All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 8-9 – Page 2
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Komono will be present in the coming months at some...
Komono will be present in the coming months at some of Europe's festivals with Komono On Tour 2018. Eight European festivals will host a Komono Festival Booth, an abstract rectangular shape, fully covered with reflective mirrors, containing a temporary store and interactive art installations. The space, which is intended as ...
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The chains overperform in a declining French optical market
Ahead of the new healthcare reform that has just been announced by President Emmanuel Macron (see other article in this issue), the French optical market dropped significantly last year after several years of steady growth, according to several sources. As we already reported (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 19 - 4+5), GfK ...
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A major Russian drugstore chain opens optical stores
The second-biggest chain of pharmacies in Russia, Rodnik Zdorovia, has launched a new retail chain of free-standing eyewear stores, targeting the low-priced segment of the market. Called OptikGuru and run by Mikhail Sereda, the new chain has already opened five optical retail stores and there are plans for 15 others ...
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Mister Spex opened its ninth brick-and-mortar store in Essen last...
Mister Spex opened its ninth brick-and-mortar store in Essen last month. In April, Mister Spex had already opened two new brick-and-mortar stores, one in the Main-Taunus shopping center in Sulzbach, near Frankfurt, and another one in Erfurt. In its new store in Essen, which covers 110 square meters, the German ...
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Jacky Buchmann, former chief executive of Buchmann Optical Holding (BOH),...
Jacky Buchmann, former chief executive of Buchmann Optical Holding (BOH), passed away last month at the age of 86. Taking the helm of the family business after his father, he transformed it by quickly developing the lenses' production and by taking over Briot, the French optical equipment company in 1980. ...
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Jan Rosenberg has informed the supervisory board of Silhouette International...
Jan Rosenberg has informed the supervisory board of Silhouette International Schmied that he is leaving as the Austrian company's chief executive for personal reasons. As a result, Arnold Schmied is stepping out of the supervisory board to serve again as CEO of the company owned by his family, joining two ...
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Specsavers has been named as the leading online performer in...
Specsavers has been named as the leading online performer in the U.K. glasses retail sector in a recent marketing study by Inside Online, a digital marketing agency with offices in Chester and London. The 2018 Glasses Retailer Market Performance Report ranks 49 websites according to their online performance, which is ...
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Valeant becomes Bausch Health Companies
Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the Canadian-based company that took over Bausch + Lomb five years ago with a total investment of $8.3 billion, will change its name next month to Bausch Health Companies, with a new corporate brand identity, new imagery, a new website and a new stock market ticker, BHC.The move ...
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Sunglass Hut has signed an exclusive partnership with Bass Pro...
Sunglass Hut has signed an exclusive partnership with Bass Pro Outdoor World, a big American outdoor retailer, to open shop-in-shops in its Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's stores and e-commerce platforms. The agreement covers 160 stores in the U.S., which will be refitted between now and the end of September. ...
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Barberini Eyewear is placing new tools at the disposal of...
Barberini Eyewear is placing new tools at the disposal of opticians to attract traffic to their stores and to increase the sell-out of its products. The company has made available to them a wider range of captivating images to customize their shop windows, free of charge. They can choose for ...
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Safilo has split brand management between Vladimiro Baldin and a...
Safilo has split brand management between Vladimiro Baldin and a newly appointed chief executive, Angelo Trocchia, following the departure of Stefano Biondo. Baldin is in charge of of the group's licenses as chief licensed brands and global product officer, while Trocchia supervises Safilo's proprietary brands - on an interim basis. ...
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Two graffiti artists have sued Oakley for using images of...
Two graffiti artists have sued Oakley for using images of the outdoor murals that they created in San Francisco in a marketing campaign without their knowledge or consent. The murals were reproduced in stores and in advertising material, adding Oakley's logos and taking off the signatures of the two artists, ...
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Essilor France has appointed Laurent Cohu to the position of...
Essilor France has appointed Laurent Cohu to the position of sales director for lenses. The 39-year-old executive had joined the company in 2016 as key account manager, after six years at Coca-Cola and previous jobs in finance and consulting. In his new position, he takes over from Sébastien Picot who ...
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The Vision Council of the U.S. has appointed David Pierson...
The Vision Council of the U.S. has appointed David Pierson to be the staff liaison with its recently created optical retail division, which already counts more than 30 retail companies of various sizes. It has elected James Rosin as vice chairman and Stuart Jolly as vice chairman of the division. ...
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Italy's Pramaor has launched an app for its optical retail...
Italy's Pramaor has launched an app for its optical retail clients, Blackfin Airstream Clients, to provide them with product information and share it with end consumers. It also gives the possibility to personalize the product before it's ordered. A Blackfin Academy section contains snippets of information to keep retailers informed ...
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We have been patiently waiting for China's anti-trust authorities to...
We have been patiently waiting for China's anti-trust authorities to bless the planned merger between Essilor and Luxottica in order to make it happen, but nothing has been announced yet on this score. Nevertheless, Essilor says in a news release that its board of directors had decided to convene the ...
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Luxottica is raising the annual bonus that it is giving...
Luxottica is raising the annual bonus that it is giving to its 8,800 employees to a record level in July, ahead of its merger with Essilor International. All the employees will get a basic gross bonus of €2,200, or about €200 more than in 2017. The bonus will be increased ...
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Modo Eyewear announced that Rebecca Giefer, chief operating officer, has...
Modo Eyewear announced that Rebecca Giefer, chief operating officer, has been made a financial partner in the company, based in New York. Giefer joined Modo 14 years ago as a temporary customer service employee, shortly after her university graduation. She then held various positions in customer service, sales and operations. ...
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The Cooper Companies have announced two major management changes. Holly...
The Cooper Companies have announced two major management changes. Holly Sheffield has been named executive vice-president and chief strategy officer, effective June 4. She will be responsible for corporate strategy, business development and global human resources, reporting directly to Cooper's president and chief executive, Albert White. Sheffield joins Cooper from ...
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Marks and Spencer (M&S) has announced that it will be...
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has announced that it will be trialing in-store optician practices in five of its stores. The five locations include: London, Westfield White City; Manchester, city center; Bolton, Deansgate; York, York Vangarde; and Derby, Intu Derby Centre. The concessions, branded as M&S Opticians, will be run by ...
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