All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 4-5 – Page 3

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Silhouette International has appointed David Chalmers to the new position...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Silhouette International has appointed David Chalmers to the new position of global sales director. From March 1, Chalmers, who was working as managing director for Silhouette UK for the past five years, is based at the company's headquarters in Linz, Austria. He will be responsible for Silhouette's worldwide sales, including ...
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Eric Lefort, general manager of Marchon France, has been appointed...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Eric Lefort, general manager of Marchon France, has been appointed president of Sidol, the French association of eyewear importers and distributors, which has 32 member companies. Lefort, a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of experience in the industry, had been vice president of the association for many years. ...
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CORRECTION: Jasper D'Hooge, the newly appointed chief executive of Komono,...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

CORRECTION: Jasper D'Hooge, the newly appointed chief executive of Komono, will share the leadership with the two owners of the Belgian company, Raf Maes and Anon Janssens.
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Zeiss announced a collaboration in the field of smart and...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Zeiss announced a collaboration in the field of smart and connected glasses with Deutsche Telekom at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month. Zeiss said it has developed the prototype of an optical system where data, text, images and apps are projected on the lens in front of the ...
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J&J completes the purchase of AMO and updates its structure

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has completed the acquisition of Abbott Medical Optics (AMO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott. The all-cash $4.3 million acquisition, which was originally announced in September 2016, includes Abbott's products in the areas of cataract surgery, laser refractive surgery and consumer eye health. Following the acquisition, these ...
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To build up its business in South America, Lensware International,...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

To build up its business in South America, Lensware International, a provider of lab management systems, opened a new subsidiary in Brazil earlier this month. Lensware Brasil Limitada is located in the district of Libertade, in São Paulo. Since 2015, the company has been distributed in Brazil by Grupo Acert.
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Allison Volta Mantovana resumes its growth

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

AVM 1959 – the new name for the former Allison, acquired in 2014 by the Paladin investment group – generated sales of €30 million in 2016, up by 7 percent year-on-year, recovering from the drop recorded in the previous year when the transfer from its former base in Padua forced ...
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De Rigo is focusing on reorganizing the distribution of all...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

De Rigo is focusing on reorganizing the distribution of all its products in the U.S. through a new De Rigo Rem subsidiary at the Sun Valley, California head office of Rem Eyewear, the U.S. company that it acquired last June (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 17 N° 9). The Italian company closed ...
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Akzo Nobel, a chemicals group based in the Netherlands, has...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Akzo Nobel, a chemicals group based in the Netherlands, has rejected a revised takeover offer by PPG
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Valeant Pharmaceutical International has reached an agreement with Pershing Square...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Valeant Pharmaceutical International has reached an agreement with Pershing Square Capital Management to share the legal and settlement costs of their long and unsuccessful battle to take control of Allergan
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Match Eyewear has signed a licensing agreement for a Cosmopolitan...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Match Eyewear has signed a licensing agreement for a Cosmopolitan line of prescription frames and sunglasses for North America
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De Rigo has agreed on the anticipated extension of its...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

De Rigo has agreed on the anticipated extension of its global licensing agreement with Chopard, the Swiss brand of jewelry and watches owned by the Scheufele family
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Tura has agreed on a four-year extension of its North...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Tura has agreed on a four-year extension of its North American license for Ted Baker eyewear
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Boots Opticians has appointed Jonathan Gardner as managing director after...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Boots Opticians has appointed Jonathan Gardner as managing director after the departure earlier this year of Ben Fletcher. Garner has spent his whole career at Boots, rising through the ranks in the different units of the group. In particular, he was the retail director at Boots Opticians between 2012 and ...
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After two years of research and development, Safilo will relaunch...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

After two years of research and development, Safilo will relaunch its Safilo brand in August. The new collection will go on the market in the autumn with models in acetate, metal and titanium. The glasses will have an innovative hinge system made of titanium that is said to last for ...
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Austerity for Italia Independent after a bad year

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Austerity measures are in the cards for the Italia Independent Group, after its negative performance in the first three quarters of 2016 was confirmed with the recent announcement of very poor results for the full financial year.The recently reported injection of €3 million in new equity has brought the company's ...
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Alain Afflelou, the big French franchisor in the optical retail...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Alain Afflelou, the big French franchisor in the optical retail sector, has planted its flag in its 17th country with the opening of its first franchised store in Burkina Faso. It is located at Ouagadougou, the biggest city in the African country, where more than 2,700 French expatriates live.
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International Vision Expo East has announced the addition of pop-up...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

International Vision Expo East has announced the addition of pop-up fashion shows and trend presentations hosted by celebrities to the program of its edition, which will take place at the Javits Center in New York City from March 30 to April 2. A troupe of models will be presenting emerging ...
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CORRECTION: The article on Inspecs' acquisition of Killine in our...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

CORRECTION: The article on Inspecs' acquisition of Killine in our last issue contained a few inaccuracies. Killine has not been based in Ireland for many years. Its design and customer support activities are based in Lisbon and its head office has been located since the late ‘nineties in Macau, close ...
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The first Silmo Sidney trade show went relatively well, according...

2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

The first Silmo Sidney trade show went relatively well, according to its organizer, Expertise Events. Without giving a specific figure, the company said that attendance was lower than expected across the three days of the fair, held on March 9-11, but the quality of the buyers was high and they ...