All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 1-2 – Page 3
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American Vision, the new Indian store franchising operation that we...
American Vision, the new Indian store franchising operation that we have already reported on, says it plans to raise new equity in order to invest the equivalent of nearly $40 million over the next five years in the expansion of its business model across the country. Most of the budget ...
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Columbia Sportswear has signed a global licensing agreement with Marchon...
Columbia Sportswear has signed a global licensing agreement with Marchon Eyewear for a new range of glasses that is set to hit the U.S. market in July, followed by an international roll-out in September. The line will include a range of technical sunglasses for fishing. The glasses are to be ...
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Marcolin has announced the renewal of its exclusive licensing agreement...
Marcolin has announced the renewal of its exclusive licensing agreement with Kenneth Cole for the design, manufacture and worldwide distribution of Kenneth Cole New York and Kenneth Cole Reaction sun and optical eyewear. The collaboration between the two companies, which started in 2003, has been extended until December 2021.
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PFO Global has announced an agreement with GB Pharma Holdings...
PFO Global has announced an agreement with GB Pharma Holdings to bring high quality prescription lenses to Africa. The continent is a grossly underserved market, said PFO, and has nearly 153 million people with visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive errors, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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L'Amy has also agreed to work together with Eyewear Designs,...
L'Amy has also agreed to work together with Eyewear Designs, licensee of New Balance, to expand the distribution of the sports brand's line to Canada, Mexico and Europe, plus selected accounts and regional independents in the U.S. L'Amy will focus on the New Balance optical line in the U.S. and ...
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New CEO for Alcon after disappointing results
Novartis has appointed Mike Ball as division head and chief executive officer of Alcon, effective Feb. 1, as part of its plan to strengthen the under-performing division. He succeeds Jeff George, who has decided to leave Novartis. Ball will also be a member of Novartis' executive committee. He joins Novartis ...
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After covering the U.S. market directly from the U.K., Karen...
After covering the U.S. market directly from the U.K., Karen and Jason Kirk have appointed an exclusive U.S. distributor, Binocleuses, for their two-year-old Kirk & Kirk collection. Based in Philadelphia, it also represents the Feb31st and Matthew brands of eyewear.
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After launching its first line of children's glasses, called First,...
After launching its first line of children's glasses, called First, at the end of 2015, Mykita added two new corrective frames and two new sunglass models to the collection, launching them at Opti in Munich. In total, the company offers six different corrective frames and six sunglass models for children, ...
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Native Eyewear, the specialist in polarized eyewear for the adventurer,...
Native Eyewear, the specialist in polarized eyewear for the adventurer, has appointed John Sanchez as general manager and vice president of product development. Sanchez will also maintain his role of vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses, Native Eyewear's parent company. Sanchez joined Costa Sunglasses in 2014. Prior to ...
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The Vision Council, in its role as the secretariat administrator...
The Vision Council, in its role as the secretariat administrator for the Accredited Standards Committee Z80, has announced the publication by ANSI of the 2015 revision of Standard Z80.3, Nonprescription Sunglasses and Fashion Eyewear Requirements, which applies to all over-the-counter sunglasses and fashion eyewear that are normally used for casual, ...
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Adlens has announced a series of changes within its management...
Adlens has announced a series of changes within its management team to adjust to the launch of AdlensFocuss, the first prescription eyewear to feature Adlens' proprietary Variable Power Optics (VPO) technology. David Eichelberger has been appointed senior vice president of VPO. He succeeds Megan Molony, who has left the company. ...
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Jared Leto, an actor and musician, was engaged for a...
Jared Leto, an actor and musician, was engaged for a new eyewear campaign being launched this February for Carrera's Maverick eyewear collection. The brand, which is owned by Safilo, will celebrate its 60th anniversary this year.
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Essilor pursues its acquisition strategy
Essilor International has announced the signing of nine new external growth transactions that represent combined annual revenues of around €60 million. These acquisitions have been described by the global opthalmic optics company as being in line with its strategy of balanced growth, evenly spread across developed and fast-growing markets, with ...
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Halma has announced that it has acquired Visiometrics, a fast...
Halma has announced that it has acquired Visiometrics, a fast growing company based in Barcelona that designs, manufactures and markets ophthalmic diagnostic instruments. The deal was worth up to £91.2 million (€120.2m-$131.0m) and includes both the operations based outside Barcelona and Visual Performance Diagnostics, which is located in Aliso Viejo, ...
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According to preliminary figures, Rodenstock increased its total sales by...
According to preliminary figures, Rodenstock increased its total sales by 3.5 percent to €421 million in 2015, as compared to the previous year. The company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) reached €84 million, up slightly from €82 million. A spokesman for the German company said that no ...
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Rossignol, the French ski brand, is accompanying a big push...
Rossignol, the French ski brand, is accompanying a big push into the fashion and lifestyle apparel market with the launch of a new line of sunglasses that will be available in stores from the month of April. More technical sunglasses for snow sports will come out in September, but they ...
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Public actions to support Italy’s eyewear and fashion industries abroad
A total of 170 foreign buyers and 35 journalists were invited last year to attend the Mido trade show in Milan, thanks to a new export promotion program funded by the Italian government. The experience will be repeated at the next Mido show being held on the last three days ...
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Think About Your Eyes, the campaign organized in the U.S....
Think About Your Eyes, the campaign organized in the U.S. by The Vision Council, generated more than one million eye exams in 2015, bringing in $55.5 million in eye exam revenues, as well as an additional $444 million in revenues from sales of glasses and contacts generated by campaign-promoted eye ...
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Salmoiraghi gets a €70 million loan to grow its store network
The Salmoiraghi & Viganò Group has decided on a development program for the next seven years that will extend the chain beyond the 450 outlets it comprised after the restructuring operation that took place three years ago. To achieve this, the leading Italian optical retail company has obtained a financing ...
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7Trade, the German distribution agency of Micha Siebenhandl, was able...
7Trade, the German distribution agency of Micha Siebenhandl, was able to trademark its iViator brand at the end of last year. This house brand of sunglasses offers 34 variations in colors and styles, which can be combined via the brand's website or at participating retailers who have all variations on ...
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