All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 13 – Page 2
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Rodenstock announced earlier this month during the China International Optics...
Rodenstock announced earlier this month during the China International Optics Fair that it is teaming up with TR Optical. Founded in 2011, the Chinese lens manufacturer is located in Danyang. It will distribute the complete Rodenstock lens portfolio in China, along with market-specific lens designs. It is also planned that ...
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The Marcolin Group has announced the early renewal of its...
The Marcolin Group has announced the early renewal of its license agreement with Timberland, which was first signed in 2003. The new contract will run for another five years until December 2023.
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Safilo Group and Banana Republic have announced their third consecutive...
Safilo Group and Banana Republic have announced their third consecutive licensing agreement for Safilo's optical frames and sunglass collections. The renewal is effective from Feb. 1, 2019 through Jan. 31, 2025. The contract was originally signed in 2006. Safilo said this new contract will help the brand's business in the ...
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Andy Wolf Eyewear has appointed Stefano Barizza as its new...
Andy Wolf Eyewear has appointed Stefano Barizza as its new head of design. Barizza, an Italian native, worked most recently at Michael Pachleitner Group as head of design, and has worked for international eyewear companies for more than 22 years. He began his career at Safilo Group in Italy as senior ...
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DaTE is coming to America
DaTE, the growing Italian mini-expo held every month of September before Silmo Paris for the past two years in Florence, will be holding a special new edition for the U.S. market next year. It will start with a small show in Santa Monica, California next May, hosting a minimum of ...
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L'Amy America has announced a manufacturing partnership with American Optical...
L'Amy America has announced a manufacturing partnership with American Optical Eyewear for the production of an exclusive new series of Champion branded ophthalmic frames and sunglasses made in America at AO's factory in Southbridge, Massachusetts. The launch of the line is set to coincide with the 100th anniversary next year ...
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Alcon, the eye care business of Novartis, has announced plans...
Alcon, the eye care business of Novartis, has announced plans to locate its future global headquarters in Geneva once its proposed spinoff from Novartis International is complete. The Swiss group decided to cut ties with Alcon in July, to focus on its portfolio of pharmaceutical products (see Eyewear Intelligence, Vol. ...
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Ultra Limited has a new agent for the Netherlands, Optical...
Ultra Limited has a new agent for the Netherlands, Optical Agency, and it is about to sign up with a distributor in the U.S. It already has distributors in Germany and Austria. All the glasses sold under the Italian brand, which is owned by a four-year-old company, 450Vision, are unique ...
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The Afflelou group has appointed Olivier de Mendez as general...
The Afflelou group has appointed Olivier de Mendez as general manager for Optical Discount, its low-cost banner. The 49-year-old French executive had been working for the last seven years at Starbucks France, successively as marketing director and country manager. He had previously worked for major French advertising agencies such as ...
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Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear industry association, is launching a new...
Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear industry association, is launching a new national trade show next year that will also be open to non-members. Called Expo Optica Brasil and aimed at a national market estimated at $10 billion a year, the new fair will be held next April 3-6 at the Transamerica ...
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Rodenstock France has appointed Alexandre Bouin, 42, as general manager....
Rodenstock France has appointed Alexandre Bouin, 42, as general manager. Bouin previously worked for 14 years at Indo in various positions, including VP of business development for the U.S. and international sales director at the lens laboratory's Spanish headquarters. More recently, he spent three years as sales director for Seiko ...
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Modo moves into 3D printing
Modo Eyewear, a rather special company that is growing quickly and that has interesting stories to tell, is moving into new territory with the launch of a collection of light and colorful 3D-printed glasses at the Silmo show in Paris at the end of this week. The fronts are made ...
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By 2024, the cosmetic contact lens market will have surpassed...
By 2024, the cosmetic contact lens market will have surpassed $1,300 million, according to a new report from Global Market Insights. Increasing use of these lenses in the entertainment sector, for ever more dramatic makeup, is expected to boost sales worldwide. The report also states that increasing customer inclination towards ...
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In early July 2018, Mark'ennovy, a British contact lens producer...
In early July 2018, Mark'ennovy, a British contact lens producer with subsidiaries throughout Europe, appointed Jospia Kern as general manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe. She will be a member of the executive board, responsible for growth in Eastern Europe and German-speaking markets. Kern had spent the past ...
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Jobson Optical Research has released its exclusive 2018 U.S. Optical...
Jobson Optical Research has released its exclusive 2018 U.S. Optical Retailer Report & Directory. The document features a comprehensive listing of the top optical retailers in the U.S., complete with details such as contact information for the company headquarters, key executives, buyer names for all product categories and trade names. ...
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The organizers of Dubai Optical Show - Vision X 2018,...
The organizers of Dubai Optical Show - Vision X 2018, which will take place on Nov. 13-15 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, have announced that the show will see the participation of 20 new Italian exhibitors and many others from France, Germany and across the Mena region. The event ...
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Italy's eyewear exports fell by 2.9 percent in the first...
Italy’s eyewear exports fell by 2.9 percent in the first half of this year, declining by 1.8 percent for frames and by 3.6 percent for sunglasses, according to the statistics that we have received just before going to press from Anfao, the Italian eyewear industry association. Sales declined also in ...
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Thema Optical, an Italian company founded in 1971, is launching...
Thema Optical, an Italian company founded in 1971, is launching a proprietary Virtual Eyewear Assistant (VEA) at the Silmo show in Paris, after six months of testing with individuals and at selected Italian optical retail stores. The internally designed software and hardware allow customers to choose the glasses in its ...
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The Vision Council has announced an updated Version 3.12 of...
The Vision Council has announced an updated Version 3.12 of the DCS standard for data exchanges between manufacturers of optical lab equipment and software for the production of ophthalmic lenses. The new standard, which is regarded by the American association as a de facto global standard (ISO 16284), includes added ...
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Grupo Devlyn is again 100% family-owned
After looking at other strategic options, the Devlyn family has bought all the shares it didn't own in Grupo Devlyn, one of the largest optical retailers in Latin America and presumably the largest privately owned optical retailing group in the world. It has bought back the minority stake that Linzor Capital, ...
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