All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 9 – Page 3
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Gold & Wood is innovating in product development and marketing...
Gold & Wood is innovating in product development and marketing by launching its first B2C online crowdfunding campaign in association with Born.com. The Luxembourg-based producer of high-end, handcrafted glasses is inviting customers and friends to become its ambassadors. They will be rewarded with a free pair of sunglasses if they ...
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò launched an “invisible store” combining gaming and...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò launched an “invisible store” combining gaming and augmented reality with retail, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the company. People were invited to come to Milan's Piazza Duomo on June 11, download an app called “S&V 150 anni” on their smartphone, and take a picture ...
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American Vision, the new Indian optical retail franchising company that...
American Vision, the new Indian optical retail franchising company that we have written about (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 16 N° 15+16 of Nov. 25, 2015), has gone through another round of funding. One of the new investors is Satish Jamdar, former managing director of an Indian air conditioning firm, Blue Star. ...
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Groupe All and Luz have unveiled the details of their...
Groupe All and Luz have unveiled the details of their strategic partnership, which will revolve around a shared reference catalog called “SuperCent” with a potential for purchase volume of €300 million. In the space of three years, SuperCent is expected to grow by 15 percent and to total around 4,000 ...
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Satisloh North America headquarters in Germantown, Wisconsin, has once again...
Satisloh North America headquarters in Germantown, Wisconsin, has once again expanded, with a 13,000-square-foot addition to its warehouse and the relocation of its training Academy into a 6,000-square-foot space left empty by a previous tenant. Satisloh North America has already expanded six times during its 23 years in Germantown. The ...
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After the fifth China-US-EU Consumer Product Safety Trilateral Summit, which...
After the fifth China-US-EU Consumer Product Safety Trilateral Summit, which took place in Beijing on June 22, officials from the three sides said in a statement that regulators agreed to step up cooperation in the safety supervision on online sales, especially in cross-border e-commerce, in line with their respective legal ...
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Article
Alain Afflelou expands widely
Alain Afflelou, which claims to be the world's largest franchisor of optical retail stores with the exception of Specsavers, which follows a different joint venture model, is moving swiftly with the acquisition of a discount-oriented Spanish franchising group, Optimil, and the opening of its first franchised stores in China and ...
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We have learned belatedly about the acquisition made last year...
We have learned belatedly about the acquisition made last year by Vision Ease of Daemyung Optical, described as the second-largest optical lens manufacturer in South Korea. It has a plant in Korea and one in China. Its product range is complementary to that of the American company, as it includes ...
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Article
De Rigo acquires REM, grows by 7%
De Rigo Vision announced on June 14 an agreement for the takeover of REM Eyewear and all its operations. The terms were not disclosed. With this acquisition, the Italian company expands its brand portfolio and boosts its presence in the important U.S. market. Its total annual sales will grow to ...
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The French ophthalmic optics market stood at €6.54 billion in...
The French ophthalmic optics market stood at €6.54 billion in 2015, according to GfK. Sales were mostly driven by spectacle lenses, with revenues up by 4.4 percent compared with 2014, and an average selling price of €297, as compared to €295 in 2014. Spectacle lenses sales accounted for 60.9 percent ...
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Sales grew by 8 percent to €530 million for Carl...
Sales grew by 8 percent to €530 million for Carl Zeiss' Vision Care & Consumer Optics segment in the first half ended March 31, thanks in particular to new product launches in the the fields of branded lenses and camera lenses. Offsetting a 13 percent decrease in Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, ...
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The next Silmo will be held on Sept. 23-26 in...
The next Silmo will be held on Sept. 23-26 in Paris with over 100 new exhibitors and 92 percent booked-up exhibition space. The Silmo Academy program of conferences during the trade show will focus on visual efficiency through a series of lectures and workshops on the first three days of ...
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Optic 2000 has re-elected Didier Papaz as chairman of the...
Optic 2000 has re-elected Didier Papaz as chairman of the French voluntary group for the third time. Papaz, who owns six Optic 2000 stores and one trading under the Lissac banner, has been running the group since 2006. On June 25, he joined more than 45 other opticians, partners and ...
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Krys Group has qualified as one of the 20 “Great...
Krys Group has qualified as one of the 20 “Great places to work” in France for the third year in a row
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Luxottica is offering a gross bonus of 1,892 euros this...
Luxottica is offering a gross bonus of 1,892 euros this year to its staff, up from the €1,600 paid in 2015. The company will pay up to 500 euros more to employees that have not been absent during the year. Luxottica has a tradition of being generous to its staff. ...
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