All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 16-17 – Page 2

  • Article

    Safilo renews Dior license, will lose Céline

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The Safilo Group announced that its important licensing agreement with the French fashion house of Christian Dior has been renewed until Dec. 31, 2020, but said that it will terminate the Céline license at the end of 2017, after extending it for one year. Céline was due to expire at ...

  • News briefs

    Three companies – Cecia, Essilor and Visiole - took the...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Three companies – Cecia, Essilor and Visiole - took the Golden Silmo Award this time in the low-vision segment. Visiole got the award for Go Vision, a portable, high-definition video magnifier launched last May by a Korean company, HIMS, for which it is the distributor in France. It can magnify ...

  • Short stops

    Zoobug London has developed a new, fun campaign for its...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Zoobug London has developed a new, fun campaign for its spring/summer 2017 range of children's eyewear with a kid's fashion photographer, Sarah Winborn

  • News briefs

    Safilo has decided to create a new business unit, called...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Safilo has decided to create a new business unit, called Safilo Industrial, that will comprise the operations of its three Italian plants of Santa Maria di Sala, Martignacco and Longarone from January 2017. The reorganization will enable the holding company, Safilo Group, to focus on corporate functions for the rest ...

  • News briefs

    Robert Frith Optometrists has taken over IJ Brown Opticians in...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Robert Frith Optometrists has taken over IJ Brown Opticians in the U.K. from partners Alun Bevan and Paul Wallis who will remain with the group before they retire. Founded in 1882 and employing 25 people, IJ Brown Opticians currently has four stores in the Dorset region and an in-house glazing ...

  • News briefs

    Paul Robinson, sales director of Look Designs, a family-owned British...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Paul Robinson, sales director of Look Designs, a family-owned British frame supplier, tragically passed away after a fire broke out at his house. He had been in the family business for 25 years and was also very much involved in the life of the local community through a book festival ...

  • News briefs

    Brillen-Profi, a Germany voluntary group of independent opticians that decided...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Brillen-Profi, a Germany voluntary group of independent opticians that decided to join forces to share experiences and best practices in the optical and hearing aids segments, has launched a new online platform, optichange.de, for the management of corporate succession in the optical sector. Brillen-Profi, whose members operate 1,850 points of ...

  • News briefs

    Sang Tanzer has joined Brillen.de, a family-run multi-channel provider of...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Sang Tanzer has joined Brillen.de, a family-run multi-channel provider of prescription eyewear in Germany, as chief of marketing. Tanzer worked previously as head of media sales and head of performance marketing at Lenspirit.de, a distributor of contact lenses from Leipzig. Previously, he worked as marketing expert and media planner at ...

  • News briefs

    Safilo revealed that Smith, the company's brand of helmets, goggles...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Safilo revealed that Smith, the company's brand of helmets, goggles and sunglasses, is achieving 14 percent of its global revenues via its own e-commerce platform. Across the group, online sales have reached 20 percent of overall sales when pure third-party e-commerce players are included in the tally. Products featuring ChromaPop ...

  • Short stops

    Pomellato, a brand of jewelry owned by Kering, is launching...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Pomellato, a brand of jewelry owned by Kering, is launching its first line of prescription frames and expanding its offer of sunglasses

  • News briefs

    Oakley will be the official brand of eyewear and goggles...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Oakley will be the official brand of eyewear and goggles of the Big Bear Mountain Resort, the year-round destination for snow sports and mountain biking that includes Bear Mountain and Snow Summit. The two-season partnership will begin immediately. The new partnership will include the creation of co-branded content with Oakley ...

  • News briefs

    Cutler and Gross has opened a boutique on Church Street...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Cutler and Gross has opened a boutique on Church Street in the Marylebone district in London. The new store showcases a large selection of vintage handmade designs from 1969 to the mid-2000s, together with a range of accessories. The Cutler and Gross Vintage boutique is to celebrate the 45 years' ...

  • News briefs

    Both an optician and a professional scuba-diver, Roger Demetz died...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Both an optician and a professional scuba-diver, Roger Demetz died last month at the age of 93. In 1953, he invented the first scuba-diving mask with corrective lenses. At the same time, he opened his optical shop in Paris and founded the Demetz brand. In 1968, he launched his first ...

  • Article

    Italia Independent’s boss fakes kidnapping in New York

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The latest misadventures of the Italia Independent Group's owner and chairman, Lapo Edovald Elkann, does not seem to have unduly upset the company's board of directors. His brother John Philip Elkann, chairman of the powerful Fiat Chrysler group, has decided to join him in the recapitalization of the company, financing ...

  • Article

    Germany is the biggest market for imported eyewear

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Germany became for the first time the biggest importer of ophthalmic optics products in the European Union in 2015, reaching a level €1.28 billion, according to an annual report by Spectaris, the German ophthalmic industry association, on trade flows in Europe. France came in second place with an import value ...

  • Article

    Mister Spex’ study sees Norway and Italy as best eye care providers

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Mister Spex recently released The World Eye Care Coverage Index, an overview of the current status of eye health across the world. Using data from institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank as well as the health ministries of various countries, The leading German online ...

  • News briefs

    Peter Reeve has been promoted to the role of managing...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Peter Reeve has been promoted to the role of managing director of Stepper UK, concentrating on the domestic U.K. market. He first joined the company in 2003 and was given wider commercial responsibilities after the acquisition of Stepper UK and Stepper France by Arts Optical in 2014. Reeve takes the ...

  • News briefs

    Mailander's integrated communication strategy for Mido has been honored at...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Mailander's integrated communication strategy for Mido has been honored at the 19th edition of the annual Assorel Awards with the special “Digital Media” award. Assorel, the Italian Association of full-service Public Relations Agencies and a member of the Confederation of Italian Industry (Confindustria), has been presenting its awards for the ...

  • News briefs

    - The new line of Barberini branded sunglasses can be...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    - The new line of Barberini branded sunglasses can be mounted with prescription glass lenses supplied by Barberini itself from the former factory of Schott bought by the Italian company. Corning has no input into the collection.

  • News briefs

    The Spanish authorities have dismantled one of the main hubs...

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish authorities have dismantled one of the main hubs in the European Union for the distribution of counterfeit goods. The international gang operated in and around La Jonquera, in northeastern Spain, close to the French border. The Spanish police, which was assisted in the operation by Europol, said in ...