All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 2-3 – Page 3
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Essilor posts good results ahead of its merger with Luxottica
Essilor International delivered strong results for 2016, ahead of the merger with Luxottica, which was announced on Jan. 16 and is expected to close toward the end of 2017. The world leader in ophthalmic lenses said that preparations for the deal “were progressing well.” Both companies are engaged in the ...
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Mad Vision has announced a new agreement to distribute the...
Mad Vision has announced a new agreement to distribute the Aston Martin eyewear line developed by Marma London in the U.S.. Mad Vision had already announced a few weeks ago a deal to distribute Vinyl Factory in the U.S..
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L'Amy America has signed a license agreement with the Condé...
L'Amy America has signed a license agreement with the Condé Nast publishing company to create and market optical glasses and sunglasses for women under the Glamour Editor's Pick label brand in North America. Glamour is a famous American fashion magazine that boasts 10 million readers of its paper edition and ...
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Luxottica has agreed to buy a fast-growing Brazilian eyewear retailer,...
Luxottica has agreed to buy a fast-growing Brazilian eyewear retailer, Óticas Carol, for €110 million from a group of investors including 3i Group, Neuberger Berman, Siguler Guff & Company, that had bought the business four years ago. The purchase price is understood to be equal to 12 times the projected ...
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Groupe Afflelou has reportedly decided to stop its plans to...
Groupe Afflelou has reportedly decided to stop its plans to go public again until after notice, citing the current weakness of capital markets in France. Observers speculate that investors are also having doubts about the possible consequences of the Essilor-Luxottica merger, which may lead the new group to develop its ...
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GrandVision grows across all product categories and regions
GrandVision reported revenues of €821 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, which represent a 7.8 percent increase at constant exchange rates. On a same-store basis, they increased by 3.8 percent, driven by a strong year-end performance, especially in the Other Europe segment, one of the group's three regional segment ...
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Safilo is planning a series of “Buying Days” across the...
Safilo is planning a series of “Buying Days” across the U.S., a new initiative to help its customers in the U.S. better develop their business. During these live events, Safilo will be showcasing the group's entire brand portfolio to current and prospective accounts. The first event was held in Beverly ...
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Julbo has announced the acquisition of the Solar brand of...
Julbo has announced the acquisition of the Solar brand of sunglasses from L'Amy. Created in 1958 in Annecy, France by SAMP (Société Annécienne de Matériaux Plastiques) and boosted by the booming participation in skiing in the 60's and 70's, Solar became one of the biggest European brands of sunglasses at ...
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Luxottica’s sales have been accelerating
Luxottica posted fourth-quarter sales slightly above market expectations, with the growth rate accelerating as compared with the first nine months of the year. The group has reported a turnover of €2,142 million for the period, up by 6.3 percent at actual exchange rates and by 5.2 percent at constant rates, ...
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Vuarnet is opening a boutique in Paris' 8th district to...
Vuarnet is opening a boutique in Paris' 8th district to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the brand. The 100-square-meter shop will replace Vuarnet's Concorde Optique at 28, rue Boissy d'Anglas. It is at that address that Roger Pouilloux, Vuarnet's founder, had his first workshop. The boutique is scheduled for opening ...
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Dolpi is introducing “Tiziano – 500 years of history to...
Dolpi is introducing “Tiziano – 500 years of history to wear,” a limited edition of glasses dedicated to the Italian painter. Titian was born in the 15th century in the Cadore area of the Dolomite region, where Dolpi is headquartered. The frames are crafted with wood from the “Beech of ...
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Fielmann accelerates in Q4, expands in Italy
Declaring itself pleased with its performance in Italy so far with its new store in Bolzano, the biggest optical retailer in Germany opened a new store in the northern Italian city of Vicenza last week and plans to open another one in nearby Verona at the end of March. Fielmann ...
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Hoya enlists Aoyama France for Yuniku 3D
Hoya Vision Care launched its new integrated offer of spectacles and lenses, called Yuniku, at the Silmo trade show in Paris in September, as reported at the time. It presented it with the collaboration of Hoet, a Belgian studio with experience in 3D glasses, offering 12 shapes in nine different ...
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Luxexcel has announced that its 3D-printed ophthalmic lenses have achieved...
Luxexcel has announced that its 3D-printed ophthalmic lenses have achieved the required ISO quality level. The company has developed an industrial 3D printing platform to print specialty lenses such as monofocals, bifocals, trifocals, with cylinders and prisms. The testing on ISO quality level opens up business opportunities for ophthalmic laboratories ...
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Smith Optics says it has retained Carlos Sainz, the 22-year-old...
Smith Optics says it has retained Carlos Sainz, the 22-year-old Spanish Formula One driver, as the face of the brand, partly because he practices cycling and water and winter sports in his spare time. Also Gus Kensworthy, the Olympic medalist freestyle skier, will endorse the brand of sunglasses and goggles, ...
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Focus on digitalization at Opti 2017 in Munich
The Opti show, which took place in Munich on Jan. 28-30, welcomed a total of 557 exhibitors from 35 countries on an exhibition space of over 40,000 square meters. The number of exhibitors showed a decline as compared to a year ago, when there were 576, coming from 37 countries.More ...
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U.S. Optical Barometer pointed upward in 2016
The Optical Business Barometer (OBB), a survey designed to gauge business attitudes among independent eyecare professionals in the U.S., pointed upward in 2016 as compared to 2015's ratings. Overall optical, eyeglasses, exams and contacts lenses each showed ratings increases between 1 and 2 percent over 2015.The ratings in Overall Optical ...
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About 180 frames of Kinto's “Lab! by Kinto” collection of...
About 180 frames of Kinto's “Lab! by Kinto” collection of frames with a value of €40,000 were stolen during the Opti show in Munich last month. On the last night of the show, thieves forced the locks and stole the complete new collection as well as the most expensive Kinto models. ...
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As part of its 140th anniversary celebration, Rodenstock launched a...
As part of its 140th anniversary celebration, Rodenstock launched a book titled How We See the World, in connection with a special exhibition that was held from Jan. 26 to Feb. 5 in Munich. The book tells stories of technical masterpieces, of people who created them and of their emotions ...
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The number of visitors to the recent 100% Optical show...
The number of visitors to the recent 100% Optical show in London increased for the fourth consecutive time since its launch, rising to 8,051 from 7,525 a year ago. The number of exhibitors remained about the same at around 200, including 75 new brands. Lapuu won the award for the ...
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