All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 2-3 – Page 3

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    Alaïa launches sunglasses through Kering Eyewear

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Alaïa has announced the expansion of its portfolio of products with the launch of sunglasses, produced in partnership with Kering Eyewear. The portfolio of the Parisian fashion house, which is part of Richemont, already includes ready-to-wear, couture, fragrance, and leather accessories. Kering Eyewear develops and distributes eyewear for Saint Laurent, ...

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    Spektre aims higher with its business model

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Spektre, a nine-year-old Italian company that has found its place in the international eyeglass market through an interesting business model, is seeking to expand through license agreements or through mergers or acquisitions like those it has recently tried to carry out, albeit without success.In eight years, the company's sales have ...

  • News briefs

    Pierre Agnès, CEO of Boardriders, the group behind the Quiksilver,...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Pierre Agnès, CEO of Boardriders, the group behind the Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes brands, has been lost at sea since Jan. 30. The group confirmed three days later that the search and rescue efforts were not successful in locating him. The Frenchman had spent the past 30 years, his ...

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    After several years of steady growth, the French optical market...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    After several years of steady growth, the French optical market went down to a total value of €6.5 billion in 2017 according to GFK, representing a 1.4% drop as compared to the previous year. Except for optical frames that inched up by 0.2%, all product categories declined in value. Sunglasses ...

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    After several rounds in different French courts of justice, a...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    After several rounds in different French courts of justice, a final decision in the case that had been opposing Optical Center to Gadol Optic 2000 since 2008 was announced earlier this month. Optical Center had accused about 20 Optic 2000 shops of unfair competition, by regularly optimizing their consumers' bills ...

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    Alain Afflelou has announced the departure with immediate effect of...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Alain Afflelou has announced the departure with immediate effect of its chief executive, Frédéric Poux, for “personal reasons.” He will be replaced by his deputy, Didier Pascual, who, like him, has spent a long time at the French optical retailing group, which he joined 14 years ago. The company says ...

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    Alain Afflelou is launching a new TV advertising campaign in...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Alain Afflelou is launching a new TV advertising campaign in France at the end of this month to promote its new Smart Tonic range. The spots, which are starring Sharon Stone, the famous American actress, will be aired on the major TV channels in France until early April. The new ...

  • Short stops

    Adil Mehboob-Khan, a former joint chief executive of Luxottica, has...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Adil Mehboob-Khan, a former joint chief executive of Luxottica, has become the CEO of the famous Liberty London store

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    Investors wonder about Safilo’s future under new leadership

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Safilo announced on Friday, Feb. 16 that its chief executive, Luisa Delgado, is retiring on Feb. 28 for “personal reasons.” The announcement was unexpected and furtively made after the close of the Milan stock exchange on Friday evening. But the transition was obviously well prepared because the 51-year-old manager will ...

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    Zeiss has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Deutsche Telekom,...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Zeiss has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Deutsche Telekom, called Tooz Technologies, to pursue its previously reported project to develop “smart glasses” (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 18 N° 4+5 of March 29, 2017). They can be integrated into normal prescription frames and used for sport, shopping, surgery, logistics or other ...

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    Italy’s eyewear output rose by 2.9% in 2017

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    In 2017, the value of Italy's production of eyewear rose by 2.9 percent to €3,805 million, according to preliminary data released by the association of Italian eyewear manufacturers, Anfao, ahead of the big Mido trade show in Milan.The increase was driven by exports, which absorb nearly 90 percent of the ...

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    Alain Affellou extended its footprint to a 17th country at...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Alain Affellou extended its footprint to a 17th country at the end of last year with the opening of its first Afflelou Paris shop in Vietnam at Nha Trang, a seaside and tourist city of 300,000

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    Optica's 16 specialty eyewear boutiques have been sold by Luxury...

    2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Optica's 16 specialty eyewear boutiques have been sold by Luxury Optical Holdings (LOH) to Emerging Vision (EVI), according to reports by VMail. The purchase price for the transaction, which took effect on Feb. 16, has remained undisclosed. Optica operates ten stores in Las Vegas as well as three locations in ...