All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 2-3
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Maui Jim moves into the optical world
Maui Jim, the American brand of polarized sunglasses, has been gradually launching its first full ranges of prescription frames and ophthalmic lenses, in tune with what Oakley and other major eyewear brands have been doing recently, backing up this new project with an additional lens manufacturing facility in Europe.The move ...
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The Mido trade show opening in Milan tomorrow will host...
The Mido trade show opening in Milan tomorrow will host a record of 1,305 exhibitors on 52,000 square meters of net space in seven halls. The number of pre-registered visitors is up by 10 percent as compared to a year ago, reaching a level of around 32,000 postings as of ...
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PogoTec is going public
PogoTec, which makes electronic wearable devices with an embedded point-of-view camera and augmented reality system, is preparing for a listing on the the Nasdaq stock exchange.The U.S.-based company has announced that its initial public offering of up to $32 million has been validated by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission ...
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Okia, the Hong Kong-based eyewear material producer partnered with WGSN,...
Okia, the Hong Kong-based eyewear material producer partnered with WGSN, a global trend analysis agency, is to present key trends and innovations for the future. Branded “See the Future”, the event will take place at Okia's booth during Mido with workshops on SS19 key trends and upcoming innovation on Feb. ...
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L’Amy is expanding
French eyewear is far from being doomed, despite the recent demise of Logo Eyewear and some smaller firms. To prove it, another big French player, the L'Amy Group, is doing better. It started to break even in 2017, after several years of losses, and it now has some interesting new ...
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Oakley and Electric have introduced snow goggles that can have...
Oakley and Electric have introduced snow goggles that can have their tint changed by pushing a button, using a longer-lasting battery than the one that Alpina had originally proposed
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Hi-Vision, the maker and distributor of ophthalmic lenses headquartered in...
Hi-Vision, the maker and distributor of ophthalmic lenses headquartered in South Korea, has appointed Orlando Escalona as its new sales manager for the Europe and Africa region. Escalona has more than 27 years of experience in the sector of ophthalmic lenses in Latin America. After working for Sola Optical, he ...
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Safilo has signed a new distribution partnership for Taiwan with...
Safilo has signed a new distribution partnership for Taiwan with Luxasia, that is presented as the largest cosmetics and fragrance distributor in Asia, with activities in other categories such as accessories, jewelry and fashion. The company that has a network of more than 100 stores and direct to consumer channels ...
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Pramaor has launched an innovative digital platform and a high-tech...
Pramaor has launched an innovative digital platform and a high-tech app to create a community around its award-winning Blackfin brand to interact with its agents and clients. Pramaor broke last year the target of €10 million in sales last year. They grew by 30 percent to €10.1 million, with increases ...
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Janne Kyttanen has designed a line of glasses as well...
Janne Kyttanen has designed a line of glasses as well as a platform for consumers with which they can fully customize the glasses at home before they are 3D printed. Kyttanen is a Finnish sculptor and designer, and is best known for his 3D art work. In 2000, he founded ...
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INVU is presenting a limited edition of sunglasses designed by...
INVU is presenting a limited edition of sunglasses designed by Valeria Papagni, who recently won the Swiss Textile Award
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Vision Expo East is partnering with Women's Wear Daily, a...
Vision Expo East is partnering with Women's Wear Daily, a newspaper for which our editor worked many years ago. One of its editors, Liz Doupnik, will moderate a livestreaming panel discussion with influential eyewear designers from Safilo, LA Eyeworks and Kenmark Eyewear on March 16 during the show. It will ...
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Glorify seeks crowdfunding
Back in 2008, Glorify Unbreakable caused a stir at the Opti show in Munich with prototypes of an unbreakable range of glasses. While the idea was engaging, it was quickly apparent to stand visitors that it was more of a concept than a product ripe for full serial production.The inventor, ...
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Julbo, the sports eyewear company, won this year's French Outdoor...
Julbo, the sports eyewear company, won this year's French Outdoor Award at the Ispo Munich show for its frameless Skydome ski goggles with an oversized panoramic lens. It weighs only 135 grams and is equipped with a reactive photochromic lens technology that adjusts automatically to the surrounding light conditions. The ...
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Kuboraum's latest collection confirms its link to the world of...
Kuboraum's latest collection confirms its link to the world of art. The Berlin-based eyewear brand asked a sculptor, Danilo Bucchi, to create ten unique frames, which were exhibited in January at the Monocle Eyewear Gallery in Rome, close to the Italian Parliament. Bucchi chose three typical, iconic Kuboraum designs made ...
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The new Timberland eyewear collection, developed by Marcolin, will be...
The new Timberland eyewear collection, developed by Marcolin, will be distributed exclusively in France by the voluntary group Atol that has about 750 members
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Vittorio Tabacchi claims “too many mistakes” were made at Safilo
Vittorio Tabacchi, former chairman of Safilo and son of the company's founder, Guglielmo Tabacchi, said that “too many mistakes” had been made at the company, in which his family still has a 9.22 percent stake through the firm Only 3T according to bourse filings.In an interview with the daily Il ...
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Fielmann saw external sales, including VAT and inventory changes, increase...
Fielmann saw external sales, including VAT and inventory changes, increase to €1.61 billion in its financial year 2017, up from €1.55 billion in the previous year. Consolidated sales rose to €1.39 billion, as compared to €1.34 billion in financial year 2016. The net income rose from €171.2 million in financial ...
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A new challenge for Monica Dal Cin
As we reported briefly in our last issue, Monica Dal Cin, an Italian veteran of the eyewear industry, has been named managing director of Area 98, the company that produces Coco Song, La Matta, Robert Rudger and other lines, with responsibility for sales and marketing.What we didn't say is that ...
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Chinese police officers in Zhenghou in the central region of...
Chinese police officers in Zhenghou in the central region of Hennan have started testing facial-recognition glasses to catch suspects at train stations. The glasses are linked in real time to a database of alleged criminals and, according to LL Technology, the company that developed the device, it takes the system ...
