All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 12-13
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New management structure at Vista
Vista Outdoor, whose holdings including Bushnell and its eyewear brands, Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti, has announced a new segmentation of its recently enlarged brand portfolio, appointing new managers to run its different operations. Kelly Grindle, who remains as president of Outdoor Products, will oversee three new market areas: Outdoor Recreation, ...
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Good turnout in Vegas
International Vision Expo West 2016 has seen increased attendance and strong sales from exhibitors, according to preliminary reports issued by Reed Exhibitions and its partner, the Vision Council, after the event. This year's show was held on Sept. 14-17 in Las Vegas. It featured 460 suppliers and manufacturers, including 100 ...
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GHM, the organizers of the Opti show in Munich, invite...
GHM, the organizers of the Opti show in Munich, invite exhibitors and opticians to take part in a discussion, “Seed Session – the future panel,” which will be held on Nov. 17 in Munich to discuss the future of the trade show, which will occupy two newly constructed trade show ...
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François Pinton works with Karavan
François Pinton, an emblematic figure in French designer eyewear, has struck a strategic partnership with Karavan & Co. (KNCO), a French company that is managing a growing array of eyewear brands and licenses. The idea is to create economies of scale that will help to relaunch the François Pinton brand, ...
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Spektre is launching the new Mambo line, its first ophthalmic...
Spektre is launching the new Mambo line, its first ophthalmic collection. Until now, the Milan-based company had only produced sunglasses. The Mambo collection comprises 13 ophthalmic frames, available in a choice of neutral tones. The company said Mambo frames are inspired by “a modern street style” as well as some ...
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FittingBox, the specialist in virtual try-on solutions for eyewear, and...
FittingBox, the specialist in virtual try-on solutions for eyewear, and Fuel3D, which specializes in 3D capture and imaging, have announced a new collaboration, which is supposed to enhance the eyewear virtual try-on offering. FittingBox already offers the Owiz Mirror, an in-store virtual try-on product combining a digital camera and screen, ...
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Modo Eyewear has produced a nice little video featuring an...
Modo Eyewear has produced a nice little video featuring an imaginary “Isla Eco” (Eco Island) for a new campaign intended to support its message of sustainability and its three “golden rules:” Look Good, Feel Good and Do Good. It features a whimsical combination of mixed-media images interacting with hand-illustrated animals, ...
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Italy’s export growth softens
After the double-digit increases recorded in recent times, the growth in Italy's eyewear exports slowed down to a rate of 4.7 percent in the first half of 2016. Compensating for this trend, the Italian market showed a slight recovery during the period, according to the Italian eyewear industry association, Anfao, ...
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Mister Spex expands its partnerships with opticians
Mister Spex doesn't want to give us its latest turnover figures. However, five years after its introduction of its special click-and-collect program with brick-and-mortar retailers in mid-2011, the German online retailer has put together a network of 550 partner opticians in Germany, placing it in third place in terms of ...
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Oliver Peoples will open its first European store on London's...
Oliver Peoples will open its first European store on London's Sloane Street
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Essilor has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. The world's...
Essilor has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. The world's leading supplier of ophthalmic lenses has also been chosen again by Forbes as one of the “Most Innovative Companies” for 2016. The French company is ranked this year 62nd on a list of 100. It's the sixth year in a ...
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De Rigo has signed a one-year extension of a labor...
De Rigo has signed a one-year extension of a labor contract with its 841 remaining employees that calls for shorter working hours for some of them and promotions for some others. As previously reported, the Italian company had announced its intention to lay off 108 employees, following the loss last ...
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De Rigo has named a creative director, Enrico Furlan, for...
De Rigo has named a creative director, Enrico Furlan, for its major house brands: Police, Lozza and Sting. He worked previously for Filos-Metzler, Safilo and Prada. He has designed Dolce & Gabbana eyewear for seven years.
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Zeiss has launched the “Crafting Success” tour, a series of...
Zeiss has launched the “Crafting Success” tour, a series of events in which independent craft brewers and independent optometric practices get together to share their business experiences. The first in a series of ten events across America took place at Stone Brewing Company in San Diego, California on Aug. 9. ...
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Specsavers has secured a deal to open optical counters in...
Specsavers has secured a deal to open optical counters in some of the Sainsbury's supermarkets in the U.K. A first series of three shop-in-shops is opening before the end of October, starting with Marsh Mills store in Plymouth. Others will be added depending on the results of the pilot ...
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Club OpticLibre, the French voluntary group of opticians, has filed...
Club OpticLibre, the French voluntary group of opticians, has filed a lawsuit against Kalivia, a big French network of mutual funds, alleging anti-competitive behavior on the occasion of its latest call for proposals. On March 17, 2016, Kalivia launched a call for proposals to renew its network of partner opticians ...
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Christian Roméas, a well-known personality in the French eyewear sector,...
Christian Roméas, a well-known personality in the French eyewear sector, has resigned as president of SynOpe, the biggest association of independent opticians in France, which he helped to found in 2004 and which he has led for ten years. SynOpe groups voluntary chains such as Acuitis, Krys Group, Optic 2000 ...
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Stefan Rüdiger, chief executive of Essilor Germany, will be leaving...
Stefan Rüdiger, chief executive of Essilor Germany, will be leaving the company on Sept. 30. Wolfgang Messerschmidt will assume the management of the subsidiary on an interim basis. He is working at Essilor since 1987 and is currently vice president for Central and Eastern Europe.
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Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), the Italian organization that promotes vision...
Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), the Italian organization that promotes vision and eye health, has become a “Non-profit Organization of Social Utility” (ONLUS), a formal step to mark the organization's social commitment in its field of action. CDV's founding members represent various categories concerned with vision and eye health, and include: ...
