All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 10-11 – Page 2
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Red Bull SPECT Eyewear, a brand of the Michael Pachleitner...
Red Bull SPECT Eyewear, a brand of the Michael Pachleitner Group, has appointed Christian Schraml and Marius Cadalbert as chief managing director and head of product, marketing and e-commerce, respectively
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Luxottica buys Barberini
Luxottica is making yet another strategic move in the integration of lenses in its product line through the acquisition of Barberini, the Italian producer of high-end mineral lenses for sun and optical glasses, for about €140 million, after the start-up of its own lens factories in Italy and the U.S. ...
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Lissac, the high-end retail banner that belong to the French...
Lissac, the high-end retail banner that belong to the French Optic 2000 group, saw the revenues of its members grow by 10.8 percent to €141.5 million in 2017. The retail chain recruited 28 more franchises last year, reaching a total number of 243 doors in France, two in Switzerland and ...
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The Optical Distributors and Manufacturers' Association of Australia (ODMA) held...
The Optical Distributors and Manufacturers' Association of Australia (ODMA) held its O-SHOW in Melbourne on July 14-15, only a few days before the Silmo show in Sydney. Presented as a “pop-up boutique” event, the fair attracted 45 exhibitors representing about 400 brands and featured business seminars on various topics such ...
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Hilco Vision Outdoor has appointed George Schott, a co-founder of...
Hilco Vision Outdoor has appointed George Schott, a co-founder of Native Eyewear, as sales director, replacing Bob Kelly who has retired
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Mike Kirkley, managing director of Essilor U.K., announced his retirement...
Mike Kirkley, managing director of Essilor U.K., announced his retirement earlier this month, The Optician reports. He had joined the company in 1983. No replacement has been announced as yet, but a new general manager is due to be appointed after the summer. In the interim, his functions will be ...
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De Rigo Vision has announced the early renewal of a...
De Rigo Vision has announced the early renewal of a global license agreement for eyewear with Tous, described as a leading Spanish brand of accessible jewelry and other accessories that wants to expand internationally. The two companies have been working together since 2000. The eyewear collection developed by De Rigo ...
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EBlock has announced the launch of the Service Kit EBlock,...
EBlock has announced the launch of the Service Kit EBlock, a new kit which is designed to enable the assembly of lenses without screws, in an intuitive way and with a smaller margin of error, according to the company's description. Eblock is the Italian brand best known for Easy Block, ...
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Angel Eyes, the French eyewear company behind the Vinyl Factory...
Angel Eyes, the French eyewear company behind the Vinyl Factory 1964 and Freakshow brands, is expanding its footprint by opening its first foreign subsidiary in Spain. Led by Jordi Ponce, a former business unit manager of Oakley, the Iberian operation will market both brands in Spain and Portugal. Separately, the ...
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Krys Group is partnering with Privé Revaux, a new American...
Krys Group is partnering with Privé Revaux, a new American brand of affordable eyewear, for the distribution of its optical and sunglasses collections to the opticians affiliated with its network, which comprises more than 1,000 stores in France. Founded about a year ago by David Schottenstein, a fashion entrepreneur, together ...
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Toms Shoes, the American brand famous for its policy of...
Toms Shoes, the American brand famous for its policy of giving away a free pair of shoes or helping someone in need of a prescription for his eyesight, for each pair of shoes or glasses sold, presented new figures at this month's Premium trade show in Berlin to highlight the ...
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Novartis will spin off Alcon
Novartis International has decided to let go of its eye care business, Alcon, keeping only its portfolio of pharmaceutical products. In January, the group had announced a strategic review of the division, which is now completed. After examining alternative options including a public offering for Alcon, the management determined that ...
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Moody’s downgrades Safilo again
The rating agency downgraded Safilo's corporate family rating to B2 from B1 on concerns about delays in refinancing the eyewear maker's debt. More worryingly, Moody's changed its outlook for the company to negative from stable, indicating the possibility of a further downgrade.Moody's also cut its rating for the probability of ...
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Marchon Eyewear is going to market again the eyewear collections...
Marchon Eyewear is going to market again the eyewear collections of Donna Karan under a new long-term licensing deal with the G-III Apparel Group, which bought the American fashion brand from LVMH two years ago. It will start with a line of sunglasses and prescription frames under the Dkny sub-brand ...
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Marcolin has announced the early renewal for an additional five...
Marcolin has announced the early renewal for an additional five years of its licensing agreement with Tod's, which began in 2008, through the end of 2023
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Abom is partnering with Essilor Prescription Safety Eyewear to provide...
Abom is partnering with Essilor Prescription Safety Eyewear to provide an anti-fog goggle with an RX solution for the user. Based in Portland, Oregon, Abom claims to be the first company in the world to have developed a heated anti-fogging goggle with integrated rechargeable batteries. It is now proposing to ...
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Immagine 98 has appointed Ottica Dante Americas as its new...
Immagine 98 has appointed Ottica Dante Americas as its new exclusive U.S. distributor for Immagine 98's X-IDE and Rye & Lye product lines. Ottica Dante Americas will be responsible for all sales and customer support for the two collections as well as the business development activity in the U.S. Both ...
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Cab9 Eyewear, a French company formed by a team of...
Cab9 Eyewear, a French company formed by a team of snowboard instructors, has raised a total of €10,649 from 167 contributors through Kickstarter to fund the production of its new action sports sunglass, called the Edge. Based in the French alpine ski resort of Méribel, Cab9 has been turning out ...
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Essilor International climbed from the 68th to the 52nd position...
Essilor International climbed from the 68th to the 52nd position in Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the most innovative companies in the world, remaining for the 9th consecutive year in the top 100. It is the 5th European company in a list otherwise largely dominated by American technology and internet ...
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Italia Independent completes €4.89 million refinancing
To refinance itself again, Italia Independent completed on July 6 a €4.89 million rights issue under which shareholders could buy seven new shares for every 31 held at a price of €4 per share.Shareholders took up only 77.37 percent of the 1,221,500 shares, representing a total outlay of €3.78 million. ...
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