All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 7-8 – Page 3
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Allergan posts strong sales growth
Allergan has reported revenues from continuing operations up by 48 percent to $3.8 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, as compared to the first quarter of 2015. The strong performance was primarily driven by global sales of branded products and sales of top global products within the U.S. ...
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Dave Allen has been named senior vice president of sales...
Dave Allen has been named senior vice president of sales for Vista Outdoor, reporting to the company's chairman and chief executive, Mark DeYoung. He was most recently the president of Coleman USA. He was previously in charge of sales and marketing in the Americas for this brand of Jarden Corp., ...
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Safilo reached an agreement for an early renewal of the...
Safilo reached an agreement for an early renewal of the Jimmy Choo license, which has been extended to Dec. 31, 2023, in wake of the success of the women's eyewear collections. The new deal calls for the addition of a men's collection. A first capsule edition of the new men's ...
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Adlens officially unveiled a new logo, brand identity and tagline...
Adlens officially unveiled a new logo, brand identity and tagline at a drinks reception hosted at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York on April 14. The change was led by James Methven, who was recently appointed vice president of marketing. On the same occasion at MoMA, the ...
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Scott Eastwood, the American actor, is featured in a black...
Scott Eastwood, the American actor, is featured in a black and white campaign by Persol this spring that says: “Meet the New Generation”
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Luxottica puts acquisitions aside
Luxottica reiterated that it continues to monitor possible acquisitions. Massimo Vian, the group's chief executive, said that the focus is on opportunities to bolster the distribution network. He added that there are no talks regarding possible tie-ups with Essilor or Zeiss.Separately, the group's chairman, Leonardo Del Vecchio, noted that Luxottica ...
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Ottico Conad is about to open a new store in...
Ottico Conad is about to open a new store in Sicily, taking its network of optical retail outlets to a new total of 20 units. Ottico Conad closed 2015 with sales up by 7.7 percent. It belongs to an Italian chain of supermarkets that does not break down the revenues ...
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Coopervision has laid off more than 40 employees at its...
Coopervision has laid off more than 40 employees at its Fareham contact lens manufacturing plant in Hampshire, U.K. due to a duplication of roles after its acquisition of Sauflon in 2014. In addition, following a streamlining of the production process, the company will move 130 employees to Hamble in Southampton ...
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France’s Aoyama Optical sells 3D frames
Philippe Beuscart, the former country manager of Aoyama Optical who took over the French operation from its former Japanese parent company four years ago, has started selling a relatively affordable line of prescription frames, called We ddd and has signed global licensing agreements with two French apparel brands, Olivier Lapidus and ...
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Walmart names Bausch+Lomb as 2015 U.S. Supplier of the Year...
Walmart names Bausch+Lomb as 2015 U.S. Supplier of the Year in the area of consumables and health & wellness
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Nadine Roth, who co-founded Architectures in 1995, has decided to...
Nadine Roth, who co-founded Architectures in 1995, has decided to leave the French company, which markets the Face à Face and Woow brands of glasses, by mutual agreement with its management. She had been acting there as sales and marketing manager. The move is part of a broader reorganization of ...
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Safilo’s Q1 is hit by Gucci’s loss, supply issues
Safilo released disappointing first-quarter results, with the top line affected by a decline in sales of Gucci eyewear sales and supply problems at the company's Italian plants.Following a change in financial disclosure rules for public companies in Italy, Safilo released a simplified version of its first-quarter performance that showed a ...
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Luxottica’s Q1 sales soft, guidance is unchanged
Luxottica posted soft revenue growth in the first quarter. But the results were in line with market expectations and the company reiterated its full-year guidance of a 5-6 percent boost in the top line growth, predicting a significant improvement in its sales performance in the second half of the year.The ...
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Luxottica terminated a share buyback program for up to 1...
Luxottica terminated a share buyback program for up to 1 million ordinary shares announced on May 12 and announced the launch of a new scheme to repurchase up to 4 million ordinary shares representing 0.827 percent of its issued share capital. The share buyback is aimed at setting up a ...
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The Silmo Academy plans to award a €10,000 grant to...
The Silmo Academy plans to award a €10,000 grant to a research project in the field of optics and science during its 2016 scientific symposium. Proposals for the grant may be submitted up to Sept. 6 by any individual or team doing research in these fields and living in the ...
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GrandVision’s comparable growth drops to 0.9%
The biggest European optical retailing group reported last Friday a 2.5 percent increase in its revenues to €803 million for the first quarter ended 2016. Sales increased by 4.9 percent in local currencies, with acquisitions contributing 3.2 percentage points.On a comparable store basis, GrandVision's organic growth for the period amounted ...
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