All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 14-15 – Page 3
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Michael Kodochian has been placed in charge of strategic projects...
Michael Kodochian has been placed in charge of strategic projects at Atol, one of the major French voluntary groups of opticians
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Steve Fleming has become the new chief executive of Birmingham...
Steve Fleming has become the new chief executive of Birmingham Optical, a big British lens laboratory that is also the U.K. importer for Nidek and Oculus. Fleming joined the company in March, after 12 years as business development director and retail operations director of Vision Express, and after seven years ...
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Invu, the young Swiss brand based in Zurich, partnered with...
Invu, the young Swiss brand based in Zurich, partnered with Sightsavers last month for a new line of polarized sunglasses, I Wear Red, which retail for €60 per pair. It has pledged to donate €1.50 from the sale of each pair to the non-profit association to help a child in ...
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Barberini Eyewear goes international
One of the world's major producers of mineral lenses, Barberini Spa, now has a full-fledged Barberini Eyewear division for sunglasses, including RX sunglasses. While the parent company is still headquartered at Silvi Marino in the Abruzzo region of Italy, the new division is based at Santa Marta near Venice in ...
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Younger Optics has launched a new Australian campaign for its...
Younger Optics has launched a new Australian campaign for its Transitions Drivewear polarised photochromic sun lens. The new “Super Vision” campaign, which will run until January 2017, challenges consumers to not only correct vision but to get enhanced Super Vision in their favorite outdoor pursuits. The campaign will appear in ...
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Gifo, the French optical industry association, has declared its satisfaction...
Gifo, the French optical industry association, has declared its satisfaction with a government decree that allows opticians to amplifying the range of services they can perform, allowing the eye doctors to concentrate on complex pathologies.
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Specsavers has appointed a new head of Enhanced Optical Services...
Specsavers has appointed a new head of Enhanced Optical Services (EOS) for the U.K., Adam Wannell, who has more than 20 years' experience in clinical settings. Based at Bristol's Eye Hospital, where he treats glaucoma, he will join 15 other EOS in the U.K. who provide support to the group's ...
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Katrin Kapteyn was appointed as chief product officer at Mister...
Katrin Kapteyn was appointed as chief product officer at Mister Spex, responsible for product development and user experience as well as category management and business intelligence. The 38-year-old succeeds Hannes Schrödter, who will leave the company at his own request at the end of this year. She reports directly to ...
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Krys has appointed Delphine Ansquer as director of commercial development...
Krys has appointed Delphine Ansquer as director of commercial development at Codir, the group's production and logistics center, located in Bazzainville, in the Ile-de-France region. Most recently, Ansquer worked for 10 years at Rodenstock France, with leading roles in marketing and general management. Prior to joining the French branch of Rodenstock, ...
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Eyefluence has announced on its website that the company is...
Eyefluence has announced on its website that the company is being acquired by Google. The amount of the transaction has not been disclosed. Eyefluence, based in Milpitas, California, specializes in eye-interaction technology for augmented, virtual and mixed reality devices. The company was founded in 2013 by Jim Marggraff, its current ...
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The Optical Confederation (OC) of the U.K.has announced that its...
The Optical Confederation (OC) of the U.K.has announced that its chairman, Chris Hunt, has stepped down at the end of his two-year tenure, which ended on Oct. 23. The OC represents 13,000 optometrists, 6,000 dispensing opticians and 7,000 optical businesses in the U.K. An internal review will now consider how ...
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The Vision Council has announced the promotion of Ashley Mills...
The Vision Council has announced the promotion of Ashley Mills as its new chief executive, effective Nov. 1, and of Greg Chavez as executive vice president in charge of operations and memberships. Mills replaces Mike Daley, who has retired, although he will continue to work with the organization until Dec. ...
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The London-based Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) has appointed Andy...
The London-based Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) has appointed Andy Yorke as its new chairman. Yorke, who is the managing director of Topcon Medical, has more than 35 years of experience in the U.K. ophthalmic industry and optical profession. He is a past president of the British Contact Lens Association ...
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Andrea Dorigo, a veteran of the Luxottica Group who had...
Andrea Dorigo, a veteran of the Luxottica Group who had been acting as president of Oakley from May 2015 to last July, has become president and chief executive of Pirch, a high-end U.S. retailer specializing in household items. Based at Oakley's head office in California, Dorigo had been responsible for ...
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Toms Shoes is the American brand that is famous for...
Toms Shoes is the American brand that is famous for its policy of giving away a free pair of shoes or to help someone in need of a prescription for his eyesight for each pair of shoes or glasses sold. The brand plans to separate the distribution for its eyewear ...
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Safilo continues to book new licensing agreements. The latest one...
Safilo continues to book new licensing agreements. The latest one is a five-year deal for a collection of women's and men's sunglasses and optical frames that will be sold from January 2018 under the Rag & Bone label. Safilo describes Rag & Bone as a brand that distinguishes itself through ...
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One of Germany's wealthiest men, Carsten Mashmeyer, has agreed to...
One of Germany's wealthiest men, Carsten Mashmeyer, has agreed to invest more than €750,000 to acquire a 20 percent stake in Glorify, the Austrian brand of supposedly unbreakable sports and sun glasses. He responded to an appeal for funding made on a popular TV show by the president of Glorify, ...
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Alain Afflelou wants to go public again
As we had previously reported, the shareholders of Alain Afflelou were considering several options to cash out of the company and to provide it with new financial means for its international expansion (Eyewear Intelligence vol. 17 N° 9, July 4, 2016). In the end, they have decided to raise more ...
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Julbo has put out a special edition of its Aero...
Julbo has put out a special edition of its Aero model that is named after Martin Fourcade, the French biathlon champion. It can be worn for skiing as well as for road running or trail running. It can also be worn as a sport-inspired model of lifestyle sunglasses.
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In addition to the German optical industry and opticians' associations,...
In addition to the German optical industry and opticians' associations, Spectaris and ZVA, various other European associations have given their support to the Opti fair in Munich next January, including the Danish and Swiss optical industry association and VDCO, the German association for contact lens specialists. ECOO, the European Council ...
