All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 16-17 – Page 2
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Oliver Peoples, a brand of Luxottica, is opening its first...
Oliver Peoples, a brand of Luxottica, is opening its first Italian branded store. The 28-square-meter store is located in Rome at Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina 39, a prestigious address in the Tridente district of Italy's capital city. The design of the store is a tribute to mid-century Italian aesthetics. ...
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Robert (Bob) Shyer, former chairman of Zyloware, died on Dec....
Robert (Bob) Shyer, former chairman of Zyloware, died on Dec. 19, aged 86. He and his brother Henry took over in 1968 the management of the company, which is the oldest family-owned American eyewear supplier, founded by their father Joseph with a plant in Long Island City in 1923. Bob ...
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Thomas Spitzenpfeil is set to leave Carl Zeiss' executive board,...
Thomas Spitzenpfeil is set to leave Carl Zeiss' executive board, where he is serving as the group's chief financial officer and chief information officer with many responsibilities, including the supervision of the group's sales and service companies in Austria, Eastern Europe, the Nordics, Switzerland and the U.K. He joined the ...
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Fedon benefits in part from its diversification
The revenues of the Fedon Group fell by 5.5 percent to €49.1 million in the first nine months of 2017. The rate of the decline would have been higher for the big Italian supplier of eyewear cases without its diversification into leathergoods, whose sales grew by 26 percent to €6 ...
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A pair of glasses that belonged to Claude Monet, the...
A pair of glasses that belonged to Claude Monet, the famous French impressionist painter, reached the price of $51,457 at a Christie's auction sales last month in Hong Kong
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The collections of Vinyl Factory and Freakshow Eyewear, which belong...
The collections of Vinyl Factory and Freakshow Eyewear, which belong to a Paris-based eyewear company, Angel Eyes, will be distributed in Germany and Austria by Emmerich Fashion
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Christopher Mullen, who has been central regional sales director of...
Christopher Mullen, who has been central regional sales director of Canada's WestGroupe since 2016, has been promoted to the position of national U.S. sales manager
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Barry Duncan has been named deputy chief executive of the...
Barry Duncan has been named deputy chief executive of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO). Duncan, a dispensing optician since 1999, already served as president of the association from 2008 to 2010 and he has been a member of its executive team since 2012.
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We have been informed that the U.S. bankruptcy court for...
We have been informed that the U.S. bankruptcy court for the northern district of Texas converted the status of PFO Global on Nov. 13 from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Blackfin collected the Silver V. Award, organized by V. Magazine,...
Blackfin collected the Silver V. Award, organized by V. Magazine, at the recent Hong Kong Optical Fair
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Italia Independent has sold its communication arm, Independent Ideas, to...
Italia Independent has sold its communication arm, Independent Ideas, to Publicis Communication, the French advertising agency, sending up its depressed share value by more than 10 percent. The company's founder and major shareholder, Lapo Elkann, will continue in the role of “creative chairman” for Independent Ideas' clients, which include Abarth, ...
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Snapchat, best known as a social media application, has opened...
Snapchat, best known as a social media application, has opened a store selling Spectacles, its smart glasses, in London. The store was launched on Nov. 11 at Boxpark Shoreditch, in East London, in partnership with pop-up mall Boxpark. Snapchat's temporary store is an interactive space where shoppers can also try ...
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Aoyama Optical France, the former French subsidiary of the eponymous...
Aoyama Optical France, the former French subsidiary of the eponymous Japanese brand, which was taken over in 2012 by its CEO, Philippe Beuscart, has been liquidated. It had invested in the distribution of 3D-printed glasses, becoming later a supplier to the Yuniko system of Hoya Vision Care.
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Mondottica buys another French supplier
Gem Lunetterie, a French eyewear manufacturer located at Bellignat, near Oyonnax, has been taken over by one of its clients, Mondottica, the fast-growing international eyewear group led by Michael Jardine, along with its four employees and its general manager, Betrand Viboud.A local court accepted the offer made by Mondottica for ...
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Marcolin has announced the appointment of Antonio Jové to the...
Marcolin has announced the appointment of Antonio Jové to the new position of general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), after working for the Italian group for many years. He will directly report to Massimo Renon, the newly appointed chief executive of the group. A few weeks ...
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The British government has announced that UK drivers will receive...
The British government has announced that UK drivers will receive an eyesight test reminder when they renew their driving license
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Barberini Eyewear and the Cortina Ski School have announced a...
Barberini Eyewear and the Cortina Ski School have announced a collaboration for the supply of sunglasses and ski goggles during the upcoming ski season. The instructors of the Cortina Ski School will be wearing selected Platinum Glass lenses from Barberini. Specifically, Cortina Ski chose the following lenses: Photopolar grey gradient ...
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The Italian eyewear industry association, Anfao, said it has won...
The Italian eyewear industry association, Anfao, said it has won an “exemplary” lawsuit in a Rome court against a group of Chinese criminals specialized in the counterfeiting of branded eyewear. Anfao, which was a plaintiff in the trial, said the Italian tax police seized thousands of counterfeit glasses held in ...
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Luxottica has renewed its licensing contract with Tiffany & Co....
Luxottica has renewed its licensing contract with Tiffany & Co.
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Kirk & Kirk has launched a collection of cleaning cloths...
Kirk & Kirk has launched a collection of cleaning cloths for glasses in partnership with a London artist, Ray Richardson
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