All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 6-7 – Page 3
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Eye Like works with Kirk & Kirk for its first private label line
Kirk & Kirk, the new company of Jason and Karen Kirk, has developed the first private label collection for Eye Like, an interesting “club” of trendy, independent opticians in France who have been working together more or less informally for 15 years.The basic and contemporary collection, which was launched a ...
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Tifosi Optics, the American producer of sports eyewear, has hired...
Tifosi Optics, the American producer of sports eyewear, has hired a Dutch company, Kruitbosch, to be its exclusive distributor for the Benelux countries, Kruitbosch has been a major supplier and distributor of bicycles, parts and accessories to bike specialty shops in the Benelux countries. Specializing in cycling, running and other ...
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Transitions Optical has promoted Jose Alves to general manager, Americas,...
Transitions Optical has promoted Jose Alves to general manager, Americas, with immediate effect. He succeeds Bertrand Roy, who will focus on his role as chief executive of Transitions Optical. Alves has been Transitions' general manager, Latin America since 2004. In his new role, his responsibilities will now include the North ...
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Mixed results for Alcon
Sales declined by 3 percent to $2.55 billion at Alcon, the subsidiary of Novartis that comprises Ciba Vision's former contact lens business. They grew by 5 percent on a currency-neutral basis, led by continued increases in surgical products and ophthalmic pharmaceuticalsAlcon's Vision Care Performance segment, which includes contact lenses and ...
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Jeremy Jalie will leave as development director of Vision Aid...
Jeremy Jalie will leave as development director of Vision Aid Overseas at the end of June after more than ten years with the charity organization
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B. Robinson has signed a distribution agreement for Eastern Europe...
B. Robinson has signed a distribution agreement for Eastern Europe for its licensed Revo sunglasses with Optika Tommas, a Slovenian company that was selling the line before as a distribution partner of Luxottica until 2009. The contract calls for a minimum guaranteed 10,000 units sold at a minimum of 200 ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has extended its licensing agreement for sunglasses and...
Salvatore Ferragamo has extended its licensing agreement for sunglasses and prescription frames with Marchon Eyewear for a further five years until the end of 2021. Volumes sold under the contract have been growing at an average of just below 30 percent a year since it came into effect in January ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group has agreed to extend its license...
The Michael Pachleitner Group has agreed to extend its license agreement with Daniel Hechter until 2020. The license covers all the territories except for Asia. At the last Mido show, an official of the Austrian company denied a rumor that was circulating about a possible termination of MPG's Red Bull ...
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U.S. Optical Barometer increased in March, after a slight decline in February
The Optical Business Barometer (OBB), a monthly survey designed to gauge business attitudes among independent eye care professionals in the U.S., showed an increase in March 2015 to 3.84 from a February 2015 rating of 3.81. March ratings stood at 3.72 for 2014 and 3.84 for 2013. In February 2015, ...
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Alain Afflelou, the maverick French optician, has sold his...
Alain Afflelou, the maverick French optician, has sold his stake of about 50 percent in a French rugby club, Aviron Bayonnais
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Adlens has expanded its portfolio of variable-focus eyewear with the...
Adlens has expanded its portfolio of variable-focus eyewear with the release of Adlens Interface, designed to block harmful parts of the blue light spectrum. Adlens has also announced a distribution partnership with the Lempereur group of opticians in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
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Essilor buys Fabris Lane, boosting its sun activities further
Essilor has made two new important acquisitions during the first quarter in the U.K. and Turkey as part of its program to expand its growing sun segment. It signed an agreement to buy a majority stake in Merve, a Turkish producer based in Istanbul that owns two well-known local brands ...
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Luxottica gears up for new acquisitions, investments in retail
Luxottica is on the prowl again. After putting its acquisition campaign in standby mode following the management changes the company underwent in the second half of last year, the Italian group is ”scanning” the market and has started talks with potential targets, according to one of its top managers. The ...
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OWP Brillen has acquired Op Couture Brillen, including its well-known...
OWP Brillen has acquired Op Couture Brillen, including its well-known Cazal brand of eyewear, from the family of its founder, Harald Böttcher. The two German companies are both based in Passau. Run by Werner Paletschek, OWP stands for Optische Werke Passau. It covers the medium segment of the market with ...
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Acne Studios, a strong Swedish apparel brand, has launched its...
Acne Studios, a strong Swedish apparel brand, has launched its first collection of sunglasses, developed by an unnamed French producer
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Ørgreen and Claire Goldsmith signed up several new accounts at...
Ørgreen and Claire Goldsmith signed up several new accounts at the recent International Vision Expo fair in New York, following the establishment of a joint new distribution company for the U.S. market, headed up by Matthew Reiss and called Ørgreen + Goldsmith. Our article about their new partnership in the ...
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According to preliminary figures, the number of attendees at the...
According to preliminary figures, the number of attendees at the last International Vision Expo East show totaled 15,156, which would compare with an audited number of 16,830 a year ago
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The European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOD) has published...
The European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOD) has published for the first time in advance the full program of its conference, due to be held in Budapest on May 14-17. An online booklet provides details about every session of the conference, where topics such as myopia, binocular vision and ...
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Mexico's parliament has modified Article 79 of its Health Act...
Mexico's parliament has modified Article 79 of its Health Act to include optometry in the list of health professions that requires a university degree to practice. The amendment will apply to new graduates. Visual impairment is the second most frequently occurring disability in the country, according to the Mexican Institute ...
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Fleye was named best design brand by 4EYES, the leading...
Fleye was named best design brand by 4EYES, the leading Chinese optical magazine, during the Shanghai International Optical Fair. The Danish brand, which is now represented in 23 of China's 30 provinces, uses WeChat extensively for B2B communication in the country. It uses an online training system to make sure ...
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