All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 16-17
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Rodenstock sets up a U.S. subsidiary
The German company has announced that it will re-introduce its lines of prescription frames and sunglasses in the U.S. as of Jan. 1 through a new sales subsidiary. Located in Sheridan, Wyoming, it will be headed by Chris Juergens, who worked for Silhouette for 15 years, the last nine as ...
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A record year for Zeiss
Sales went up by 8 percent to €1,089 million for the Zeiss group Vision Care & Consumer Products division in the financial year ended last Sept. 30, thanks in part to growing demand for Zeiss eyeglass lenses and various product innovations. Recent launches included DriveSafe and PhotoFusion as well as ...
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Maui Jim is going to offer an RX version of...
Maui Jim is going to offer an RX version of its Blue Hawaii line of mirror-coated sunglasses
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Tag Heuer’s licensee goes under
A French bankruptcy court pronounced last month the liquidation of Logo Eyewear's assets after another French company, Cémo, withdraw a takeover offer for some of its assets and between 14 and 34 of its 170-odd employees in France. Acquired three years ago by Pierre Verrier, a former chief executive of ...
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Krys Group, one of the major French voluntary groups of...
Krys Group, one of the major French voluntary groups of opticians, has started to sell an exclusive line of eyewear under the label of Le Coq Sportif, a famous French brand of sports apparel and shoes. The glasses are made in France. The development of the collection has been handled ...
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Vuarnet is opening its first pop-up shop in New York,...
Vuarnet is opening its first pop-up shop in New York, located at 29 Spring Street in the heart of the Soho district
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The Opti show in Munich will feature a new “Vintage...
The Opti show in Munich will feature a new “Vintage Passion” area for revisited classic models of eyewear. There will also be a daily “vintage summit” and a daily talk on “design icon meets design rookie” at the Opti Forum. The talk on the Sunday afternoon during the show, will ...
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Three French luxury and eyewear industry professionals - Jacques-Emmanuel Falempin,...
Three French luxury and eyewear industry professionals - Jacques-Emmanuel Falempin, Eric Jean and Dominique Cuvillier - have just founded the Triptic Eyewear Agency, with the aim of advising brands, manufacturers, distributors and retailers in the eyewear sector. Falempin is a consultant in the luxury goods sector, Jean an optician and ...
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Modo Eyewear is launching a new project, Modo Faces, featuring...
Modo Eyewear is launching a new project, Modo Faces, featuring artists and architects who wear its glasses
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Moscot sets up a European office
Moscot, the New York-based eyewear brand, has widened its European footprint with the opening of a new office in Lugano, Switzerland, for Europe and the Middle East. To take care of customs clearance and service its clients in the region, it has also contracted a third-party logistics firm with a ...
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Essilor lowers its guidance, promotes Vacherot
Essilor International has advised shareholders and analysts that its consolidated sales will only grow this year by around 3.5 percent on a comparable basis, down from a previous projection of 4.5 percent growth, and that they should generate a contribution margin of around 18.5 percent.The announcement sent its stock market ...
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Ipro, a developer of software solutions for opticians and dispensers...
Ipro, a developer of software solutions for opticians and dispensers of hearing aids, has launched a new online search service on behalf of about 100 German opticians who teamed up to co-finance the implementation of a common platform and its further development. Via Ipro's platform, customers can be transferred to ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group has developed an exclusive online marketing...
The Michael Pachleitner Group has developed an exclusive online marketing campaign for German opticians to draw consumers to their stores, customizing it to their target groups. The MP Group developed the new marketing tool together with an experienced IT specialist through an exclusive agreement. Opticians can choose from several packages, ...
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The Pope's optician has his eye on unusual designs
Alessandro Spiezia is no ordinary optician, and not just because the head of the Catholic Church is one of his customers. The Pope's optician stands out also by the originality of the models he selects for his customers, and the minute size of his premises. Called Ottica Spezia, his store ...
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Denmark’s Fleye is eyeing expansion in Europe
With its new management team and new corporate identity, Fleye is stepping up efforts to broaden its footprint from its core market in Scandinavia into other European markets like Italy, France, Germany, Spain and Greece, the company said at the Silmo trade fair in Paris. The 14-year-old Danish eyewear design ...
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Essilor Sun Solution, the division of Essilor dedicated to sun...
Essilor Sun Solution, the division of Essilor dedicated to sun plano lenses, has announced a new partnership with IED – Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin. The collaboration is aimed at financing a study of the development by IED students of a concept frame, a communication campaign and marketing tools ...
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A new company, Swiss Eye International, was formed on Sept....
A new company, Swiss Eye International, was formed on Sept. 1 from the merger of Swiss Eye International, a German manufacturer of sports sunglasses and sports eyewear based in Augustdorf, near Bielefeld and Top Look Brillen, which has several brands of prescription frames including Top Look, ICU, TAO and Maxey. ...
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Thierry Lasry plans to launch a men’s collection
Following on the opening of a flagship store on Paris' Left Bank in May 2016, Thierry Lasry, the French maker of handmade fashionable sunglasses that have graced the temples of international celebrities, aims to expand the brand's offering by branching out with a men's collection.Léonard Lasry, who founded the independently ...
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Esprit has extended its eyewear licensing deal with Charmant, which...
Esprit has extended its eyewear licensing deal with Charmant, which started in 1994, for an undisclosed duration
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Zeiss has established a new competence center in Munich as...
Zeiss has established a new competence center in Munich as part of its plans to accelerate the digital transformation in the company. Zeiss Digital Innovation Partners will be led by Matthias Gohl, Zeiss' former head of corporate strategic development. In his new role, Gohl will report directly to Thomas Spitzenpfeil, ...
