All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 14-15 – Page 4

  • Article

    Silmo celebrates 50 years with a bang

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The number of visitors at Silmo grew by 10.6 percent to a total of 37,337 for the 50th edition of the French trade show, which ran from Sept. 23 to 26. While the number of French visitors increased by 8.8 percent, attendance from abroad went up at an even stronger ...

  • News briefs

    Zeiss has unveiled plans for a new €300 million integrated...

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Zeiss has unveiled plans for a new €300 million integrated high-tech site in Jena, Germany. In order to do so, the company is acquiring 80,000-square-meter partially unused premises from Schott, which it will renovate to build the new facility. Zeiss' long-term objective is to bring together its existing sites in ...

  • Short stops

    Seaport-ODLM has extended its 30-year-old license for the Façonnable brand...

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Seaport-ODLM has extended its 30-year-old license for the Façonnable brand of eyewear for men and boys

  • News briefs

    Alain Afflelou generated 30 million views in one month for...

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Alain Afflelou generated 30 million views in one month for its Smart Tonic collections through a 100% digital marketing campaign on various social networks. The French chain of franchised optical stores, which welcomed some 1,000 visitors at its booth at the recent Silmo, launched a special marketing operation with Snapchat ...

  • Article

    Luxottica’s Q3 sales hit by natural disasters

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Luxottica posted a 3.5 percent drop in third-quarter sales to €2,147 million, missing market expectations by €25 million, as about 800 of its stores in the U.S. and other parts of the world were closed due to extraordinary events. At constant currency rates, revenues grew by 0.8 percent. The company ...

  • Article

    Novartis delays decision on Alcon spinoff until 2019

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Novartis has announced that any potential action about Alcon turning into a stand-alone company is “not likely before the first half of 2019.” According to Reuters, Novartis' chief executive, Joe Jimenez, told reporters that what the company “would be considering right now is a separate listing,” and those shares would ...

  • News briefs

    Giovanni Zoppas, who has been running Marcolin since 2012, will...

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Giovanni Zoppas, who has been running Marcolin since 2012, will be the chief executive of Thelios, the new joint venture formed between LVMH and Marcolin after the French luxury giant took a stake in the Italian company through a capital increase of €21.9 million. Massimo Renon, who became commercial director ...

  • News briefs

    Horizons Optical, an operation that started in 2007 as the...

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Horizons Optical, an operation that started in 2007 as the R&D business unit of Indo Optical under the name of FreeForm Solutions, has now been spun off by Sherpa Capital, the American investment fund that took over the Spanish lens manufacturer last year. All intellectual property and R&D patents developed ...

  • News briefs

    Registrations have been opened for the fifth edition of 100%...

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Registrations have been opened for the fifth edition of 100% Optical, which will take place in London next Jan. 27 to 29. Anglo American, Bolon and Von Arkel will be among the new exhibitors. One of the novelties will be a “Future Practice” area, which will give a glimpse into ...

  • News briefs

    Atelier Swarovski, a 10-year-old subsidiary of the Swarovski Group, has...

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Atelier Swarovski, a 10-year-old subsidiary of the Swarovski Group, has announced the launch next January of its first eyewear collection under a new multi-year licensing agreement with Marcolin, which inherited the Swarovski license previously held by Silhouette in 2009. Atelier Swarovski, which focuses on cutting-edge design and the innovative and ...

  • Article

    Italian eyewear exports rose by 3.6% in H1

    2017-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Italy's eyewear exports rose by 3.6 percent in value during the first half of 2017, with sales of prescription frames up by 4.3 percent and sunglasses up by 3.2 percent. After three years of double-digit growth rate, the industry's development in foreign markets had already slowed down in 2016, and ...