All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 12-13 – Page 2
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The Charmant group now holds the license for the Strellson...
The Charmant group now holds the license for the Strellson fashion brand, including production and distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses. The first collections by the new licensee will be in stores from spring 2018. Strellson worked previously with EBM Design, a German eyewear manufacturer based in Bavaria. The license ...
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Giorgio Fedon, the leading producer of eyewear cases for the...
Giorgio Fedon, the leading producer of eyewear cases for the major eyewear companies, pulled out of the Paris Euronext stock exchange on Sept. 14. Fedon's shares can now be negotiated exclusively on the AIM Italia over-the-counter market of the Milan Bourse. Shareholders who decided not to tender their shares until ...
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L’Amy licenses Canali
While working on other new deals, L'Amy has signed a global, five-year license agreement for a collection of luxury men's sunglasses and optical frames to be sold under the Canali brand from next March. Made in Italy's Veneto region, it will initially consist of 14 prescription frames and 15 sunglasses ...
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The Essilor-Luxottica merger hits a snag in Brussels
The European Commission has decided to open an in-depth antitrust investigation into the proposed merger between Essilor International and the Luxottica, due to concerns that it may reduce competition for opththalmic lenses. It will also investigate its effects on the market for eyeglasses. The review is expected to take up ...
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Vision Direct partnered with Fight for Sight, a British charity...
Vision Direct partnered with Fight for Sight, a British charity funding research into sight loss and eye diseases, for the second consecutive year on the #ThinkUV campaign. The social media campaign urged British people to protect their eyes from ultraviolet (UV) rays, especially during the summer. As part of the ...
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A new brand celebrates the Renaissance
Giovanni Accongiagoco, a co-founder of the Italia Independent Group, is celebrating the Renaissance and its creative values with a new brand called Catherine de' Medici 1533. The new brand is named after the Florentine noblewoman who married the second son of King François I of France in 1533. She is ...
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Tom Davies, the high-end British eyewear brand, is relocating part...
Tom Davies, the high-end British eyewear brand, is relocating part of its production to a brand-new factory in London. According to an article in The Financial Times, the company invested £600,000 (€680,000-$800,000) in the new facility, which is set to manufacture 30 percent of Tom Davies' production in the short ...
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Briko, the Italian brand of high-performance helmets and goggles for...
Briko, the Italian brand of high-performance helmets and goggles for snow sports and cycling recently taken over by BasicNet, will be distributed by BMM Sports in Germany and Austria from September. BMM Sports also sells Under Armour, Tretorn, Roces and Dahu in different markets. Under Armour has been sold by ...
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Hawkers, the Spanish brand of sunglasses, has launched a limited...
Hawkers, the Spanish brand of sunglasses, has launched a limited edition of twelve models in collaboration with Lionel Messi, the FC Barcelona football star. The products are directly available to the public from the company's website at €25-35 a pair.
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A new boss for GrandVision
GrandVision N.V. has found its next chief executive. Stephan Borchert will be moving from Sephora to take up the position by April next year. Borchert, 47, has in-depth retail experience gathered from his years as president of Red Earth in Hong Kong and managing director of the international business of ...
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Bollé has enlarged its Sport Protective range of glasses with...
Bollé has enlarged its Sport Protective range of glasses with three models for adults. Initially launched in 2014, the range only included kids' glasses until now. The new products are equipped with a lateral and frontal shock absorption system, a ventilation system to prevent moisture and steam, and an adjustable ...
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BoDe Design, a German eyewear producer, has a new license...
BoDe Design, a German eyewear producer, has a new license agreement with GF Ferré. From this month, BoDe Design has been distributing the first sunglass collection of the Italian luxury design brand in Germany. The first GF Ferré collection of corrective frames will be launched in April 2018.
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Blackfin refocuses on the Italian market
Because of the sluggish state of the domestic market in recent years, Blackfin's strategy has been to concentrate more strongly on its development abroad.Its leading markets are now Germany, Italy and the U.S., in that order, together representing 60 percent of total sales. For this company, known for its titanium ...
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Chanel has chosen Luna Bijl as the new face for...
Chanel has chosen Luna Bijl as the new face for its autumn-winter 2017/18 eyewear campaign. The Dutch top model had recently featured in several runway shows for the French fashion house, notably in shows for Chanel's 2017 autumn Haute Couture, 2018 Resort, and 2017 autumn-winter ready-to-wear collections. Karl Lagerfeld, who ...
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Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, opened its sixth...
Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, opened its sixth brick-and-mortar store in Germany. It is located in the Ruhrpark shopping center in Bochum. Mister Spex already has physical stores in Bremen, Dortmund and Oberhausen, plus two in Berlin, where the company has its headquarters. The interior of the new ...
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Mondottica takes on the Benetton license
The fast-growing international group has announced the signing of an exclusive global license agreement for the design, production and distribution of a line of eyewear under the United Colors of Benetton brand. Mondottica is likely to sign another important, yet unnamed license soon, possibly before the start of the Silmo ...
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Safilo has taken over the distribution in Belarus and Kazakhstan,...
Safilo has taken over the distribution in Belarus and Kazakhstan, taking up to 40 the number of countries where it operates with retail partners directly. The company says it had excellent results last year in the CEE region, which includes the CIS countries, Central Europe and Turkey.
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For the eighth consecutive year, Essilor International has been ranked...
For the eighth consecutive year, Essilor International has been ranked as one of the 100 most innovative companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The annual ranking shows the stock-listed companies that feature the best current and future innovation potential. Placed in the 68th position, Essilor is the only optical ...
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Barberini Eyewear, the sunglass division of the mineral lenses company...
Barberini Eyewear, the sunglass division of the mineral lenses company by the same name, is pursuing its international development by giving 8 Points, the exclusive distribution for the U.S. and Canada. The deal has been signed for a duration of three years, and the collections have been available in both ...
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Iceberg comes back with Class Glassis
The Italian fashion brand is coming back to the eyewear market through a five-year licensing deal with Class Glassis, an Italian company created in 2011 by a former distributor of glasses to manage the eyewear license for another well-known Italian fashion brand, Marni, which was transferred to Marchon last year.The ...
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