All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 8-9 – Page 4
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Shamir Insight has become the latest partner in Think About...
Shamir Insight has become the latest partner in Think About Your Eyes, the high-powered public awareness campaign coordinated by The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association, which is intended to educate U.S. consumers about the benefits of vision health. In the first quarter of 2015, the initiative consisted of ...
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The 7th annual European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO)...
The 7th annual European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) conference, held in Budapest on May 14-17, welcomed a record of more than 300 delegates from 44 countries. The extensive three day program featured 36 conference sessions on a number of topics, including: treating patients with glaucoma, therapeutic contact lenses ...
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Maui Jim Sunglasses has signed up a 50-year-old Spanish pro...
Maui Jim Sunglasses has signed up a 50-year-old Spanish pro golfer, Miguel Angel Jimenez, who qualified as the oldest winner on the European Tour at the Spanish Open in May 2014, after 23 victories under his belt. Three years ago, he created a Junior Circuit in Spain for children between ...
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Mazzucchelli clocks up 4%-plus growth
Mazzucchelli remains the world's leading supplier of acetate to the eyewear sector. Apart from La-Es, which has a different system of production, the competition is very fragmented, consisting mainly of relatively small Chinese firms. But Mazzucchelli's managing director, Giampietro Pedrazzini, admits that some of them are starting to grow and ...
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Optic 2000 reacts to new French pricing rules
Starting on April 1, the governmental social security system and the mutual insurance funds in France are contributing less than before to the purchase of a pair of glasses. Consumers can claim reimbursement within certain new price limits for the frame and the lenses, making a distinction between single-vision lenses ...
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A 20-year industry veteran, Jeff Harvie, has been appointed national...
A 20-year industry veteran, Jeff Harvie, has been appointed national sales manager at Inspecs USA for sunglasses and safety eyewear. The British company says his primary focus will be the continued expansion of the O'Neill and Cat brands as well as driving upcoming launches across the sport, surf, hardware and ...
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A total of 11,816 people registered to visit Abióptica, the...
A total of 11,816 people registered to visit Abióptica, the Brazilian optical trade show in the Transamérica Expo Center of São Paulo, on April 15-18, down from 12,330 a year ago. They were mostly Brazilian professionals, but there were also foreign visitors coming from 20 foreign countries. Including repeat visits, ...
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Italia Independent Group has reported revenues of €10 million for...
Italia Independent Group has reported revenues of €10 million for the first quarter, up by 21.7 percent, driven by the eyewear business. Operating profit before amortization (Ebitda) grew by around 3 percent, reaching €1.6 million, or almost 16 percent of turnover. The group's debt grew from €10.3 million at Dec. ...
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GrandVision grew strongly in Q1
GrandVision, which went public late last year, reported strong organic growth of 7.1 percent for the first quarter ended March 31, with a 5.5 percent increase in comparable store sales. Adding the effect of acquisitions, such as the previously reported takeover of Angelo Randazzo in Italy, total revenues grew by ...
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