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Oliver Peoples has opened its second store in Italy and...
Oliver Peoples has opened its second store in Italy and 40th in the world. The 100-square-meter shop is situated at Corso Venezia 12 in Milan. It was furnished to resemble an upper-class Milanese apartment of the 1950-60s. The brand, which is part of the EssilorLuxottica group, had already opened a ...
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Jôrg Spangemacher, the well-known and highly respected publisher of the...
Jôrg Spangemacher, the well-known and highly respected publisher of the Focus, Mafo and Globalcontact magazines in Germany, is retiring at the age of 74, but his publishing company will continue to operate like before, with Petros Sioutis acting as managing director and Silke Sage as editor in chief. Jörg, whom ...
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The Uvex Group has reported an increase in total sales...
The Uvex Group has reported an increase in total sales of 5 percent to €475 million in the last financial year, ended last July. The winter-sports segment, which includes ski helmets and ski goggles under the Uvex and Alpina brands, suffered a year-on-year decline for the 2018/19 financial year. Uvex ...
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L’Amy goes high-tech
Transitions Optical had a big, immersive stand at the Silmo Paris fair in September to showcase its new Generation 8 line of “intelligent” photochromic lenses, which darken up to 30 percent faster than the previous generation. In a much humbler way, the L'Amy Group showcased a much faster photochromatic technology ...
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Patrik Södestrom, who was general manager of Luxottica for northern...
Patrik Södestrom, who was general manager of Luxottica for northern Europe from 2008 to 2016, has been promoted to chief executive of Gant, replacing Brian Grevy, who has been appointed to the executive board of Adidas and placed in charge of global brands
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In November, Mykita opened its first store in the Thai...
In November, Mykita opened its first store in the Thai capital of Bangkok. This is the German eyewear brand's third store in Asia, after those in Tokyo and Taipei, and its 17th globally. The other locations include Barcelona, Berlin, Cartagena, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Monterrey, New York, Paris, Vienna, Washington, Zermatt ...
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International interest in Novacel's Leica Eycare is said to be...
International interest in Novacel's Leica Eycare is said to be high, especially after its recent launch of its new Variovid Volterra progressive lens, which won a Silmo d'Or award in September (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 20 N° 13+14 of Nov. 4). Leica Eyecare has already found distributors in Hungary, the Baltics, ...
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Vision Expo gets a makeover
In partnership with Reed Exhibitions, The Vision Council has “reimagined” its Vision Expo and will be raising the curtain on new ideas at Vision Expo East, scheduled to be held in the Javits Center of New York on March 26-29, 2020. The show will be updating its exhibition spaces and ...
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Marcolin evaluates a move into retailing
Safilo has stopped its loss-making retail activities, selling off its Solstice chain in the U.S., but the Marcolin Group has reportedly warmed to the idea of owning a retail activity, following the examples of Luxottica and De Rigo Vision. With the planned takeover of GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica, the verticalization of ...
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Thélios has established a U.S. subsidiary, Thélios USA, opening a...
Thélios has established a U.S. subsidiary, Thélios USA, opening a new office in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In an interview with Vision Monday, Thélios' chief executive, Giovanni Zoppas, said that the unit will be separate from Marcolin USA, which supported the launch of the company in North America. Marcolin has ...
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Sunglass Hut has entered the marketplace of Farfetch, the fast-growing...
Sunglass Hut has entered the marketplace of Farfetch, the fast-growing internet portal specializing in personal luxury goods
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The Marcolin Group is sponsoring the first edition of the...
The Marcolin Group is sponsoring the first edition of the Positive Luxury Awards, endorsing the Innovation of the Year Award, which recognizes a service, product, technology or business model that prompts large-scale internal and external social or environmental improvements. The 12-person jury will consist of executives, consultants, writers, actors, activists ...
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Essilor is recognized as a Diversity Leader
Essilor has been awarded the title of “Diversity Leader 2020” by the Financial Times (FT). The French eyewear group ranked 62nd out of a total of 10,000 companies in the FT’s new annual ranking of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The assessment covered the companies’ achievements in multiple types ...
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Libuda Optic World took over the distribution in Germany of...
Libuda Optic World took over the distribution in Germany of KLiiK Denmark from Eydentity on Dec. 1. KLiiK Denmark is one of the brands of Canada's Westgroupe. Libuda, which has been in the eyewear industry for 30 years, is already the German distributor of three other Westgroupe brands: Fysh, Evatik ...
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Hoya Corporation recently indicated that it could use its strong...
Hoya Corporation recently indicated that it could use its strong cash flow to expand its Life Care division, which includes the production of ophthalmic lenses, but it is now planning to invest in its Semiconductor Technology division. The Japanese group has made an unsolicited $1.4 billion bid for a producer ...
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Safilo continues to grow
The Safilo Group improved its profitability and continued its sales growth in the third quarter, beating market expectations by about €3 million, despite another case of problems with logistics. A few years after a delay in European deliveries due to the slow ramp-up of a new distribution center near its ...
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LVMH has consolidated its position as the world's largest luxury...
LVMH has consolidated its position as the world's largest luxury goods company by using its huge cash flow to acquire Tiffany & Co. The $16 billion takeover of New York-based jeweler is the largest ever made in the luxury goods sector. It puts LVMH more or less on a par ...
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Mister Spex, which claims to be Europe's leading online optician,...
Mister Spex, which claims to be Europe's leading online optician, has appointed Maren Kroll as its new chief of human resources for the entire company. In addition to supporting the online optician's expansion in Germany and abroad, she will be a member of the executive board and report directly to ...
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The owner of the French Luz buying group, the Schertz...
The owner of the French Luz buying group, the Schertz group, has purchased the assets – that is, the software and brands – of Evioo, a purveyor of virtual try-ons for brick-and-mortar and online optical shops. Among other things, Evioo provides pharmacies with turnkey optical centers, complete with an optician ...
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Safilo launches a new business plan
Safilo presented last week a new business plan outlining its strategy to recoup lost revenues and reach sales of about €1,000 million in 2024 compared with an expected €960-1,000 million in 2020, despite the loss of important licenses that currently generate about €200 million in annual revenues. The 2020 estimate ...
