All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 6-7 – Page 2
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The Lions Club has set a new world record in...
The Lions Club has set a new world record in France by putting together 45,000 pairs of glasses to form a chain of 2,508 meters, crossing into Luxembourg. Working through an association based in the French port city of Le Havre, Medico Lions Clubs, the Lions Club collected more than ...
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China should clear the Luxilor merger soon, but conditionally
Luxottica and Essilor have so far obtained clearance in 18 jurisdictions for their planned merger, including most recently the European Union, the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Singapore. Brazilian anti-trust authorities gave their unconditional approval last month, in spite of a challenge by Zeiss.China is the only country that still has ...
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Yage Moshe is the new chief executive and president of...
Yage Moshe is the new chief executive and president of Shamir Optical Industry, the high-tech lens company based in Israel, with effect from next July 1. Moshe will take the place of Amos Netzer, who is retiring after running the company since 2009, nearly doubling its revenues since 2001, after ...
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Robert Marc is leaving his role as chief creative officer...
Robert Marc is leaving his role as chief creative officer of Robert Marc Eyewear, with immediate effect. He said he will devote himself to travel and to pursue philanthropic and new creative projects. Marc opened his first shop 37 years ago in New York. In 1999, he launched his own ...
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Zeiss held the groundbreaking ceremony last month for its new...
Zeiss held the groundbreaking ceremony last month for its new Zeiss Innovation Hub @ Kit in the north campus of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Besides expanding its collaboration with KIT, which has been in place for more than ten years, giving bright graduates room to develop new ideas ...
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Götti Switzerland shot its new campaign for the Götti Switzerland...
Götti Switzerland shot its new campaign for the Götti Switzerland and Götti Perspective glasses at Sven Götti's home, the place where most of the ideas of the designer originate. Sven Götti founded the company in 1993. The chosen photographer, Zosia Prominska, took pictures of three models with items that she ...
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Contact Lens Precision Laboratories (CLPL), a British contact lens maker,...
Contact Lens Precision Laboratories (CLPL), a British contact lens maker, has been taken over by the Japanese contact lens company SEED. CLPL, which has been in the U.K. market for 50 years, make specialty and custom lenses under the UltraVision and Kerasoft brands with business in 40 countries, as reported ...
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Ego Eyewear will be manufacturing eyewear for Joseph, the British...
Ego Eyewear will be manufacturing eyewear for Joseph, the British fashion label. The new exclusive licensing deal covers the design, production and distribution of Joseph eyeglasses and sunglasses worldwide. The first collection, for spring/summer 2018, has recently been launched on the market. The collection is inspired by the label's founder, ...
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Mister Spex opened a new brick-and-mortar store in the Main-Taunus...
Mister Spex opened a new brick-and-mortar store in the Main-Taunus shopping center in Sulzbach, near Frankfurt, as well as a new store in Erfurt. In its new store in Frankfurt, covering 108 square meters, Mister Spex offers more than 1,000 prescription frames and sunglasses. The store in Erfurt measures 119 ...
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Blackfin has presented an exclusive limited edition of luxury eyeglasses,...
Blackfin has presented an exclusive limited edition of luxury eyeglasses, the Blackfin 24KT Gold Limited Edition
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During the latest Optrafair show in Birmingham, Clive Marchant was...
During the latest Optrafair show in Birmingham, Clive Marchant was inaugurated as the new president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO). Marchant is a contact lens optician and director of the Colin Lee group that has seven practices in the West Midlands and Staffordshire. He takes over from ...
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Stefan Beiten, who worked for many years for Hoya in...
Stefan Beiten, who worked for many years for Hoya in Germany, has been appointed key account manager for Seiko Europe
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Ocuco has been named as one of Ireland's best managed...
Ocuco has been named as one of Ireland's best managed companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards program. Ocuco is a provider of optical practice and lab software for the global eyecare industry. Deloitte's award program, in association with Bank of Ireland, has been created to recognize Irish companies that ...
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Mosaic Eyewear has become the distributor of Zen Eyewear from...
Mosaic Eyewear has become the distributor of Zen Eyewear from Barcelona in the U.S.
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Rolf Spectacles, the family-run business based in the heart of...
Rolf Spectacles, the family-run business based in the heart of the Tyrolean Alps, has been honored with a Red Dot Design award in the category Fashion Design 2018 for its Rolf Break model. The jury appreciated in particular the non-metallic and screw-free hinge technology of the glasses, as well as ...
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Barberini Eyewear and Banca degli Occhi del Veneto Foundation have...
Barberini Eyewear and Banca degli Occhi del Veneto Foundation have agreed to support a research into dry eye. The study, conducted by the Foundation, aims to evaluate the protective effectiveness of the use of optical glass ophthalmic lenses, normal or graduated, in patients affected by moderate dry eyes. The study ...
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Kering Eyewear brings Balenciaga in-house
Kering Eyewear is taking over from Marcolin the development, production and global distribution of sunglasses and prescription frames sold under Balenciaga brand name. The first Balenciaga collection under Kering Eyewear's supervision will be the spring 2019 one, which will be available in selected stores from January.This small fashion label, which ...
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ZVA, the German's opticians' association, reports that the German optical...
ZVA, the German's opticians' association, reports that the German optical retail market increased by 3 percent to €6.12 billion in 2017, as compared to the previous year. Excluding online retail sales, the market recorded a turnover of €5.9 billion in 2017, representing an increase of 2.7 percent. The number of ...
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Marcolin has appointed Arne Langhof as sales manager for Germany,...
Marcolin has appointed Arne Langhof as sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The 34-year-old manager was working more recently for the company as area manager for Southern Germany.
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Silhouette International has announced the appointment of Onofrio “Mike” Giannattasio...
Silhouette International has announced the appointment of Onofrio “Mike” Giannattasio as president of its U.S. subsidiary. Described as a specialist in brand strategy, organizational development, sales growth and marketing transformation, Giannattasio has spent 30 years in the sector of luxury watches and related accessories, working for Mont Blanc North America, ...
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