All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 11-12 – Page 3
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Modo has announced the appointment of Rebecca Giefer as chief...
Modo has announced the appointment of Rebecca Giefer as chief executive of Modo Americas, effective Sept. 1. Giefer has worked at Modo since 2004, when she was hired as a customer service representative. In 2014, she was named chief operating officer. She is also a current board member of The ...
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Marcolin announced today that it has taken over the Max...
Marcolin announced today that it has taken over the Max & Co license from Safilo for a five-year period starting in 2020. The news came after Safilo announced that it has renewed its license agreement for the Boss and Hugo licenses with Hugo Boss until Dec. 31, 2025. The contract ...
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L'Amy America, a part of International Luxury Group (ILG), has...
L'Amy America, a part of International Luxury Group (ILG), has announced a multiyear license agreement with Marquee Brands to design, market and distribute an eco-green eyewear collection for the Ben Sherman brand. The range is scheduled to preview at Vision Expo East in 2020. The new Ben Sherman collection will ...
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Alcon has appointed Carla Mack as global head of professional...
Alcon has appointed Carla Mack as global head of professional affairs for its global vision care franchise. Reporting to Andy Pawson, the franchise's president and general manager, Mack will be coordinating strategy and initiatives in partnership with regional professional leaders and teams. She was previously head of professional strategy and ...
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Safilo is reducing its workforce ahead of the loss of...
Safilo is reducing its workforce ahead of the loss of the Dior license at the end of 2020. The group plans to cut more than 200 jobs at its Italian factories in Longarone, Santa Maria di Sala, Martignacco and Padua, which employ a combined 2,700 people. The downsizing includes the ...
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An activist American hedge fund, Third Point, has bought an...
An activist American hedge fund, Third Point, has bought an unspecified stake in EssilorLuxottica, and continues to increase it, according to Reuters, which cited sources close to the matter. Another news agency, Bloomberg, put the stake at 1.2 percent. Third Point has a track record of prompting changes in the ...
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Bollé Brands acquires Spy Optic
Bollé Brands has acquired the Spy Optic brand of action sports eyewear. The financial terms of the takeover were not disclosed, but it is apparently an asset deal. The international infrastructure of Bollé Brands is expected to help Spy to grow outside its core North American market, capitalizing on its ...
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A U.S. private equity company, Windjammer Capital Investors, has acquired...
A U.S. private equity company, Windjammer Capital Investors, has acquired Hilco Vision in partnership with its management from Blue Point Capital Partners, which bought into the company in 2014. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hilco Vision is a U.S. distributor of branded and consumable professional eyecare products ...
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Spektrum Sports, the Swedish brand of sports goggles and accessories,…
Spektrum Sports, the Swedish brand of sports goggles and accessories, has signed an endorsement deal with the Swedish snowboarder Sven Thorgren, who turned professional in 2013, won Air & Style in China in that same year, competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and has been a medalist at the Dew ...
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The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) of the U.K....
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) of the U.K. has issued a comment on a report in Which? The British consumer testing magazine claimed that a quarter of the glasses it had procured from online shops failed one or more of its tests. In some cases, the glasses had ...
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BD8 Ecoplastics of Hong Kong has introduced a new material...
BD8 Ecoplastics of Hong Kong has introduced a new material for eyewear, an eponymous bioplastic that, according to the company, biodegrades entirely into carbon, water and biomass, which are then absorbed by organisms. They can enrich the soil while leaving behind no plastic residue or particles. The stated objective is ...
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Alcon’s vision care sales rise by 6% currency-neutral
Alcon posted a 5 percent increase at constant exchange rates in its sales for the second quarter. On a reported basis, revenues rose by 2 percent to $1.9 billion. They generated an operating loss of $53 million compared with a $38 million profit a year earlier due to charges of ...
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On Sept. 5, Mykita inaugurated its first store in Taiwan...
On Sept. 5, Mykita inaugurated its first store in Taiwan in its capital, Taipei. The 80-square-meter store is the German eyewear brand's second in Asia, after the one in Tokyo, and the 15th globally. Mykita also announced a collaboration with the Austrian, but New York-based, designer Helmut Lang. The eyewear ...
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Essilux relaunches Brille24
After acquiring a 100 percent stake in Brille24 – one of Germany's major online retailers, with annual revenues of almost €25 million – Essilor International, now a subsidiary of EssilorLuxottica, launched a common omni-channel concept in Germany in August. Sixty opticians participated in the kick-off event in Düsseldorf.The concept was ...
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A preview of Silmo 2019
This year's edition of the Silmo Paris optical fair, taking place on Sept. 27-30 at its usual venue near one of the city's airports, will see the return of important companies such as Alain Mikli and Hoya, the confirmation of De Rigo Vision's presence after its latest comeback, and the ...
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EssilorLuxottica entered Fortune magazine's 2019 Change the World List, which...
EssilorLuxottica entered Fortune magazine's 2019 Change the World List, which includes 52 companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business. The Franco-Italian company ranked 17th on the list. Essilor International, part of EssilorLuxottica, has released a new report quantifying the global ...
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100% Optical, the largest optical trade show in the U.K.,...
100% Optical, the largest optical trade show in the U.K., is expected to attract more than 9,000 British and international visitors and more than 200 exhibitors for its seventh year. The event will take place at ExCeL London on Jan. 25-27, 2020. The 2020 show will see the launch of ...
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Allergan's second-quarter revenues were down by 0.8 percent to $4,090...
Allergan's second-quarter revenues were down by 0.8 percent to $4,090 million, but increased by 1.2 percent on a currency-neutral basis. The operating loss widened to $1,263 million from $467.0 million a year earlier due to impairment charges. On an adjusted basis, the group posted operating income of $1,850 million, down ...
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