announced the retirement of Bob Nahmias, its...
Hilco Vision has announced the retirement of Bob Nahmias, its chief executive for the past 17 years. Ross Brownlee, a veteran of the optical industry, has been hired to replace him, effective June 15. Brownlee will also join Hilco's board of directors. A British national, Brownlee has spent 18 years ...
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Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that...
Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that Kip Arnette, one of its co-founders, is retiring after 15 years with the American brand of eyewear. Arnette founded Electric in 2000 together with Bruce Beach. The brand specializes in snow goggles and sunglasses, but offers also prescription eyewear. Arnette ...
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Mad in Italy (sic) has announced the release of a...
Mad in Italy (sic) has announced the release of a pair of glasses with a 3D front in nylon and temples in beta titanium that weigh only 6 grams
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals, parent company of Bausch & Lomb, has signed...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals, parent company of Bausch & Lomb, has signed a definitive agreement for the takeover of Unilens Vision of Largo, Florida, a company that develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and markets contact lenses, primarily under the C-Vue brand. Valeant has agreed to give Unilens an enterprise value of about $28 million, including ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care intends to expand its facility...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care intends to expand its facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The plan, which is said to be accompanied by a capital investment of $301 million, would create 100 new jobs. The company currently employs about 2,000 people in the town. As part of this project, Johnson & ...
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At Salmoiraghi & Viganò in Italy, it is now possible...
At Salmoiraghi & Viganò in Italy, it is now possible to book the annual eye examination online. The company claims it is the first optical chain in Italy to offer this service. The examination can be booked on the website www.salmoiraghievigano.it, where the customer selects a store as well as ...
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Italia Independent is opening its second American store in the...
Italia Independent is opening its second American store in the new Wynwood Block mall in Miami, Florida. The company's first U.S. store was inaugurated in New York last November.
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Mister Spex is now also available in the Netherlands, effective...
Mister Spex is now also available in the Netherlands, effective June 30. After expanding to Switzerland in March, the Berlin-based online eyewear shop, which sells designer glasses and sunglasses directly, is further increasing its market share in Europe. Customers in the Netherlands and Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, ...
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Allison has recently announced plans to move its headquarters from...
Allison has recently announced plans to move its headquarters from Padua around 120 kilometers away to Volta Mantovana, where it owns an empty factory. The transfer is scheduled for mid-December this year. The current facility in Padua is home to 120 employees, who have been asked to indicate whether they ...
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Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of Boots Opticians, has...
Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of Boots Opticians, has named Stefano Pessina as its chief executive. Pessina, 73, led Alliance Boots prior to its merger with Walgreens, and had been serving as acting chief executive since January. He will continue to report to James Skinner, the group's executive chairman.
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Logo Group has signed a distribution and licensing agreement with...
Logo Group has signed a distribution and licensing agreement with PDM Germany for its Tag Heuer line of eyewear, covering the German-speaking countries
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Luxottica has renewed its license agreement with Burberry for a...
Luxottica has renewed its license agreement with Burberry for a further ten years. The partnership started 10 years ago and will continue until Dec. 31, 2025. It involves the development, production and worldwide distribution of sunglasses and prescription frames under the Burberry name. An Italian broker, Equita, estimates that Burberry ...
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Tura has signed a multi-year agreement with Gwen Stefani to...
Tura has signed a multi-year agreement with Gwen Stefani to launch a new line of sunglasses and optical eyewear for the singer's L.A.M.B. and GX brands. Both collections will debut at the beginning of 2016. The L.A.M.B. collection will feature luxury materials combined with street, rock and roll and retro ...
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Maui Jim has agreed to be a “Silver European Sponsor”...
Maui Jim has agreed to be a “Silver European Sponsor” of Optometry Giving Sight, the international charity, starting from July 6. The American brand of sunglasses made the announcement at Wimbledon in the presence of one of the brand's ambassadors, Martina Hingis, and the head coach of the All England ...
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David Keeler has retired as president of Keeler Instruments, after...
David Keeler has retired as president of Keeler Instruments, after 50 years of involvement with the company founded by his grandfather in 1917, but Andrew Williams will continue as chief executive
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A Tony Hawk line of eyewear, named after the famous...
A Tony Hawk line of eyewear, named after the famous American skater, will come out in August, followed by additional styles of prescription frames and sunglasses in October. Intended to appeal to boys and young men, the line has been developed by Eyewear Designs of Bethpage, New York, under a ...
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Christian Döhr, senior professional affairs manager of Johnson & Johnson...
Christian Döhr, senior professional affairs manager of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care for the German-speaking countries, is replacing Volker Grahl as chairman of the contact lens committee of Spectaris, the German eyewear industry association. The committee started several interesting initiatives under Grahl's chairmanship in the last three years. Among others, ...
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Seiko Europe, which is known for its thin and aesthetic...
Seiko Europe, which is known for its thin and aesthetic spectacle lenses, has started an interesting project with Hoët, the design studio in Brussels, and its supplier of 3D-printed frames, Materialise. Seiko says it wants to create high-performance glasses with “perfect shapes and functions” with the help of Hoët, developing design solutions that are ...
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Adlens has signed a distribution contract with D&Company Nordic for...
Adlens has signed a distribution contract with D&Company Nordic for the Nordic countries. This young company, which was founded in 2014, will have exclusive rights to distribute its adjustable focus eyewear in the optical channel in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The rights will apply to all channels in Denmark, Estonia, Latvia ...
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Allergan has signed a deal for the acquisition of Oculeve,...
Allergan has signed a deal for the acquisition of Oculeve, an Irish medical device company that is developing treatments for the dry eye disease. It will pay $125 million upfront and more depending on revenues from Oculeve's OD-01 development program. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2015, depending ...
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