All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 15-16 – Page 3
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Cazal has appointed Katharina Schlager to serve as its chief...
Cazal has appointed Katharina Schlager to serve as its chief executive and creative director from January 2020. Beate Obersteiner, the company's previous managing director, will be retiring at the end of 2019 but continue to advise the company. Klaus Lippert, general director since 2015, will remain in charge of finances ...
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The Vision Council has appointed Nathan Troxell as director of...
The Vision Council has appointed Nathan Troxell as director of industry development for Think About Your Eyes, the public awareness initiative focused on educating consumers in the U.S. about the importance of vision health and annual comprehensive eye exams, in partnership with the American Optometric Association. In his new role, ...
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Announcing none of the terms, the Charmant Group and Esprit...
Announcing none of the terms, the Charmant Group and Esprit have extended their 25-year-old licensing deal
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Johnson & Johnson Vision appointed Katja Schmelzing as general manager...
Johnson & Johnson Vision appointed Katja Schmelzing as general manager for Germany and Austria on Nov. 1. She will be responsible for the development of the brand in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Schmelzing was previously marketing director at Colgate Palmolive's Hill's Pet Nutrition brand of animal feed. She has also ...
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Rudy Project sponsors American Magic, diversifies
Besides sponsoring many other sports events and numerous champions and teams in a wide range of sports, including cycling, running and skiing, Rudy Project is going to have special visibility as an official supplier of the New York Yacht Club American Magic, one of the U.S. challengers in the 36th ...
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Maui Jim has a new brand ambassador, Jam Lammers, the...
Maui Jim has a new brand ambassador, Jam Lammers, the 63-year-old automotive champion who runs his own team, Racing for Holland
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Anna Louise Palm Axel and Sofie Amalie Palm Axel have...
Anna Louise Palm Axel and Sofie Amalie Palm Axel have joined the board of directors of a Danish optical retail chain, Poul Stig Briller A/ S, replacing Charlotte Frydendall. Poul Stig has six shops in the Copenhagen area, and sells own label glasses, the Poul Stig Navne-Kollektion, as well as ...
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Alcon performs better
Alcon reported total sales of $1.8 billion for the third quarter, up by 4 percent on a reported basis and by 6 percent on a constant-currency basis.The operating margin improved to a still negative rate of 1.0 percent from 16.0 percent and the core operating margin widened to 17.4 percent ...
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Alcon Pharma appointed Florian Treier as sales manager for its...
Alcon Pharma appointed Florian Treier as sales manager for its vision care segment in Germany on Nov. 1. Treier started in 2016 at Johnson & Johnson, where he worked as key account manager and sales manager for West Germany.
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Match Eyewear of New York has signed a licensing agreement...
Match Eyewear of New York has signed a licensing agreement with JR Apparel World for the first collection of the Members Only brand. Members Only was a popular brand in the 1980s for its line of jackets.
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Luxottica and Milan's Bocconi University have signed an agreement to...
Luxottica and Milan's Bocconi University have signed an agreement to create the Luxottica Chair in Chinese Market and Business Development, a five-year professorship. The newly created position has been awarded to Fabrizio Perretti, full professor of the Department of Management and Technology. The professorship is meant to forster better understanding ...
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The board of directors of Italia Independent has agreed to...
The board of directors of Italia Independent has agreed to call a shareholders' meeting to clear a €7.8 million capital increase to finance the company's 2019/23 business plan, which aims for annual sales of €42 million in 2023 and a return to profitability in 2021 with an anticipated Ebitda of ...
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New Look Vision, Canada's largest optical retail company, has agreed...
New Look Vision, Canada's largest optical retail company, has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Miami-based Coco Lunette Holding, which operates principally under the Edward Beiner banner with 12 locations in Florida and an annual turnover of 15.5 million Canadian dollars (€10.6m-$11.8). No financial details were released ...
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Two Swiss companies, Vivior and SwissLens, have agreed to collaborate...
Two Swiss companies, Vivior and SwissLens, have agreed to collaborate in the field of personalized multifocal soft contact lenses for presbyopia correction. The aim is to optimize the design of the lenses by using the data generated by Vivior's visual behavior monitor. Vivior is a digital health start-up founded in ...
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For World Sight Day a few weeks ago, Michelin and...
For World Sight Day a few weeks ago, Michelin and Essilor signed a two-year memorandum of understanding to promote safety on the road. The plan is to raise awareness of the importance of good vision and proper tires for driving. By the two companies' estimate, 20 percent of the world's ...
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Italy's Vanni plans to open a store in Milan after...
Italy's Vanni plans to open a store in Milan after the one it already has in Turin
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After introducing e-Protect, a filter that cuts down on blue...
After introducing e-Protect, a filter that cuts down on blue light, the French Krys chain of optical retail shops has added a different letter to its Protect line with the release of n-Protect. It is a collection of glasses for driving at night featuring yellow lenses to boost contrast and ...
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After a year of prototyping at its offices in New...
After a year of prototyping at its offices in New York, Warby Parker has entered the contact-lens market in the U.S. with a daily lens, called Scout, for sale at its 112 shops in the U.S. and through other channels. The New York-based company has developed the lens together with ...
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Afflelou posts strong sales, turns around
Including its franchisees' revenues and those of its own stores, the French-based Afflelou Group saw sales increase by 4.7 percent to €818.5 million for its fiscal year, ended on July 31, 2019. The network recorded its fourth year of solid growth in comparable sales, which gained 5.1 percent from the ...
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Volcom will be adding a branded line of eyewear and...
Volcom will be adding a branded line of eyewear and snow goggles to its product range next year. Electric Visual Evolution, which is also based in Southern California, will design, develop, produce and distribute the new line. Both companies were the property of Kering when the luxury group owned Puma. ...
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