All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 12-13
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Recovering, Italia Independent licenses Rossignol
After sounding out other potential partners, Rossignol has signed a co-branding agreement for eyewear with Italia Independent as an accessory to the new line of lifestyle apparel that has been developed by the large French ski company. The first collection will be presented at the Mido show in Milan, at ...
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While Rossignol is teaming up with Italia Independent (see the...
While Rossignol is teaming up with Italia Independent (see the full story in this issue), Head, another sporting goods company based in Austria, will work with Wagner + Kühner, a German eyewear producer for the launch of Head's first collection of prescription frames, sunglasses and sports glasses. The first Head ...
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Vanni plans to invest in Germany
The new president of the Italian optical industry association (Anfao) and the Mido trade show, Giovanni Vitaloni, has a company headquartered in Turin, called Nico, that spearheaded the recent development of designer eyewear brands in his country. His company is more commonly known as Vanni, which along with Derapage is ...
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LVMH invests in Gentle Monster
After teaming up with the Marcolin Group, LVMH has indirectly acquired a stake in Gentle Monster, the fast-growing Korean producer of original eyeglass frames and sunglasses, known for their “weird beauty.” It has become the largest shareholder after the company's founders, Jay Oh and Hankook Kim, through one of its ...
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Moscot is gearing up to open a full-service store in...
Moscot is gearing up to open a full-service store in New York's Chelsea Market in October, the company's fourth one in Manhattan
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L.G.R. is going to open its first flagship store in...
L.G.R. is going to open its first flagship store in Milan during the month of October, after the success of a pop-up shop opened earlier this year. The store will be located at 36, Corso Garibaldi, in the prestigious Brera district of the city. Known for its silky, hand-polished frames ...
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Nau has opened its first Iranian store in Teheran through...
Nau has opened its first Iranian store in Teheran through a master franchisee for the country
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For the first time, the Opti show in Munich will...
For the first time, the Opti show in Munich will be held in five halls. Previously, it only covered four halls in the Messe Munich fairgrounds. The next Opti, scheduled to take place on Jan. 12-14, will cover the C1 to C4 halls plus the B4 hall. The show will ...
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Inspecs licenses Farah, escapes inspection
Inspecs has sealed a multi-year licensing agreement with Perry Ellis International for Farah men's ophthalmic glasses and sunglasses. It's the first eyewear license under this brand name. The collection will be unveiled at Mido show Milan in February 2018 and at Vision Expo East in New York in April.Farah, a ...
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Vista reassigns distribution roles
Vista Outdoor is restructuring international sales operations for its growing stable of sports and outdoor brands to make them more efficient and profitable and to adapt them to the changing structure of the market at retail and wholesale.Andrew Shand, the former vice president of international sales at Camelbak, will continue ...
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T.J. McMeniman, who served most recently as global marketing director...
T.J. McMeniman, who served most recently as global marketing director at Bauer Hockey, has been appointed vice president of marketing at Costa, the American brand of sports sunglasses recently acquired by Essilor International. He will have global responsibilities, reporting to Holly Rush, chief executive of Costa. Before joining Bauer in ...
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Marchon, the eyewear licensee of Nike, has signed a deal...
Marchon, the eyewear licensee of Nike, has signed a deal with Blunae to act as the distributor of the Nike Vision line in the Spanish sports retailing channel
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Essilor and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) have just...
Essilor and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) have just signed a three-year partnership designed to raise global awareness of the dangers of driving with uncorrected poor vision. A recent study in India among 400 drivers involved in accidents showed that more than half of them presented at least one ...
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The organizers of DaTE, the Italian designer eyewear show, report...
The organizers of DaTE, the Italian designer eyewear show, report an increase of 40 percent in the number of visitors at its latest edition in Florence on Sept. 23-25. Most of the 3,500 trade visitors were Italians. They were able to check out the collections of 135 brands, the majority ...
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OneSight, the global foundation created and sponsored by Luxottica, is...
OneSight, the global foundation created and sponsored by Luxottica, is teaming up with everydayhero to launch the “Ready Set See” challenge, a global fitness and fundraising challenge. Supporters from all over the world can participate in the challenge by running, biking, walking or swimming to raise funds for the opening ...
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Fielmann continues to expand in Italy
Fielmann is planning to end this year with a network of ten stores in northern Italy. The giant German optical retail chain opened its latest stores in the Italian cities of Vicenza, Verona, Trento, Varese and Piacenza. Encouraged by the initial results, it wants to raise the Italian network to ...
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New contact lenses for myopia and presbyopia
The Brien Holden Vision Institute and Mark'ennovy, a European-based manufacturer of monthly replacement contact lenses, have agreed on a strategic alliance that includes a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement for soft contact lenses. Under the terms of the agreement, the partners will develop and market an affordable line of soft contact ...
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DAO, the German ophthalmic optics company, not to be confused...
DAO, the German ophthalmic optics company, not to be confused with the big Chinese optical chain by the same name, has expanded its executive board. Verena Burghardt, responsible for finances, human resources and business organization, and Johannes Hoffman, responsible for DAO's product line, production and logistics, will be supported by ...
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Morel, the Jura-based eyewear company, and its long-time distributor in...
Morel, the Jura-based eyewear company, and its long-time distributor in the Netherlands, Bobo's Eyewear, have created Morel Nederland, a joint venture for the distribution in the country of the French manufacturer's brands: Rebel, Nomad, Marius Morel 1880, Lightec, Koali and Öga. In neighboring Belgium, Williame Optic, another historic distributor of ...
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The CIS eyewear market is due to be regulated
Several important bills are in the pipeline in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, wants to tackle fake sunglasses in the domestic market, while members of Azerbaijan's parliament are planning to ban over-the-counter sales of any eyewear. At least 33 percent of the products from the ...
