All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 14 – Page 2
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A new association to promote the women's leadership in the...
A new association to promote the women's leadership in the optical industry has launched in Canada. The association is called Canadian Optical Feminine Association (Cofa), or ACFO (Association Canadienne Féminine de L'optique). Martine Breton, president and founder of Breton Communications, will assume its presidency while Doris Ouellet, chief executive and ...
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Harry Daile, the former chairman of the Association of Optometrists...
Harry Daile, the former chairman of the Association of Optometrists (AOP) in the U.K., has died at the age of 103. Orphaned at the age of 12, Daile trained to be an optometrist while working full-time and studying in the evenings. In his 50s he developed glaucoma, which eventually forced ...
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Aoyama's e-commerce site has been the victim of ransomware, a...
Aoyama's e-commerce site has been the victim of ransomware, a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their data system. Victims are forced to pay a ransom in order to resume access to their systems, or to get their data back. The company temporarily deactivated its website ...
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De Rigo Vision announced last month a new eyewear license...
De Rigo Vision announced last month a new eyewear license with Dunhill, taking the place of Rodenstock. The first line will come out in 2016. The Italian company also said that its licensing deal with Furla, the fast-growing Italian brand of handbags, has been extended ahead of time to last ...
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Charmant has announced a new eyewear license with XCel Brands...
Charmant has announced a new eyewear license with XCel Brands for its Isaac Mizrahi brand in the U.S. The first line of sunglasses will come out next spring and will be followed by prescription frames in 2017.
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Galaxy Optical announced that it has become the first optical...
Galaxy Optical announced that it has become the first optical company to win the prestigious European Business Award, qualifying as one the U.K.'s national champions. The company, which is based at Altrincham, Cheshire, produces more than one million pairs of spectacles each year. It is the exclusive supplier of eyewear ...
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Andrea Guerra, the seasoned Italian manager who left as chief...
Andrea Guerra, the seasoned Italian manager who left as chief executive of Luxottica a year ago, pocketing an estimated €40 million in shares and termination fees, has become executive chairman of Eataly, a big Italian chain of gourmet food stores that is becoming more international. He is said to have ...
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Kirk & Kirk, the British brand of design glasses owned...
Kirk & Kirk, the British brand of design glasses owned by Jason and Karen Kirk, has parted ways with its distributor for the U.S. and Canada, Richard Wilhelm of Luxe Labs. They decided mutually to end the relationship because of Wilhelm's other work commitments. Jason Kirk plans to go to ...
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Cutler & Gross has opened its first store in Los...
Cutler & Gross has opened its first store in Los Angeles, the second for the British brand in the U.S. The new 1,200-square-foot shop is located on Melrose Avenue, in West Hollywood, near Balenciaga, Diane von Furstenburg and Marc Jacobs. The shop sells the brand's full range of eyewear and ...
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Silhouette has a new collaboration with Wes Gordon, the American...
Silhouette has a new collaboration with Wes Gordon, the American women's wear designer, for a collection of round frames that will be on the market from next January
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Adlens has announced a second version of Adlens Interface, a...
Adlens has announced a second version of Adlens Interface, a solution that protects the eyes from 80% of the most harmful artificial blue light emitted by digital screens. The new version has an adjustable diopter range of 0 to 2.75 to make it easier to focus on computers and hand-held ...
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Adlens has announced a new partnership with Fight for Sight,...
Adlens has announced a new partnership with Fight for Sight, the British eye research charity, to raise funds for research into the detection, treatment and prevention of sight loss and eye diseases. The partnership is part of Adlens' wider social mission program, a series of initiative to help transform vision ...
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Higher sales of Acuvue contact lenses helped Johnson & Johnson...
Higher sales of Acuvue contact lenses helped Johnson & Johnson to keep its overall turnover relatively stable in terms of local currencies during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, but a negative currency impact of 8.2 percentage points led it to sink by 7.4 percent to $17.1 billion. In the ...
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MA Healthcare has completed the acquisition of Optician from Reed...
MA Healthcare has completed the acquisition of Optician from Reed Business Information. The Optician brand includes working with the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians to stage the Optrafair exhibition. Following the acquisition, Optician has now moved to its new office in Herne Hill, London. MA Healthcare, part of the Mark Allen ...
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Johnson & Johnson is one of 36 global businesses that...
Johnson & Johnson is one of 36 global businesses that have pledged to use 100 percent renewable energies by 2025, as part of the RE100 initiative of the non-profit Climate Group. Goldman Sachs, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks and Walmart are among the others.
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Optic 2000 has been awarded the Janus du Commerce 2015...
Optic 2000 has been awarded the Janus du Commerce 2015 by the French Design Institute (Institut Français du Design) for its new store concept, developed in collaboration with BrandImage. The Janus label is recognized by the French Ministry of Industry and Trade. Optic 2000's new store concept, which was launched ...
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Optic 2000's foundation has signed a new partnership agreement with...
Optic 2000's foundation has signed a new partnership agreement with Antropia, a France-based catalyst of social enterprises, to accompany innovative start-ups in the fields of vision and hearing. The most interesting projects aiming to improve the daily lives of the visually and hearing impaired will receive €5,000. The winning start-ups ...
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FittingBox is one of 19 French companies that have received...
FittingBox is one of 19 French companies that have received a governmental prize for innovation in digital technologies
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Zoobug's SS16 polarized sunglasses have won a prize in the...
Zoobug's SS16 polarized sunglasses have won a prize in the Junior Design Awards as Best Travel Product for Children. The British company was also “highly commended” in the Best Accessories Brand category. The prizes were given by Juniormagazine.co.uk, described as the U.K.'s leading family lifestyle and parenting website.
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Italy’s eyewear exports rise by 14.5%
Italy's exports of frames, sunglasses and contact lenses grew by 14.5 percent in value in the first half of 2015, reaching a total of €1,872 billion, but with a staggering contrast between two major markets– exports to the U.S. were up by 31.9 percent while exports to Russia fell by ...
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