All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 3 – Page 2
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Silmo is apparently extending further its international reach with the...
Silmo is apparently extending further its international reach with the planned launch of Silmo Sydney in February 2017. We hope to get more information on this at Mido tomorrow. At its second session last December, Silmo Istanbul registered a 12.9 percent increase in visitors, comprising 8,405 Turkish professionals and 565 ...
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Another plus year for Fielmann
Fielmann's supervisory and management boards are proposing to raise the annual dividend for the 11th time since 2004, after a year in which its pre-tax profit went up by 6.6 percent to €241 million and its net income increased by 5.0 percent to €171 million, according to preliminary figures. The ...
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Marchon announces executive changes
Marchon Eyewear has hired Thomas Burkhardt for the newly-created position of senior vice president of global licensing and marketing. He will report directly to Claudio Gottardi, Marchon's president and chief executive. In his new role, Burkhardt will manage the domestic and international licensed brand teams, house brands and sports brands ...
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Essilor International has announced it will submit the nomination of...
Essilor International has announced it will submit the nomination of two women as new independent directors – Henrietta H. Fore and Annette Messemer - to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 11. Once approved by the shareholders' vote, Fore and Messemer will join Essilor's board of directors for three ...
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The Luxottica Group has announced the signature of a new...
The Luxottica Group has announced the signature of a new and exclusive licensing agreement with Valentino eyewear, covering sunglasses and prescription frames. The 10-year contract, which will take effect at the beginning of 2017 with Luxottica's first collection under the Italian fashion brand, takes the place of a deal with ...
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Mondottica has announced the signing of two new licenses for...
Mondottica has announced the signing of two new licenses for the first eyewear collections under the brand names of Cath Kidston and Le Coq Sportif. The first one, which will run until 2020, will be initially targeted at major retailers in Europe and Asia. It will include optical frames, sunglasses ...
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Luxottica North America has announced a series of leadership changes,...
Luxottica North America has announced a series of leadership changes, as reported by VMail. Mary Anne Stangby, the current senior vice president and general manager of Sears Optical, has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of Sunglass Hut North America (SGH). She replaces John Haugh, who will ...
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Alliance Optics Group launches its online platform
After several delays, the Alliance Optics Group (AOG) reports that it has finally launched its global internet platform, optics-web.com, to support the growing number of suppliers and independent opticians around the world that are using its services.The global launch will coincide with the Mido trade show in Milan, where the ...
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Logo moves upmarket, launches a new house brand, Aeroline
Logo Eyewear has rearranged its product portfolio, shedding the licenses for two mass market brands, taking on three other higher-end licenses and launching a new house brand “made for pilots,” called Aeroline. It is also planning to introduce next year its first line of “smart eyewear.”As we reported in our ...
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Mykita has launched a new advertising campaign revolving around the...
Mykita has launched a new advertising campaign revolving around the image of a Mediterranean island in a pleasant mid-summer atmosphere
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Essilor sees accelerating growth
Essilor International delivered pretty good results for the 2015 financial year. Revenues increased by 18.4 percent to €6,716 million and generated a “contribution margin” - or an operating margin before non-recurring items related to major acquisitions - of 18.8 percent, up 0.2 percentage points from 2014.The gross margin improved by ...
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Luxottica will roll out Sunglass Hut corners in 57 Galeries...
Luxottica will roll out Sunglass Hut corners in 57 Galeries Lafayette and BHV Marais department stores across France. The chain will be the exclusive operator of sunglass corners in the stores. The first locations will open in February and the rollout is scheduled be completed by the end of this year. ...
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Safilo launches Swatch glasses but Q4 sales disappoint
Adding another popular brand to its growing portfolio, Safilo announced a five-year collaboration agreement with the Swiss watchmaker Swatch. The first Swatch The Eyes collection will be launched in spring 2016. The parties are to co-design the eyewear collections and the Italian company is to manufacture them in Europe. Safilo ...
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AVM 1959, formerly Allison, has decided on a selective distribution...
AVM 1959, formerly Allison, has decided on a selective distribution system for one of its 13 licensed brands: Kiton. Sunglasses and prescription frames sporting the famous Neapolitan male fashion brand are already sold in a well-established network of retail shops, represented by the 49 single-brand clothing stores that Kiton has ...
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Fedon grows by 14%
Giorgio Fedon, the historic manufacturer of eyeglass cases, which added a line of luxury leathergoods for offices a couple of years ago, closed the year 2015 with a turnover of almost €71.4 million, representing a 14 percent increase compared to 2014.The company, listed on the Paris stock exchange, operates within ...
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Italy’s eyewear industry grows by 12.5%
In 2015, the value of Italy's production of eyewear rose by 12.5 percent to an estimated level of €3,566 million. The growth was driven by exports - representing 90 percent of the production - which went up by 12.3 percent to €3,442 million. On the other hand, the industry experienced ...
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The organizers of the recent 100% Optical trade show, held...
The organizers of the recent 100% Optical trade show, held in London on Feb. 6-8, are very happy with the results. They report a 20 percent increase in total attendance and a 20 percent increase in the surface rented to more than 200 exhibitors. Opening hours were extended on Sunday ...
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