All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 1 – Page 3
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Johnson & Johnson Vision launches Acuvue contact lens recycling program in the U.K.
Johnson & Johnson Vision is launching the U.K.'s first free nationwide recycling program for all contact lenses. The program, available for all soft contact lens wearers regardless of the brand of their lenses, enables consumers to recycle their lenses as well as the blister and foil packaging. Out of 3.7 ...
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CooperVision has acquired Blanchard Contact Lenses, a fast-growing scleral lens...
CooperVision has acquired Blanchard Contact Lenses, a fast-growing scleral lens company. Founded in 1986, Blanchard has operations in Sherbrooke, Quebec, and Manchester, New Hampshire, employing about 70 people. It will retain its name and continue to operate as a separate organization. Blanchard, thanks to a network of distributors, claims to ...
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Komono has announced a partnership with the Royal Academy of...
Komono has announced a partnership with the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. The Belgian eyewear company will work with a group of selected master's students on the creation of a capsule eyewear collection linked to the students' personal work. The students will have a chance to attend a series ...
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Johnson & Johnson reported a 6.7 percent increase in its...
Johnson & Johnson reported a 6.7 percent increase in its global sales to $81.6 billion for 2018. On an operational basis and in local currencies, they grew by 6.3 percent for the year and by 5.3 percent for the fourth quarter alone. Sales went up by 1.5 percent to $27.0 ...
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The 6th edition of Silmo Istanbul, which took place on...
The 6th edition of Silmo Istanbul, which took place on Dec. 13-16, 2018, welcomed 10,784 visitors, representing a 16 percent increase as compared to 2017. The number of international visitors jumped by 27.5 percent as the show's sphere of influence is expanding to the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia ...
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Hal’s stake in Safilo goes back below 50%
Hal Holding, the Curaçao-registered holding company that controls Safilo through Multibrands Italy, cut its stake in the eyewear company to 49.84 percent on Jan. 11 from the 50.75 percent interest it held after the completion of an issue of new shares worth nearly €150 million.Before the cash call carried out ...
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Zeiss has partnered with Sunscreen to develop the Zeiss C-UV400...
Zeiss has partnered with Sunscreen to develop the Zeiss C-UV400 tablet, specially designed to show the amount of UV protection present in a pair of eyeglasses. The new 8-inch tablet will allow eyecare professionals to show their patients how much UV light is being blocked by lenses. The tablet, which ...
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Retail sales of eyewear fell by 2.7 percent in France...
Retail sales of eyewear fell by 2.7 percent in France in the last three months of 2018 as compared to the same period of 2017, according to the Bank of France. It's not clear how much of the decline could be attributed to the demonstrations by the “yellow vests,” which ...
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Alain Afflelou posted sales of €190.7 million in the first...
Alain Afflelou posted sales of €190.7 million in the first quarter of its 2018/19 fiscal year, from August to October 2018, representing a 6.7 percent increase compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year. On a same-store basis, the sales increase was of 5.9 percent. The French optical ...
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This year's edition of 100% Optical, the British optical trade...
This year’s edition of 100% Optical, the British optical trade show, took place in London on Jan. 12-14 with some 200 exhibitors, 500 brand debuts and 100 product launches. The show drew 9,115 visitors, 2 percent more than one year ago, and boasted its largest-ever equipment hub, with more than ...
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More than 45,000 Essilor employees in 58 countries, or about...
More than 45,000 Essilor employees in 58 countries, or about 65 percent of the company's total staff, owned shares in the newly formed EssilorLuxottica group at the end of last year. Together, they now own a little more than 4 percent of its equity. This compares with about 35,000 employees ...
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