All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 6
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Mandl will run MPG
The Austrian-based Michael Pachleitner Group (MP Group) is expanding its top management with the appointment of a seasoned Austrian executive, Heinzpeter Mandl, saying that his task will be the strategic development of its 360° service concept internationally.We know and appreciate Mandl from another publication of ours, Shoe Intelligence. At the ...
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Mykita opened its most recent shop, the second in the...
Mykita opened its most recent shop, the second in the U.S., in one of the oldest buildings in Washington. The store is located on a popular shopping street, M Street, in Georgetown. Mykita will open another franchised store in Copenhagen, Denmark, this spring, and plans to open more stores in ...
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Maui Jim says it is introducing a revolutionary lens technology....
Maui Jim says it is introducing a revolutionary lens technology. Using a proprietary lens material, its new MauiBrilliant lens is said to be offering optics that are nearly as clear as glass, although it has nearly one-third the weight of standard glass. The American sunglass brand says it is the ...
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The Topolino model by Rolf Spectacles has won the Good...
The Topolino model by Rolf Spectacles has won the Good Design Award. The eyewear is named after the Fiat Topolino, the small Italian car that was produced by Fiat until the mid-1950s. “Topolino” is also the Italian word for “little mouse” as well as the Italian name for Disney's Mickey ...
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Silmo Sydney gets new support
In our last issue, we reported that the Optical Distributors & Manufacturers Association of Australia (ODMA) had approached the organizers of the Silmo show in Paris to stage a similar event in its country. We were wrong. The approach came from a local fair organizer, Expertise Events, which had ODMA's ...
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No growth at Fielmann
Germany's leading optical retailer reported its first sales decline in about ten years for the quarter ended March 31. Fielmann's consolidated revenues for the period went down marginally by 0.2 percent to €322.2 million. They were off by less than one percent on a comparable store basis, a spokesman for ...
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Luxottica will soon start working on the expansion of its...
Luxottica will soon start working on the expansion of its factory in Sedico, near Belluno. According to reports in Corriere del Veneto, municipatl authorities have approved the project, which extends on a surface of around 50,000 square meters. The company had previously received the other necessary authorizations from the public ...
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Rodenstock expands lens production
With the backing of its new shareholders, the Rodenstock Group has decided to invest €20 million in the expansion of its lens production facilities in 2016 and 2017, or about 50 percent more than normal, and to hire 500 more employees at its production sites around the world, in response ...
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The organizers of the International Vision Expo East show and...
The organizers of the International Vision Expo East show and conference have reported more than 16,000 attendees at the event, matching the record levels attained in 2012 and 2014, when they topped 16,800. Excluding sponsors, exhibitors and their staff, the number of visitors had dropped to 15,504 in March 2015. ...
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Ørgreen has launched XY/YX, a unisex duo of sunglasses which...
Ørgreen has launched XY/YX, a unisex duo of sunglasses which are meant to appeal to the intrinsic ambiguity in all of us between the male and female pert of our personality, which may be more or less pronounced in an individual. The name chosen by the Danish brand refers to ...
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Eyeking, a maker and distributor of wholesale sunglasses including Under...
Eyeking, a maker and distributor of wholesale sunglasses including Under Armour and Hobie, has appointed Scott Betty as senior vice president of product and design. Betty was most recently global director of optics at Oakley, where he helped build a multi-category team responsible for the product development and design of ...
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Neal Grimason is retiring as sales and marketing director of...
Neal Grimason is retiring as sales and marketing director of Continental Eyewear for health reasons, after 30 years with the company. He is a well-known figure in the European market, having participated in many trade shows. His replacement has not yet been named.
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Marcolin grows by double digits
The Marcolin Group has reported a double-digit increase in sales last year. They reached €432 million, rising by 21 percent in euros and by 11 percent in constant currencies. The operating profit was in line with expectations, said the company, declining to add further details on the bottom line.Sales increases ...
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Maui Jim Sunglasses is recruiting for a dedicated trainer to...
Maui Jim Sunglasses is recruiting for a dedicated trainer to travel around Europe and work with its retail customers to enhance their knowledge of the company's products, their features and benefits. This follows another year of double-digit growth for Maui Jim in Europe. Declining to comment on specific sales figures, ...
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Henry Jullien, a high-end French designer eyewear company from the...
Henry Jullien, a high-end French designer eyewear company from the Jura region that started up in 1921, has gone into receivership. Its chief executive, Pierre Faveau, told Acuité that the company's sales had risen by 15 percent last year, but the situation deteriorated in the first three months of the ...
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Decathlon, the well-known sporting goods retail chain, is one of...
Decathlon, the well-known sporting goods retail chain, is one of a number of retailers being reportedly accused of selling eyewear illegally in Italy. Two do-it-yourself chains, Bricoman and Leroy Merlin, are among the other culprits, along with a Danish chain of variety stores, Tiger. The eyewear models in question are ...
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New CEO for Silhouette
Jan Rosenberg has been appointed as the new chief executive of Silhouette International, taking the place of David Rogger after two years in service. He will work together with Thomas Windischbauer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the big Austrian-based company founded and still 100 percent owned by ...
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Optical Center, the fifth-largest group of independent opticians in France,...
Optical Center, the fifth-largest group of independent opticians in France, is diversifying into refractive surgery, opening the first clinic in Lyon with an investment of around €1 million. Optical Center federates 445 optical stores, which had retail revenues of €484 million, more than 10 percent of that from the sale ...
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Inspecs is working with Carlos Santana. The legendary musician has...
Inspecs is working with Carlos Santana. The legendary musician has lent his name for a new collection of ophthalmic frames and sunglasses, which was launched at Vision Expo East earlier this month, starting with women's styles marked under the Carlos by Carlos Santana label. Part of the proceeds will be ...
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PFO Global, which recently came under new management, reported a...
PFO Global, which recently came under new management, reported a net loss of $15.7 million for the year ended last Dec. 31, up from a loss of $8.5 million in the prior year. Sales went up by 13 percent to $3.4 million at the American company previously led by Ruedi ...
