All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 10-11 – Page 3

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    Alain Afflelou and Sharon Stone have renewed their partnership, and...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Alain Afflelou and Sharon Stone have renewed their partnership, and a new TV advertising campaign featuring the American actress will be launched in February 2018

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    Acuitis has opened its second store in the U.K. in...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Acuitis has opened its second store in the U.K. in Milton Keynes, a couple of months after its first opening in London

  • News briefs

    Hoya Corporation has announced the completion of the acquisition of...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Hoya Corporation has announced the completion of the acquisition of Performance Optics, including its subsidiaries Vision Ease and Daemyung Optical, the second-largest lens manufacturer in South Korea. The company says the move will provide Hoya Vision Care with additional capabilities and offerings in polycarbonate, photochromic and polarized lens technologies, while ...

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    New Look Vision acquires Iris

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The New Look Vision Group has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Iris, Le Group Visuel (1990). Iris will operate as a stand-alone business unit within the New Look Vision Group. The acquisition is to reinforce New Look Vision's position as the largest Canadian optical ...

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    Essilor International has acquired Team Effort Optical, a full-service independent...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Essilor International has acquired Team Effort Optical, a full-service independent optical laboratory with conventional and digital surfacing based in Oklahoma City. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Team Effort Optical was founded by Mike and Denise Munzuris in March 1984. Mike Munzuris, an industry veteran with 50 ...

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    The Specsavers group raised its sales by 6.6 percent to...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The Specsavers group raised its sales by 6.6 percent to £2.27 billion (€2.51m-$2.98m) in the past financial year. In the U.K. alone, revenues went up by 6.1 percent to £1,315.7 million (€1,454m-$1,728m). After 28 new openings, the number of stores in the U.K. grew to a total of 735. Specsavers ...

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    Luxottica prepares its 4th revolution with digital stores

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Luxottica is preparing its fourth revolution with the widespread use of digital technology in its own and third party stores. The group's previous milestones in its development strategy were the attribution of the Armani license in 1988, the purchase of LensCrafters in 1995 and the acquisition of the Ray-Ban brand ...

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    Safilo Group has relocated its North American headquarters to 300...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Safilo Group has relocated its North American headquarters to 300 Lighting Way in Secaucus, New Jersey, around eight kilometers from New York City. Safilo's North American headquarters were previously located in Parsippany, also in New Jersey but around 55 kilometers from New York City. The new headquarters occupy the second ...

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    Aoyama Optical France has agreed to supply its 3D glasses...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Aoyama Optical France has agreed to supply its 3D glasses for use in Hoya's Yuniku system

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    The organizers of International Vision Expo West 2017 said this...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of International Vision Expo West 2017 said this year's event will see an expansion of many existing exhibitor booths in the Galleria, an area of the show that hosts the latest trends and emerging designers. Various events will be organized at the Galleria to attract people, such as ...

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    The ODMA17 exhibition, which took place at Darling Harbour in...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The ODMA17 exhibition, which took place at Darling Harbour in Sydney on July 7-9, welcomed 1,300 visitors on the opening day, which was defined as a “hit” by the organizers of the event. The biennial trade show returned to Sydney after a four-year absence due to the redevelopment of the ...

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    Eurom 1, the European federation of national ophthalmic optics associations,...

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Eurom 1, the European federation of national ophthalmic optics associations, has elected Oliver Fischbach, chief executive of Hoya Lens Deutschland and Seiko Optical Europe, as its new president for a three-year mandate. He succeeds Bernhard Nuesser, Essilor's online director. Eurom 1's associate members include eight national associations: AEO (Spain), Anfao ...