All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 6-7 – Page 2
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New report highlights need for better UV protection
The Vision Council has released “UV Gotta Have Shades,” its newest report about UV protection. The document, which is meant for the vision industry at large as well as the media, highlights the habits of American adults and children regarding exposure to the sun's UV rays. Data are drawn from ...
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Safilens has a new distributor in Belgium, LensGroup BVBA...
Safilens has a new distributor in Belgium, LensGroup BVBA
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Eugenio Razelli has been elected as the new chairman of...
Eugenio Razelli has been elected as the new chairman of Safilo Group, replacing Robert Polet who resigned for personal reasons. Polet will remain as a director of the company. Razelli has been a member of Safilo's board since 2010. He was the chief executive of Magneti Marelli, the largest Italian ...
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Galileo Italia, an Italian lens manufacturer that has been part...
Galileo Italia, an Italian lens manufacturer that has been part of the Essilor group since 2008, has set up a new department for the sale of optical instruments, thus providing a major support for a stronger presence on the Italian market of a strategic sector for Essilor's business. The French ...
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CooperVision has become the first major contact lens company to...
CooperVision has become the first major contact lens company to have joined the Vision Council of the U.S.
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Etnia Barcelona, the Spanish brand of colorful glasses that just...
Etnia Barcelona, the Spanish brand of colorful glasses that just inaugurated a seven-floor flagship store in its hometown (see our last issue), recently opened a showroom in Miami through its American subsidiary. Located in the Little Haiti area of the city and designed by KoDA Miami architecture studio and Daniel ...
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Zeiss has won two best business-to-business communication awards for its...
Zeiss has won two best business-to-business communication awards for its virtual reality project, Zeiss IOL Universe, and its marketing materials for the Zeiss Experience retail concept
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Three optical retail stores in Japan, Austria and France won...
Three optical retail stores in Japan, Austria and France won the Bestore Award at the recent Mido trade show in Milan. They are Globe Specs in Tokyo, Brillen Q-Uartier in Graz and Les Lunettes de Manus in Lyon.
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Without providing specific attendance figures yet, The Vision Council reported...
Without providing specific attendance figures yet, The Vision Council reported increased buying activity and media buzz at the International Vision Expo East show in New York, which ended on April 2. It announced three winners for the annual Vision Choice Awards. They are, in order, Spec of Wood, Lunette USA ...
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The board of directors of the Silmo Association has unanimously...
The board of directors of the Silmo Association has unanimously elected Amélie Morel as the president of Silmo Paris, succeeding Philippe Lafont who passed away suddenly in March. Morel, who is the communications director of the Jura-based company by the same name, represents the fourth generation at the wheel of ...
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Face à Face is paying tribute to two Dutch artists,...
Face à Face is paying tribute to two Dutch artists, Piet Mondrian and Theo Van Doesburg, with a new collection of prescription frames
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An investment arm of Hoya Corp. has made an investment...
An investment arm of Hoya Corp. has made an investment in LensGen to complement the Japanese group's operations in the area of intraocular devices, as part of a $21 million round of financing. Based in Irvine, California, LensGen has developed a modular fluid for intraocular lenses, called Juvene, which is ...
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Luxottica started to supply opticians in the U.S. on April...
Luxottica started to supply opticians in the U.S. on April 10 with complete pairs of corrective Ray-Ban glasses from its recently expanded laboratory in Atlanta, and the service is being extended to Canadian opticians this month. Opticians have a choice of Ray-Ban branded prescription frames and sunglasses that can be ...
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GKB of India is offering an anti-glare coating for lenses,...
GKB of India is offering an anti-glare coating for lenses, called Nightvision
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VSP Global has announced the resignation of its president and...
VSP Global has announced the resignation of its president and chief executive officer, Jim McGrann, and the retirement of Steve Wright, who was most recently president of the omni-channel solutions business. McGrann was appointed president and chief executive of VSP Global on Oct. 1, 2015. At the time he replaced ...
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In a conference call with financial analysts, Luxottica's chief executive,...
In a conference call with financial analysts, Luxottica's chief executive, Massimo Vian, shrugged off the forays made by Kering and LVMH into eyewear manufacturing. He felt that the initiatives of these two big fashion groups are aimed at maintaining the image of their brands at a very high level, whereas ...
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J & J’s vision care posts double-digit growth
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) reported worldwide vision care sales of $798 billion for the first quarter of 2017, an increase of 24.7 percent as compared to the first quarter of 2016. Domestic sales for the segment increased by 26 percent to $305 million while international sales jumped by 23.9 percent ...
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In an interesting move, Black & Lizars, a Scottish retail...
In an interesting move, Black & Lizars, a Scottish retail group with 24 stores, has acquired the Ortho-K portfolio of an independent optician in Glasgow, Jack Brown, The Optician reports. Ortho-K lenses are contact lenses worn during the night that shape the patients' cornea in their sleep, enabling them to ...
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Kirk & Kirk is partnering with John Smedley, the British...
Kirk & Kirk is partnering with John Smedley, the British brand of handcrafted knitwear, on a capsule collection of handmade cotton t-shirts. The John Smedley For Kirk & Kirk t-shirts feature John Smedley's classic unisex crew neck style. They are available in four colorways – Bevin Red, Charcoal, Indigo and ...
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Working with U.S. Vision, Saks Fifth Avenue, the big American...
Working with U.S. Vision, Saks Fifth Avenue, the big American department store chain, has opened its first Saks Optical Boutique at its store in Boca Baton, Florida, and another one should follow later this year at an undisclosed location, according to Vmail
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