All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 11-12 – Page 2
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Cecop gets involved in training
Cecop, the international voluntary group of independent opticians, has launched a new management training program, called Evolution, to support affiliated opticians in Spain, Italy and Portugal in maximizing sales and profits.One of its modules is a unique consulting service whereby experts in the field, called “Optical Business Developers,” work with ...
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The Carl Zeiss group has selected its new president and...
The Carl Zeiss group has selected its new president and chief executive from within the group. On April 1, 2020, Karl Lamprecht will assume the two titles, succeeding in both cases Michael Kaschke, who has served for one decade and sat on the executive board for two. Kaschke will not ...
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The Spanish eyewear group Hawkers has launched a capsule collection,...
The Spanish eyewear group Hawkers has launched a capsule collection, composed of two models, in collaboration with BALR, a Dutch sports and urbanwear brand. The models are available on Hawkers' website and in some 60 stores in Spain, Italy and Portugal
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Dragon Eyewear of San Clemente, California, will incorporate its proprietary...
Dragon Eyewear of San Clemente, California, will incorporate its proprietary Lumalens technology into all of its sunglasses from the current autumn season onward. The company already uses the lenses – which vivify color, improve depth perception, boost clarifying light and filter out haze and glare – in its collection of ...
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Peek Vision, a British social enterprise that develops technology and...
Peek Vision, a British social enterprise that develops technology and partnerships to provide sustainable access to eye care, has joined forces with the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM), the international non-profit organization for the blind. Being cost-effective and portable, Peek Vision's solutions can reach people in remote areas. Peek is a hybrid ...
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Zoobug London, the brand of children's glasses, has entered into...
Zoobug London, the brand of children's glasses, has entered into its first formal collaboration with a kids' fashion designer, Kate Hill. A limited edition of three co-created kids' sunglasses developed by Zoobug was presented in her award-winning brand's catwalk show at Mini Mode during the recent London Fashion Week. Made ...
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Police, the house brand of De Rigo Vision, is collaborating...
Police, the house brand of De Rigo Vision, is collaborating with Lewis Hamilton on a collection of seven sunglasses and three prescription frames that made its debut at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Italy on Sept. 8. The line is meant to portray the concepts of speed and design. ...
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CVI gets a boost from its toric lenses
The ongoing popularity of daily silicone hydrogel lenses and toric lenses lifted the results of CooperVision (CVI), which is part of The Cooper Companies, for group's fiscal third quarter ended on July 31. Revenues gained 4 percent from the year-ago quarter to $509.1 million. On a pro forma basis and ...
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Big new contract for Oakley with the NFL
Oakley has signed a four-year deal in the U.S. with the National Football League (NFL). According to Renie Anderson, the NFL's chief revenue officer and executive vice president of partnerships, the deal took two years to negotiate. It is also the largest ever signed by the Californian eyewear brand, which ...
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Lenskart, a big Indian optical retail chain with more than...
Lenskart, a big Indian optical retail chain with more than 500 stores in the country, is expected to be valued at 82,000 million rupees (€1.06bn-$1.16bn) when it finalizes a new funding round. The private equity firm Kedaara Capital is due to provide 3,920 million rupees (€50.6m-$55.3m) to the group by ...
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As largely expected, Thélios, the joint venture between the French...
As largely expected, Thélios, the joint venture between the French luxury goods group LVMH and Marcolin, will take over the manufacturing of Dior eyewear from Safilo. Christian Dior is owned by LVMH, and Safilo's license agreement expires on Dec. 31, 2020. The first collection of Dior eyewear produced by Thélios ...
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Neurolens has hired Pierre Bertrand as its new chief marketing...
Neurolens has hired Pierre Bertrand as its new chief marketing officer. Before joining Neurolens, he served as president of vision associates for Essilor, where he supervised more than 200 retail locations across the U.S. Bertrand has more than 20 years of marketing and retail experience. During his eight-year tenure at ...
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The second edition of Copenhagen Specs Berlin, the German edition...
The second edition of Copenhagen Specs Berlin, the German edition of an eyewear trade show that took place for the first time six years ago in the Danish capital, will be held on Oct. 5-6 in Berlin, with the cooperation of Silmo Paris. Visiting the show is free of charge. ...
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Pramaor, the Italian company behind the Blackfin brand of titanium...
Pramaor, the Italian company behind the Blackfin brand of titanium eyewear, will see the production volumes of its original factory trebled by next May. It will also have more space to carry out varnishing and other operations internally, and for logistics.
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Baumvision, an eyewear design, manufacturing and distribution firm in Costa...
Baumvision, an eyewear design, manufacturing and distribution firm in Costa Mesa, California, has become the exclusive distributor in North America for Haffmans & Neumeister, the German eyewear brand that made its debut at Vision Expo West in Las Vegas on Sept. 19-21. Haffmans & Neumeister is the third luxury brand ...
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Safilo and Marchon won awards for the optical eyewear and...
Safilo and Marchon won awards for the optical eyewear and sunglass categories, respectively, at the Design Excellence Awards organized by the Accessories Council of the U.S. The ceremony was held on Sept. 5 during a luncheon at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Safilo won with Jimmy Choo's Jc228 ...
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A look at Vanni’s “cultural” approach
Vanni is the Turin-based firm of Giovanni Vitaloni, president of Anfao, the Italian optical industry association, and the brand name under which the firm entered the eyewear market 28 years ago. The firm's other, more sophisticated house brand is Derapage.Vanni sells 125,000 to 130,000 frames per year at €180 to ...
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Visall, a German manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, has appointed Carsten...
Visall, a German manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, has appointed Carsten Mertens to the new position of sales manager. He will be responsible for strategic planning, international clients and the management of the field service team. Mertens has worked in the ophthalmic optics industry for the past 28 years. For the ...
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Centrale des Opticiens (CDO) has appointed Nelly Barbeau as its...
Centrale des Opticiens (CDO) has appointed Nelly Barbeau as its new managing director. She takes over the role from Fabrice Masson. Barbeau has more than 25 years of experience in retail, where she has held functions in purchasing, sales and marketing. The French network of independent opticians has also announced ...
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State Optical buys AO Eyewear
State Optical, a U.S. manufacturer of luxury eyewear, has acquired AO Eyewear from Alan McKinley, the owner and president of the company, who remains as general manager. No financial details were released.The takeover will enable State Optical's expertise in acetate frames to be combined with AO's know-how in the production ...
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