All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 3 – Page 3
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Maui Jim has announced a new global three-year partnership with...
Maui Jim has announced a new global three-year partnership with the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals). As part of the deal, the Hawaiian brand of polarized sunglasses becomes the Official Eyewear of the ATP World Tour as well as the supply eyewear to the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour finals ...
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Andrea Guerra, who left last September as chief executive of...
Andrea Guerra, who left last September as chief executive of Luxottica, has become a strategic adviser to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Guerra has also been elected as a member of the board of directors of Coach, the American leathergoods company that agreed in January to take over Stuart Weitzman, ...
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Brille & Co., the trade show for the northern German...
Brille & Co., the trade show for the northern German market staged in Dortmund on Jan. 17-18, welcomed about 100 exhibitors and 2,100 visitors. The next show will be held on Aug. 22-23.
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The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association have announced...
The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association have announced the re-launch of Think About Your Eyes, the initiative aimed at increasing consumer awareness in the U.S. of the importance of vision health. The 2015 campaign will feature more than 5,000 television spots across 22 cable networks, around 540,000 radio ...
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Marcolin has announced the early renewal of its licensing agreement...
Marcolin has announced the early renewal of its licensing agreement with Timberland, which has been extended until the end of 2018
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Fiorucci has renewed its eyewear licensing agreement with the Italian...
Fiorucci has renewed its eyewear licensing agreement with the Italian Jet Set Group for a further two years
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Italia Independent has announced a second co-branding agreement with Adidas...
Italia Independent has announced a second co-branding agreement with Adidas Originals for a new range of eyewear that will be showcased at Mido
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Johnson & Johnson plans to gradually discontinue sales of Acuvue...
Johnson & Johnson plans to gradually discontinue sales of Acuvue Advance contact lenses, encouraging practicioners to offer Acuvue Oasys instead
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Actavis will become Allergan
Actavis, the supplier of generic and branded pharmaceuticals that agreed to acquire Allergan in November in a bid against Valeant Pharmaceuticals, will change its name to Allergan for its portfolio of branded products after the takeover is completed. It will keep the name Actavis for other products and for specific ...
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MyOptique makes an acquisiton in Mister Spex’ territory
MyOptique is to expand into Germany with the acquisition of Netzoptiker. The move follows MyOptique receiving a €20 million investment to bring its latest funding round to €43 million, mostly to be used for international expansion.MyOptique has already been selling glasses on the German market through local versions of its ...
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Hoya invests to accelerate growth in lenses
The revenues of Hoya Corporation's Health Care sub-segment, which covers essentially eyeglasses and contact lenses, grew by 21.2 percent to 58.3 billion yen (€434.7m-$488.4m) in the third quarter of its financial year, ended Dec. 31. They rose by 17.5 percent in terms of constant currencies, benefiting in part from the ...
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Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear show, is moving to new and...
Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear show, is moving to new and larger premises in the Transamérica Expo Center of Sao Paulo for its 13th edition on April 15-18. The show has been overbooked for many years because of growing demand for exhibition space from the market, which has risen by 89 ...
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Michael Jaggs has died at the age of 77. The...
Michael Jaggs has died at the age of 77. The contact lens pioneer started his career in optics with Leighton's Opticians in 1954. After qualifying as a dispensing optician, he ran a branch for the company, and then studied optometry at Northampton College, four years later. He started his own ...
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GrandVision is worth around €5 billion
GrandVision closed today on Euronext at a price of €20.36 per share, after reaching a high of €20.50 and a low of €19.99 since it went public on Feb. 6. After announcing an indicative price range of between €17.50 and €21.50 a share for its planned public offering (IPO), the ...
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Mister Spex posts 38% sales growth
Mister Spex saw sales jump to €65 million in 2014, as compared to €47 million in 2013. The online glasses and contact lens retailer, which has a strong presence in Germany and Austria, with 500 partners, said it aims to achieve an average double-digit growth for 2015.The company secured €32 ...
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In 2015, the Iberian eyewear market (frames, sunglasses, lenses and...
In 2015, the Iberian eyewear market (frames, sunglasses, lenses and contact lenses) is expected to grow by 1.5 percent, after a 7-year downturn, and to reach a total value of €800 million. According to a recent study by research company DBK, which released the figure, €640 million of this will ...
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International Vision Expo East has announced that for 2015, The...
International Vision Expo East has announced that for 2015, The Galleria and The Underground will be elevated to a new location on level three, taking over the south side of the exhibition floor. The move will include a special entrance, décor treatments created for the frame pavilions and a new ...
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Alcon posts 3 percent sales increase for 2014
Parent company Novartis reported a 3 percent increase for Alcon global sales last year to $10.83 billion. The increase was driven by the launch of key product including AirOptix Colors. Growth was also partly boosted by new contact lens products, which offset a drop in solutions sales. For the fourth ...
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Italy’s eyewear exports grow by 11.8%
2014 was a year of growth for the Italian eyewear industry, but only thanks to exports, which have leapt from 70 to 90 percent of the total production in the last few years. The industry's turnover grew last year by 9.4 percent to €3,171 million, with sales outside Italy rising ...
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100% Optical records a 25% increase in attendance
This year's edition of 100% Optical, which was held on Feb. 7-9 at ExCel in London, received more than 6,000 visitors, representing a 25 percent increase in attendance as compared to the 2014's inaugural event, according to Media 10 Limited, the event organizers.The lineup of optical brands included eyewear, lenses, ...
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