All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 8-9
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Julbo widens its offer with Solar
As previously announced (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 18 n°2+3), the French sports eyewear company has decided to revive the Solar brand of sunglasses, which disappeared from the market for more than 25 years when L'Amy stopped its development in 1989. In a smart move intended to complement its present offer of ...
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Spy has launched a revamped version of its website for...
Spy has launched a revamped version of its website for its sunglasses, eyeglasses and goggles. It is particularly designed to provide users of smartphones and tablets to gather all the technical information about the products before visiting a store. The website was developed by John Gilson, the American company's recently ...
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MPG is looking for a retail partner in Italy
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG), the diversified Austrian optical group, is now looking for partners among the Italian optical chains with which it can collaborate closely, especially as a supplier of lenses from its Schulz laboratory in Germany. Specifically, MPG is interested in possibly acquiring minority shares in family-owned chains ...
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Higher sales and profits at Zeiss
The Zeiss Group reported a 4 percent sales increase to €553 million for its combined Vision Care & Consumer Products division in the first six months of its financial year through March 31. Company officials indicated that the profitability of the segment has been improving as well.The higher profits are ...
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RestoringVision, an optical non-profit organization headquartered in the U.S., has...
RestoringVision, an optical non-profit organization headquartered in the U.S., has announced it has set a new goal to help 20 million people by the end of 2020. Since 2003, the organization has created access to glasses for people earning less than $2 per day, helping more than seven million people ...
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Rudy Project has opened a sales subsidiary for the German...
Rudy Project has opened a sales subsidiary for the German and Austrian markets, located in Munich and run by Sebastian Siedler. This former cycling professional was previously working with Sport Direkt, the former distributor of the Italian brand of sports eyewear in this territory.
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Krys Group, the French voluntary retail group, has renewed its...
Krys Group, the French voluntary retail group, has renewed its licence with Hoya to produce the Japanese group's lenses at Codir, its manufacturing unit near Paris. The partnership has been extended for four more years and will also include for the first time the full ranges of Seiko lenses, which ...
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Shamir offers lenses in four hours
Residents and tourists in the Paris region will be able to get a new pair of high-tech lenses in four hours, made by Shamir through a new patent-pending process at a new laboratory installed at its French subsidiary's office in the suburban town of Collégien. Called Shamir InoTime, this rather ...
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Safilo has promoted Filippo Pustetto to the role of Italian...
Safilo has promoted Filippo Pustetto to the role of Italian country manager. Reporting to Joanna Onland, chief commercial officer for Western Europe and global key accounts, he succeeds Despina Tsagari, who takes on the position of global senior director for the GrandVision key account. Hal, the controlling shareholder of GrandVision, ...
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Zyloware Eyewear has promoted Janna I. Neal to vice president...
Zyloware Eyewear has promoted Janna I. Neal to vice president of operations. Neal has been with the company for more than 15 years. She joined Zyloware in 2002 as sales administrator. She was later promoted to customer service manager and then to director of operations. In her new role, she ...
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New moves in the Essilor-Luxottica merger
The merger of the two giants of the ophthalmic optic industry is proceeding as planned, moving toward its completion by the end of the year provided it is endorsed by anti-trust authorities. An overwhelming majority of Essilor International's shareholders approved the terms of the transaction at their general assembly last ...
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Marcolin forms a joint venture in the Middle East
The Marcolin Group announced a new joint venture in the Middle East with its former exclusive distributor in the region, the Rivoli Group, which is one of the largest retailers of luxury products in the Middle East. Marcolin will have a controlling stake of 51 percent in the joint venture, ...
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Hoya Lens’ profits decline
The profitability of Hoya Corporation's eyeglass lens business declined in the fourth quarter of its latest financial year, ended on March 31. The management attributed this to price pressure in the market due to the acquisition of smaller chains by larger chains as well as the partial success of certain ...
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The decision on the legal dispute opposing Logo's employees and...
The decision on the legal dispute opposing Logo's employees and Lvmh, which was due on May 30, has been delayed by the High Court of Paris to July 4. Logo, the French maker of glasses signed by Tag Heuer, owned by Lvmh, was forced into liquidation in November 2016. The ...
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Julbo has signed a sponsoring deal to supply VDBS, the...
Julbo has signed a sponsoring deal to supply VDBS, the German association of mountain and ski guides, with its eyewear from the summer of 2018. The guides of VDBS will also be engaged in new product development processes. Separately, Julbo has also signed a partnership with a French Olympic champion ...
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Higher sales but lower margins for De Rigo
De Rigo's consolidated sales rose by 2.6 percent in 2016 to €413.6 million, with a 2.4 percent increase in constant currencies. The company's operating earnings before amortization (Ebitda) declined by 6.3 percent to €29.8 million, representing an Ebitda margin of 7.2 percent, due to a sales decline on a comparable ...
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Maui Jim and Vinylize have teamed up to create Hula...
Maui Jim and Vinylize have teamed up to create Hula Blues, a limited edition sunglass, handcrafted from vinyl records in Vinylize's European workshops. The interior features artwork inspired from the original printing of the sheet music booklet for Hula Blues, the iconic Hawaiian song from 1923. The Hula Blues sunglass ...
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CooperVision’s sales driven by silicon hydrogel products
CooperVision (CVI) saw revenues increase by a reported 4 percent to $408.5 million in the second quarter of its financial year ended Apr. 30, 2017. In constant currencies, the revenue increase was of 7 percent. Growth was primarily driven by its silicon hydrogel products, with daily silicone hydrogel lenses up ...
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Optoplast’s parent will work with Continental
After moving into lenses with the acquisition of Jay Kudo, the Millmead Optical Group of the U.K. has made an unspecified investment in Continental Eyewear. A public statement says that Millmead will give Continental access to its own logistics platform in the U.K. and to its international distribution network.The statement ...
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MPG&E will be the exclusive distributor of Safilens contact lenses...
MPG&E will be the exclusive distributor of Safilens contact lenses in Germany for the next five years
