All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 1-2
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The organizers of Silmo have signed a partnership with Premiere...
The organizers of Silmo have signed a partnership with Premiere Classe, the international trade show for fashion accessories that takes place twice a year in Paris and which is also organized by Comexposium. Under the terms of this agreement, Premiere Classe will feature a dedicated 300-square meter Silmo-branded space for ...
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Mykita opens new stores
Mykita will launch an online store for sunglasses in the U.S. at the end of January. The company's first online shop was introduced in Germany at the end of 2013. Sunglasses designed by Mykita and in collaboration with fashion designers like Damir Doma can be ordered in the U.S. from ...
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Luxottica undergoes a new management shake-up
After nearly 13 months in the job, one of Luxottica's two co-chief executives, Adil Mehboob-Khan, has left the company with immediate effect and a €6.8 million handshake. He will also receive €200,000 to waive any claims against the company as well as his 2015 bonus and ordinary severance payments linked ...
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Hoya reports mixed quarterly results
Hoya Corp. said Friday that its sales of eyeglass lenses in overseas markets increased in terms of local currencies during the third quarter of its financial year, ended on Dec. 31, as a result of policies aimed at developing new customers and entering new markets. However, because of the decline ...
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FGX International has signed a new license for Levi's sunglasses...
FGX International has signed a new license for Levi's sunglasses and optical frames. FGX, which belongs to the Essilor group, will market the line in North America, Latin America and Europe. The timing of the launch will vary according to the market, with Europe scheduled for February or March. FGX' ...
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Eyezone, the optical magazine from Kuwait, opened a school for...
Eyezone, the optical magazine from Kuwait, opened a school for optometrists in Kuwait three months ago. More than 50 students have already registered for the Eyezone Institute of Opticionary. A total of about 200 students are expected to have registered by the end of the year. Ali Banddor, founder of ...
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New product entries for smart glasses
Zeiss entered the growing arena of “smart glass” solutions at the big Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held on Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas with a new optical system that allows eyewear producers to develop data glasses that look like fashionable everyday glasses. Discussions have already started with potential partners, company ...
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New Line Optik, exclusive distributor of Staffan Preutz Design in...
New Line Optik, exclusive distributor of Staffan Preutz Design in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is now also distributing a Danish brand, Monkeyglasses, in the German-speaking markets from January. New Line Optik owns five optical stores in Berlin and works together with about 2,000 customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. About ...
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De Rigo Vision inaugurated a German subsidiary at Grossostheim, near...
De Rigo Vision inaugurated a German subsidiary at Grossostheim, near Frankfurt, earlier this month. It is headed by Peter Schwind, a former managing partner of Eschenbach who left that company at the end of 2014. The subsidiary will take care of sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland of the company's ...
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Tom Davies will open two new stores in London this...
Tom Davies will open two new stores in London this year. One will be opened in February in the Knightsbridge area and the other one in the Canary Wharf district in April.
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TD Tom Davies extends its customization offer
TD Tom Davies launched a new service called Made to Order, or MTO, at this year's Opti show in Munich. The service will make it faster and easier for opticians to order frames in any color and size. The customization service costs only €7 more than the purchase of a ...
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Flye, the original Danish company, won the Eyewear of the...
Flye, the original Danish company, won the Eyewear of the Year award for its carbon wood frames in the women's category at the recent IOFT show in Tokyo. It had already been nominated for the Silmo d'Or award last September.
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Essilor and other companies in the lens segment were heavily...
Essilor and other companies in the lens segment were heavily represented at the Mido show in Milan last year. Essilor, which had stayed out of the trade show a few years ago, concentrated last year on its instruments. The French group is returning to the Milan fair at the end ...
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Claire Goldsmith presented four new frames at Opti, handmade from...
Claire Goldsmith presented four new frames at Opti, handmade from Mazzucchelli acetate in Italy and featuring traditional rivet hinges, to be sold under its CG Legacy collection. Claire Goldsmith, who sells Oliver Goldsmith sunglasses, is a great-granddaughter of (Philip) Oliver Goldsmith, who established the family's original business in 1926. She ...
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Compensating for the loss of the Champion licensee (see the...
Compensating for the loss of the Champion licensee (see the previous article), L'Amy America has signed an eyewear license for the Champion brand for North America. The licensor is Hanesbrands, which doesn't own the rights to the brand in Europe. The new ophthalmic and Rx sunglass collections developed by L'Amy ...
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Götti Switzerland launched a new campaign, called “I want my...
Götti Switzerland launched a new campaign, called “I want my colors back,” in collaboration with Carmen Mitrotta, an art photographer from Milan, at this year's Opti show. Each still portrait features the model wearing the sunglasses or frames. A Swiss singer, Lea Lu, accompanies the campaign with background music for ...
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Bühler Technology is expanding and upgrading its distribution center in...
Bühler Technology is expanding and upgrading its distribution center in Alzenau, Germany, where Bühler Leybold Optics is based. Bühler's die-casting, grinding and dispersion operations will move there from two other facilities in Germany and Switzerland. The new logistic hub will allow speedier shipment of spare parts throughout Europe.
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Paperstyle, an Italian eyewear company from Bressanone that is producing...
Paperstyle, an Italian eyewear company from Bressanone that is producing frames made primarily of paper, presented a new limited edition of eyewear at Opti in Munich. Together with Truus Brands, an artist from the Netherlands, Paperstyle has developed paper frames consisting of 15 layers of recycled cardboard treated with a ...
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Melon Optics has hired Neil Slinger to handle brand management...
Melon Optics has hired Neil Slinger to handle brand management and sales worldwide. Slinger was most recently European brand manager at Colour Wear (CLWR). Prior to that, he worked at Blue Tomato as head buyer.
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Marchon Eyewear and Liu Jo, the Italian fashion brand, have...
Marchon Eyewear and Liu Jo, the Italian fashion brand, have announced the extension ahead of time of their multi-year global licensing agreement for the design, production, marketing and distribution of Liu Jo sun and ophthalmic collections. Since its debut in early 2014, Liu Jo eyewear has been very successful, exceeding ...
