All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 12 – Page 2
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Pramaor, the Italian eyewear company behind the Blackfin brand, has...
Pramaor, the Italian eyewear company behind the Blackfin brand, has appointed Simone Favero, a former manager of an Italian outdoor shoe company, Calzaturificio Scarpa, as its new marketing manager
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Bausch + Lomb confirms its organic growth
Due to strong sales in the second quarter, including better-than-expected organic growth at Bausch + Lomb, Bausch Health raised its adjusted Ebitda guidance for the full financial year. The Canadian group - previously called Valeant Pharmaceuticals - now expects it to be in the range of $3,200 to $3,350 million, ...
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Essilor has been awarded the Janus de la Santé label...
Essilor has been awarded the Janus de la Santé label by the French Design Institute for its Eye Protect System. This innovative solution is said to allow all types of materials to selectively filter blue light onuntinted glasses, without any unsightly blue-violet or yellow residual reflection. This is made possible ...
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Luxottica plans to open its first Australian mono-brand store in...
Luxottica plans to open its first Australian mono-brand store in the Westfield Doncaster shopping center of Melbourne in October, similar to the experience stores it recently inaugurated in New York, London, Tokyo and Milan
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Freiwilligen Kontrolle von Messe und Austellungszhalen, a German independent auditor,...
Freiwilligen Kontrolle von Messe und Austellungszhalen, a German independent auditor, certified that 28,444 visitors and 667 exhibitors from 40 countries took part in last January's edition of Opti in Munich, as originally reported
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As every year, Spectaris, the German optical industry association, is organizing...
As every year, Spectaris, the German optical industry association, is organizing its Trend Forum in Berlin. This year's Trend Forum, which is due to be held on Nov. 5, will be tackling the subject of digitalization. The Trend Forum will feature lectures and tutorials covering the changes in digitalization that are ...
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Following the appointment of Steve Horowitz as its president in...
Following the appointment of Steve Horowitz as its president in the spring, Eyewear Designs announced that Ken Clay joined the company in the position of vice president of business development. Clay spent more than 25 years at Marchon Eyewear as regional vice president for the central U.S. region, before becoming ...
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Coburn Technologies, the American provider of processing systems and ophtalmic...
Coburn Technologies, the American provider of processing systems and ophtalmic instruments has appointed Marina Vaynberger as its international sales manager for Russia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. An industry veteran, Vaynberger had previously spent 16 years as international sales manager for DAC Technologies.
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Safilo curtails its ambitions
Safilo released an updated version of its business plan to 2020 that drastically trims its previous growth forecasts. Led by a newly appointed chief executive, Angelo Trocchia, the management now expects the group's sales to grow by about 2 percent a year, or by 4 percent excluding the Gucci business, ...
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Altair Eyewear, a division of Marchon Eyewear, has announced an...
Altair Eyewear, a division of Marchon Eyewear, has announced an exclusive global licensing agreement with Draper James for the design, manufacturing and distribution of Draper James optical eyewear. Draper James is the brand of clothing line founded by Reese Witherspoon. Draper James' first optical collection will be available from March ...
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Greg Barbour, an industry veteran previously in charge of Allergen...
Greg Barbour, an industry veteran previously in charge of Allergen UK's eye care, is replacing Niels Jensen as country manager for Rodenstock UK
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Safilo renewed its license agreements with Fossil and Kate Spade,...
Safilo renewed its license agreements with Fossil and Kate Spade, which were both due to expire at the end of this year. Fossil has been extended to the end of 2023 and Kate Spade to the end of 2020. Kate Spade was taken over last year by Coach, which in ...
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Edel Optics and Jérôme Boateng have renewed their license agreement...
Edel Optics and Jérôme Boateng have renewed their license agreement for a line of optical frames and sunglasses named after the famous German football player. The Austrian-based Michael Pachleitner Group remains in charge of product development and distribution to opticians in the German-speaking countries. Founded in 2009 in Hamburg, Edel ...
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As previously reported, Vista announced last month an agreement...
As previously reported, Vista announced last month an agreement to sell its eyewear business, consisting of the Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti brands, to an investment group for $158 million. The sale caused an impairment charge of $44.9 million for Vista, contributing to a net loss of $52.3 million for ...
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Frédéric Poux, former CEO of Alain Afflelou, has been appointed...
Frédéric Poux, former CEO of Alain Afflelou, has been appointed president of Sport 2000 France, a voluntary group of sporting goods retailers
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CooperVision goes after key accounts
CooperVision (CVI), which has already a solid position among independent eye care professionals, has embarked on a new strategy to win over new clients among the bigger optical retail chains and the buying groups all over the world, offering them new services, volume discounts and targeted marketing support in order ...
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Tom Davies is launching 48 new nose-fitting templates for opticians...
Tom Davies is launching 48 new nose-fitting templates for opticians affiliated with its “bespoke” service to customize frames based on the customers' facial measurements and preferences
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Luxottica has been included in the FTSE4Good, the global index...
Luxottica has been included in the FTSE4Good, the global index created by FTSE Russell to measure the performance of companies showing strong environmental, social and governance practices. The index currently includes 953 stocks, 22 of which are Italian companies.
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Kering Eyewear’s sales jump by 32%
Kering Eyewear's sales rose by 32 percent to €262 million in the first half of 2018, lifted by the newly acquired Cartier license.The collaboration with Cartier, which is owned by the Swiss luxury goods firm Richemont, started with the 2018 spring/summer collection. The partnership led Richemont to acquire a 30 ...
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Safilo enters €300 million refinancing talks
Safilo has entered talks with its creditor banks and its main shareholder, Hal Holding, to arrange a refinancing package of at least €300 million by the end of November, when its €150 million revolving credit facility (RCF) expires. The package could involve a cash call to shore up its balance ...
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