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Taking place in New York at the same time as...
Taking place in New York at the same time as the International Vision Expo East exhibition at the Javits Center, the more luxury-oriented Loft Eyewear Shows will spread to two extra locations on March 21-24. Besides its traditional Hudson Mercantile site, the show will also occupy the adjoining Mercantile 37 ...
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Marchon and Safilo trade regional managers
Marchon Eyewear has appointed a former Safilo executive, Matteo Gaeta, as managing director of its Asia-Pacific unit, effective this month. He will be based in Hong Kong and be a member of Marchon's global management team, reporting directly to Marchon's president and chief executive, Nicola Zotta.Gaeta is taking the place ...
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Marchon and Nike are partnering for the launch of Kevin...
Marchon and Nike are partnering for the launch of Kevin Durant's new KD Eyewear collection. Durant plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Marchon has a long-standing licensing agreement with Nike for the exclusive design, production and worldwide distribution of Nike optical and sunglass collections. ...
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OptoVision, a subsidiary of the Rodenstock Group, is restructuring its...
OptoVision, a subsidiary of the Rodenstock Group, is restructuring its distribution, connecting its international sales team with the company's domestic sales team in Germany to further foster its international growth strategy. Thomas Hitz has been appointed to the recently created position of general sales director of the German lens manufacturer. Thomas ...
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Vision Group is launching a virtual try-on service at its...
Vision Group is launching a virtual try-on service at its stores as well as a revamped website for its national banner, VisionOttica. Based in Milan, Vision Group is the biggest distribution network for Italian opticians. The group currently has 2,042 affiliated optical centers across Italy, run by more than 1,640 ...
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Neil Forbes, founder and former publisher of Insight News, the...
Neil Forbes, founder and former publisher of Insight News, the excellent Australian trade magazine on ophthalmology, died on Jan. 16. Born in 1942, he enrolled to study optometry at Sydney Technical College, but dropped out to pursue his twin passions of playing the trumpet in a jazz combo and surfing. ...
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Luxottica is financing the regeneration of a park near its...
Luxottica is financing the regeneration of a park near its head office in Milan. The park is located in Piazzale Cadorna, opposite the Cadorna railway station, which is the terminus of the rail shuttle to Malpensa airport. Work is already underway and is expected to be over in about a ...
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More synergies with fashion houses
Angelo Trocchia believes that it is possible to achieve significant sales and cost synergies by better aligning the digital communication strategies and platforms of the licensees and the licensors. It's an area that offers a potential for “huge synergies,” he stressed.So, although fashion houses are often reluctant to grant access ...
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Safilo has renewed its global eyewear license with Havaianas, the...
Safilo has renewed its global eyewear license with Havaianas, the Brazilian brand of flip-flop rubber sandals owned by Alpargatas. The license was due to expire at the end of 2021, but it has been prolonged ahead of time until the end of 2024. The license is relatively small and is ...
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Transitions Optical is planning to launch its eighth generation of...
Transitions Optical is planning to launch its eighth generation of Transitions Signature photochromic lenses, starting with Canada in the autumn
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Israeli researchers have developed revolutionary eye drops, or “nanodrops,” which...
Israeli researchers have developed revolutionary eye drops, or “nanodrops,” which they claim can replace eyeglasses. The tests on pigs' corneas and human clinical trials conducted at Bar-Ilan University and the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem have given encouraging results, according to reports in Australia's Insight magazine. The drops used ...
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Leonardo Del Vecchio, the founder of Luxottica who is now...
Leonardo Del Vecchio, the founder of Luxottica who is now the main shareholder in EssilorLuxottica and its executive chairman, continues to increase his stake in Generali as part of his policy of diversifying his investments. His stake in the Italian insurance group now stands at 4.34 percent.
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Nau!, the Italian eyewear franchising king’s concept works out
Nau can truly lay claim to a positive outcome from its special business model. Founded in 2004 as an entirely franchised operation with a private label collection, the international, Italian-based optical retail chain rounded out 2018 with 163 points of sale and annual revenues of €39 million, achieving an expansion ...
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More focus is needed on ROI, says Safilo’s new chief executive
Safilo will have to focus more on the return on investment by becoming “obsessive” about execution, stressed the Safilo group's chief executive, Angelo Trocchia, in an interview granted to Eyewear Intelligence after nearly a year in the job. We feel that this and other interesting points raised in the interview ...
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Fedon, the century-old Italian maker of cases for eyeglasses and...
Fedon, the century-old Italian maker of cases for eyeglasses and other accessories, has developed a program for opticians based in and outside of Italy to instruct customers on how best to care for their eyeglass lenses. It's a sort of graphic instruction manual explaining in five frames that lenses are ...
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Oakley, the California-based eyewear maker and subsidiary of Luxottica, has...
Oakley, the California-based eyewear maker and subsidiary of Luxottica, has filed a lawsuit in Illinois District Court against Third Coast Products. Based in Chicago, Third Coast owns the iLumen8 brand of eyewear, flashlights and magnifying glasses. Oakley is alleging that the iLumen8 UV safety glasses infringe on one of its ...
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Police, one of De Rigo's brands, has launched a virtual...
Police, one of De Rigo's brands, has launched a virtual try-on tool. By uploading a photo or turning on the webcam, users can see what different styles in the Police eyewear collections look like directly on their face and decide whether or not to visit their nearest optical shop for ...
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Kenzo, one of the numerous fashion brands owned by the...
Kenzo, one of the numerous fashion brands owned by the French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, has produced its first collection of sunglasses and ophthalmic frames with Thélios, the joint venture between LVMH and Marcolin. The Kenzo license was previously held by L'Amy. Thélios developed the spring/summer 2019 collection of Kenzo ...
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Som Eyewear is pushing its branded lines
Like many other Italian eyewear manufacturers, Som Eyewear is still making mostly glasses for others on an OEM basis. It will participate in the Opti fair in Munich later this week to present its six-year old EBlock line of eyewear as well as its first branded line produced under license, ...
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Safilo takes the Levi’s brand from FGX and Sun Hing
Safilo announced a global license agreement for the important Levi's brand. The contract will start in January 2020 and run until November 2024, with the possibility of renewing it for five years until 2029. The first collection will be launched in spring/summer 2020.Safilo stressed that the license offers an important ...
