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News briefs
The organizers of the Opti show, which is scheduled to...
The organizers of the Opti show, which is scheduled to be held in Munich on Jan. 5-17, are proposing that prospective visitors should register online, saving money in the process, and go through the online catalog of the fair to prepare their itinerary through the stands. Lucrative deals are available ...
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Southern Italians are at risk
Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), an organization that promotes vision correction in Italy, made available free vision screenings to citizens in eight Italian cities during the month of October. The exams were performed on 2,058 people during 19 days in October by ophthalmologists and opticians in the main squares of cities ...
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Luxottica reports higher sales and profits for the third quarter
For the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the company posted a 14.4 percent increase in total sales to €2,155 million. At constant currency rates, they grew by 4.8 percent. Adjusted revenues grew by 15.4 percent in euros and by 5.5 percent on a currency-neutral basis, reaching €2,199 million.The adjusted figure ...
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Italia Independent grows less
Italia Independent closed the first nine months of 2015 with consolidated turnover of €30.94 million, up by 26 percent over the same period a year ago. Apparently, the third quarter didn't fare so well as the growth had been at a stronger level of 42.5 percent in the first half, ...
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Grandvision improves sales and margins
The expansion of the retail network and the weakness of the euro helped to boost the sales of Grandvision for the third quarter and the nine months ended Sept. 30. The group had a total of 5,922 stores at the end of these periods, 108 more than at the end ...
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News briefs
The third Oakley store in Germany has opened in a...
The third Oakley store in Germany has opened in a very sporty area of Munich. The 130-square-meter store is located on the central Sendlinger Strasse, right next to The North Face. It is operated by a retailer who also has a Nike shop in the same area. Oakley's two other ...
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Jan Thore Förenbach has taken on the management of the...
Jan Thore Förenbach has taken on the management of the Vision Care business unit of Alcon Pharma in Germany. He was formerly national sales manager for the segment, a position that has been assigned to Johannes Zupfer, who has worked in the sales department since 2005.
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Pierre Marly, a primary figure of the French optical industry,...
Pierre Marly, a primary figure of the French optical industry, has died at the age of 100. He joined Lissac at 26 and rapidly became one of the main collaborators of the French company, Georges Lissac. In 1948 he left Lissac to take over SGOL, a Brussels-based company that was ...
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WooDone has introduced Fienum, a new model in its Nature...
WooDone has introduced Fienum, a new model in its Nature Collection that is made through the manual application of real dried blades of hayon to the frame. It takes 75 manual operations and more than four hours of work to complete one eyewear piece, which, as a result, is unique.
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Faster growth for Fielmann
The leading German optical retailer moved into a faster mode in the third quarter. Its sales increased by 6 percent on a same-store basis during the period, said a spokesman for the company, attributing this performance to the positive consumer climate in Germany as well as an attractive offering of ...
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Randolph Engineering has promoted Nathan Kerzner to the role of...
Randolph Engineering has promoted Nathan Kerzner to the role of vice president of global sales. He previously acted as general manager of North American lifestyle sales.
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Italia Independent and Ducati Motor Holding have signed a three-year...
Italia Independent and Ducati Motor Holding have signed a three-year global partnership deal for the creation of Ducati Scrambler, a brand that is meant to represent the values of the iconic motorcycle. A special logo has been designed for the brand which highlights how the two companies have come together ...
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Lafont is taking over the distribution of its products in...
Lafont is taking over the distribution of its products in the Benelux countries as of next Jan. 1, in connection with the retirement of Alder Weireldt after 30 years as the distributor of the French designer eyewear brand in the region. The business will be run by David van Rode, ...
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Jorcani Sports will distribute the Polaroid line of sunglasses produced...
Jorcani Sports will distribute the Polaroid line of sunglasses produced by Safilo in the sporting goods channel in Spain and Andorra. Jorcani is already the Spanish distributor of Safilo's higher-end lines of Smith and Carrera sports glasses.
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Glasses Direct won a prize for “Outstanding Digital Experience” at...
Glasses Direct won a prize for “Outstanding Digital Experience” at the recent Retail Week Customer Experience Awards, sponsored by the Content Marketing Association. The jury praised the U.K. website's 3D virtual try-on service, Ditto, which identifies more than 900 unique points on the customer's face by webcam.
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Luxottica strikes a major deal with Macy’s
Luxottica has reached an agreement to open LensCrafters shop-in-shops in up to 500 Macy's department stores in the U.S. over the next three years. The agreement comes in the wake of a previous experience between the two groups that resulted in the opening so far of some 670 Sunglass Hut ...
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De Rigo Vision has extended its license for Furla eyewear...
De Rigo Vision has extended its license for Furla eyewear ahead of its expiration, signing a new deal for an additional five years until 2022. De Rigo has been the licensee of this Italian brand of handbags since 2007. The business has been growing at a double-digit pace for the ...
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Currencies help Fedon
Giorgio Fedon & Figli has reported growth of 14.3 percent in its revenues to €53.4 million for the first nine months of 2015, with an increase of 0.7 percent in constant currencies. Operating earnings before amortization (Ebitda) rose by 8.2 percent to €2,863,000, indicating a reduced operating margin of 5.37 ...
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Creating a new position, Prodesign has hired a new head...
Creating a new position, Prodesign has hired a new head of sales for Asia-Pacific, Sebastien Bodennec. His job will be to support existing distributors and retail partners in the region, which currently represents less than 10 percent of the Danish-based group's sales, and to look for new opportunities there. He ...
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Short stops
Lafont has opened a new store in the French city...
Lafont has opened a new store in the French city of Rouen
