All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 12-13 – Page 2
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Mykita launches digitally customized glasses
The German company is setting a higher standard in the individualization process for eyewear with the launch at the Silmo show in Paris tomorrow of a new concept, My Very Own (MVO). It combines three digital technologies – 3D scanning, parametric design and additive manufacturing - to create glasses where ...
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The World Council of Optometry (WCO) has a new president....
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) has a new president. It is Uduak Udom of Nigeria, whose presidency was announced at the recent WCO annual general meeting in Medellin, Colombia, on Aug. 14-16. She succeeds Susan Cooper from Canada, who has completed her two-year term at the head of the ...
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Rupp + Hubrach, the German lens laboratory controlled by Essilor,...
Rupp + Hubrach, the German lens laboratory controlled by Essilor, has developed an exclusive anti-scratch, anti-reflect and easy-clean TF lens for Titanflex, the brand of eyeglasses marketed by Eschenbach
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Marchon Eyewear is releasing an expanded collection of Nike Vision...
Marchon Eyewear is releasing an expanded collection of Nike Vision sunglasses signed by Kevin Durant, the popular NBA basketball player sponsored by Nike
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A three-year study on children's myopia in China has revealed...
A three-year study on children's myopia in China has revealed that spending more time outdoors helps to prevent this eye condition. The study, reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association, was conducted among students at 12 primary schools in Guangzhou, China between Oct. 2010 and Oct. 2013. The ...
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Spy's CEO resigns over lower sales
Michael Marckx resigned as chief executive of Spy Inc., the California-based brand of action sports-inspired sunglasses, following the release of poor sales and profits for the first half of this year. He is also leaving the company's board of directors, but after the termination of his employment on Dec. 15, ...
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Optical Center, a French retailer and franchisor, is planning to...
Optical Center, a French retailer and franchisor, is planning to open 70 stores in Israel over the next ten years. Laurent Lévy, the founder of the banner, lives in Israel. In an interview for the i24 News website, Lévy said he is aiming at the top spot in France by ...
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VSP Global is partnering with the University of Southern California...
VSP Global is partnering with the University of Southern California to conduct research on mobile health devices and wearable technologies as part of its Genesis project. According to VMail, the parent company is working among other things on the integration of Bluetooth-connected technologies into the temple of the optical frame ...
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The Luneau Technology Group, owner of Briot, Weco and Visionix,...
The Luneau Technology Group, owner of Briot, Weco and Visionix, has announced its merger of its U.S. subsidiary with AIT Industries, an American distributor of ophthalmic equipment and instruments based in Bensenville, Illinois. Joe Vulich, president of AIT Industries, will serve as president and general manager of the new, combined ...
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Brando Eyewear gets involved with more designers
Michael Jardine, the chairman of Mondottica, is making new investments in the expanding eyewear designer space through a 100 percent owned subsidiary, Brando Eyewear. This company holds the eyewear license for Yohji Yamamoto, the legendary Japanese fashion designer, and Mondottica presented the first collection named after him at the Silmo ...
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De Rigo Vision's top house brand, Police, has opened its...
De Rigo Vision's top house brand, Police, has opened its first concept store at 47 Corso Buenos Aires in the center of Milan. The 50-sqm store offers consumers the entire range of Police branded items. Launched as an eyewear brand in the '80s, Police now includes a wide range of ...
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Vanni, the brand of Italian-made eyewear by the eponymous Italian...
Vanni, the brand of Italian-made eyewear by the eponymous Italian firm, has a name that sounds a little like vanity. A new marketing campaign by the company shows five happy faces of men and women who play with their sense of vanity.
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Silmo is celebrating its new brand identity with the return...
Silmo is celebrating its new brand identity with the return of three big players - Safilo (Hall 6-J 072), Charmant (Hall 6-J 088) and Johnson & Johnson (Hall 5a-L 007) - to the big international eyewear show starting in Paris' Villepinte fairgrounds tomorrow. More than 1,350 brands are going to ...
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Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led...
Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led and grew Smith Optics for more than 20 years until his retirement earlier this year, will act as an adviser to Combat Flip Flops, an American organization that has funded over 21 years of schooling for Afghan girls and cleared ...
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Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was...
Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was appointed in July to take the place of Joe Sanchez, who became vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses last December. Like Sanchez, Peters has worked for many years at Zeal's parent company, Maui Jim Sunglasses. He started as ...
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Christian Roesky has become general manager of Bausch + Lomb...
Christian Roesky has become general manager of Bausch + Lomb for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in charge also of sales in the region. He previous served as managing director of Abbott's diagnostics division for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries.
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DaTE, the avantgarde eyewear fair, will return to Milan on...
DaTE, the avantgarde eyewear fair, will return to Milan on Oct. 10-12, hosting more than 100 brands in a space in the Mall, located in the futuristic new district of Porta Nuova
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Kovin Naidoo has been appointed interim chief executive of the...
Kovin Naidoo has been appointed interim chief executive of the Brien Holden Vision Institute following the unexpected death of Brien Holden on July 27, which we reported in our last issue. Naidoo has been recently a board member and the deputy CEO of the institute. He is also the CEO ...
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The Vision Council will hold its new annual Executive Summit...
The Vision Council will hold its new annual Executive Summit on Jan. 27-29, 2016 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Orlando, Florida
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The Marcolin Group announced earlier this week the signing of...
The Marcolin Group announced earlier this week the signing of a global exclusive license agreement with Moncler, the fast-growing Italian brand of down-filled jackets, which previously had a collaboration with Allison. The contract will become effective next January and will run through 2020, with an option for a 5-year renewal. ...
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