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

  • News briefs

    The Think About Your Eyes campaign has announced the milestone...

    2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

    The Think About Your Eyes campaign has announced the milestone of more than 1.15 million exams that can be attributed directly to the campaign's advertising. The figure, which has been validated by The Vision Council's VisionWatch market research team, represents a significant increase from 828,000 in 2015. The patients who ...

  • News briefs

    A group of 78 employees of Logo Eyewear have lodged...

    2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

    A group of 78 employees of Logo Eyewear have lodged a judicial complaint in a Paris court against LVMH, claiming that it was responsible for the judicial liquidation last November of the French company. They are asking for €100,000 worth damages and interest for each of them, arguing that LVMH ...

  • News briefs

    The Cooper Companies' board of directors has approved a $500...

    2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

    The Cooper Companies' board of directors has approved a $500 million increase in the company's share repurchase program, taking it up to a total of $1 billion. There is no expiration date. Cooper, which is the parent company of CooperVision, has already drawn nearly half of the previous allocation, leaving ...

  • Article

    Vuarnet targets breakeven results in 2018

    2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Vuarnet, the well-known French brand of mineral sunglasses, is growing fast and moving into new markets, while building up its brand image in its two main markets - France and the U.S. – in partnership with selected retailers. Its sales grew by 45 percent to about €10 million last year, ...

  • Article

    Luxottica issues a disappointing 2017 outlook

    2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Is Luxottica reaching a saturation point, justifying in some ways its merger into Essilor International? The giant Italian eyewear company says that its revenues will rise by a low to mid-single-digit rate in local currencies this year, roughly in line with its relatively lackluster performance in 2016. Last year, the ...

  • News briefs

    Bolon, the Chinese eyewear brand acquired by Essilor in 2013...

    2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Bolon, the Chinese eyewear brand acquired by Essilor in 2013 that is a market leader in Asia, is enlarging its footprint outside the region with an international launch in Europe and the U.S.. The brand exhibited for the first time with its own stand at the last editions of the ...

  • Short stops

    With its Impression Road 2 lens, Rodenstock has become the...

    2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

    With its Impression Road 2 lens, Rodenstock has become the first lens manufacturer to offer progressive driving lenses that have been certified by the well-known German TÜV Rheinland institute