All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 4-5 – Page 2
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Gunnar Optiks has appointed Scott Sorensen as president of the...
Gunnar Optiks has appointed Scott Sorensen as president of the brand. He will be responsible for the operations, sales and marketing of the California-based specialist in computer and gaming eyewear. He takes over the role from Rob Jafek, interim chief executive, who took the helm in November 2014. Sorensen has ...
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PPG has announced that Radhika Batra has joined the company...
PPG has announced that Radhika Batra has joined the company as vice president of purchasing and logistics. She replaces Steve Lampe, who will retire on May 1. Batra was previously vice president of global supply management at BorgWarner Turbo Systems, and has also held executive roles at Owens-Illinois, Solutia, and ...
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Volcom, which belongs to Kering's Sport & Lifestyle segment since...
Volcom, which belongs to Kering's Sport & Lifestyle segment since 2011, has sold Electric through a management buyout to a group led by the brand's chief executive, Eric Crane. The asset deal became effective on March 16. In reporting its 2015 results, Kering said that Electric's sales declined due to ...
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals, parent company of Bausch & Lomb, has initiated...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals, parent company of Bausch & Lomb, has initiated the search for a new chief executive following the resignation of J. Michael Pearson, who returned to the job after a two-month medical leave. He will remain on duty until the appointment of his successor. Meanwhile, Valeant announced the nomination ...
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Black & Lizars has named Michelle Le Prevost as its...
Black & Lizars has named Michelle Le Prevost as its new managing director. She succeeds Geraldine Meade, who left in February to join Optical Express. Le Prevost has held senior positions in various well-known companies in the eye care, dental care and pharmacy retail sectors, including Lloyds Pharmacy and Specsavers ...
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Luxottica has fitted all its Ray-Ban Aviator Classic, Wayfarer and...
Luxottica has fitted all its Ray-Ban Aviator Classic, Wayfarer and Clubmaster models with microchips to fight against counterfeiting. The models represent combined sales of nearly 10 million units a year, with Aviator totaling about a quarter of that
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Alcon, a division of Novartis, has entered into an agreement...
Alcon, a division of Novartis, has entered into an agreement to acquire Transcend Medical, a California-based company specializing in minimally-invasive surgical devices to treat glaucoma. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Transcend Medical has recently developed a micro-stent to treat mild to moderate glaucoma. The device, which ...
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Eyewear Designs and L'Amy America have signed an agreement to...
Eyewear Designs and L'Amy America have signed an agreement to distribute New Balance Eyewear in Europe, Canada and Mexico as well as selected accounts and regional independents in the U.S.
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Zyloware Eyewear has announced a multi-year licensing agreement for Shaquille...
Zyloware Eyewear has announced a multi-year licensing agreement for Shaquille O'Neal Eyewear, a new optical eyewear collection named after a famous American basketball champion that will be available in the U.S. in April. The sports-inspired collection has been designed for men aged 18 to 50 who seek fashionable, high-quality frames ...
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InSpecs has signed a multi-year agreement with Carlos Santana to...
InSpecs has signed a multi-year agreement with Carlos Santana to design, market and distribute sunglasses and ophthalmic frames under the Santana by Carlos Santana and Carlos by Carlos Santana brand names. Both lines will showcase custom acetates featuring color samples from album-cover artwork of the legendary musician. The Santana by ...
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Afflelou is entering China
Alain Afflelou, France's largest franchised eyewear group, will soon be opening its first stores in China, in partnership with the China-based MeiLu Vision group. Afflelou will make its debut in the country this spring with four stores in the Sichuan region, in central China, around 1,500 km from Shanghai and ...
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Vision Group adopts FittingBox
Vision Group is now offering FittingBox' marketing virtual try-on technology to its members. Krys, the French buying group that was a partner of the Italian group in a former European cooperative, Garro, had successfully introduced FittingBox in its stores five years. As reported in our last issue, Atol les Opticiens, ...
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Adlens has announced the European launch of Adlens Select, an...
Adlens has announced the European launch of Adlens Select, an eyewear solution which is supposed to help the people frustrated by their changing eyesight. Adlens Select features an adjustable dioptre range from -4D to +5D. The eyewear lenses can be continuously adjusted for near, intermediate and distance vision at the ...
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GfK sees a 7% rise in main European markets
The ophthalmic optics market rose by 7.0 percent in 2015 to more than €17 billion in Italy, France, Spain and Germany, according to GfK's Optics Panel, which covers opticians' sales of spectacle lenses, frames, sunglasses, contact lenses and lens care products. Progress was registered in all the countries and all ...
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Mido reports 7% higher attendance
The organizers of the Mido trade show in Milan announced a 7 percent increase in the number of visitors to a total of more than 52,000 for its latest edition, held in Milan on Feb. 27 to 29. As we previously pointed out, the figure is an estimate that includes ...
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Luxottica’s Q4 sales grew by 7.9%, missing expectations
Luxottica posted a 7.9 percent sales increase to €2,015 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, coming short of analysts' expectations of a turnover of €2,130 million for the period. On a currency-neutral basis, the group's revenues went up by only 2.0 percent.Adjusted revenues went up by 8.9 percent in ...
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Chas MacDonald will retire on April 30 as president and...
Chas MacDonald will retire on April 30 as president and chief executive of Costa, the fast-growing American producer of polarized sports sunglasses acquired by Essilor International in 2014. Costa's sales are projected to grow to more than $150 million this year from $30 million, when he joined the company in ...
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Luxottica to double e-commerce sales by 2018
Luxottica expects that revenues generated from e-commerce will double by 2018 compared with 2015, driven by sales through the Ray-Ban, Oakley and Sunglass Hut websites. The pace would represent a slowdown from the fourfold surge posted between 2011 and 2015. In 2015 alone, e-commerce sales rose by 50 percent at ...
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Optic 2000 has launched a new ad television campaign in...
Optic 2000 has launched a new ad television campaign in France labeled “Objectif Zéro Dépense,” which focuses on the need to offer accessible quality. As of March 4, the 1,200 opticians of the French retail chain have been proposing to their customers two alternatives based on the doctor's prescription, one ...
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Italia Independent grows by 20.4%
Italia Independent confirms that eyewear is its core business, after eight years of experimenting in two additional segments - apparel and communication. Quoted on the AIM counter of the Italian stock exchange, the group closed 2015 with revenues at €39.6 million, up by 20.4 percent as compared to 2014. Eyewear ...
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