All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 2-3 – Page 2
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The Mido trade show in Milan will break a new...
The Mido trade show in Milan will break a new record in the next three days by hosting a total of 1,323 exhibitors, including 110 first-timers. The seven halls of the fair have been fully sold out. The More! pavilion and the Lab Academy have been expanded. Pre-registrations by visitors ...
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Freisicht, a young eyewear brand from Freising near Munich, presented...
Freisicht, a young eyewear brand from Freising near Munich, presented eyewear made of solid wood for the first time at this year's Opti show. The brand was created in 2017 and has already exhibited at Silmo, but it has since optimized its whole concept and redesigned its product. There were ...
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Lightbird, a new Italian eyewear brand created by the designer...
Lightbird, a new Italian eyewear brand created by the designer Corrado Rosson in Belluno, Italy, launched its first line at the opti 2019 trade show in Munich on Jan. 25-27. Manufactured entirely in Italy by a local production partner, Lightbird eyewear makes use of two patents. One is for a ...
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A U.S. hedge fund, ESL Investments, has bought the struggling...
A U.S. hedge fund, ESL Investments, has bought the struggling Sears retail group in the U.S. for $5.2 billion in a bankruptcy auction. The assets include 223 Sears and 202 Kmart stores. ESL, which bought Sears through its affiliate Transform Holdco, said that the business it bought is made up ...
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Zeiss and the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) have opened a new...
Zeiss and the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) have opened a new training center in Pune, India. Recently inaugurated with The Poona Blind Men Association, a local partner, the training center focuses on the operative treatment of cataracts. More than 36 million people worldwide are blind. About one-third of them are blinded by ...
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Pixium Vision, a French bioelectronics firm that develops bionic vision...
Pixium Vision, a French bioelectronics firm that develops bionic vision systems, said that its subretinal Prima system met the interim goals of a feasibility study involving patients with advanced dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The company will now prepare a clinical study due to start by the end of 2019. ...
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Lanctôt, a big Canadian distributor involved in many fields, has...
Lanctôt, a big Canadian distributor involved in many fields, has formed a joint venture for the distribution of Morel's eyewear in Canada. Lanctôt, a family-owned company that started in 1953 as a distributor of sporting goods brands, has also taken on the distribution in Canada of Mondottica's Sandro line of ...
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Okia, the Hong Kong-based eyewear company best known for its...
Okia, the Hong Kong-based eyewear company best known for its High Definition Acetate (HDA) patented technology, has announced the schedule of two events that it will hold at Mido 2019, in partnership with WGSN. The “SS20 Eyewear Key Trends” and the “Sustainable Future of Eyewear” workshops will take place on ...
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ic! Berlin introduced a new trade show concept at Opti...
ic! Berlin introduced a new trade show concept at Opti 2019, incorporating into its stand the Onono brand of titanium and buffalo-horn glasses, made at the brand's new production site in Berlin. ic! Berlin reported stable sales in 2018. Last autumn was the launch of its first Asian fit collection. In Germany, ...
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Marchon Eyewear, which has been the licensee of Lio Jo...
Marchon Eyewear, which has been the licensee of Lio Jo since 2014, has added a men's collection to its women's line of eyewear that has been distributed in Italy and Spain since January, with a roll-out planned in other countries in the autumn
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>Classique Eyewear of San Diego, California, is to become the exclusive...
>Classique Eyewear of San Diego, California, is to become the exclusive U.S. distributor of the O'Neill and Superdry optical and sunglass collections of Inspecs USA, the American subsidiary of the U.K.-based
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Blackfin will launch a new website based on its new...
Blackfin will launch a new website based on its new “Natural Awareness” campaign
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Luxottica will leave the Milan Bourse, but may come back as Essilux
According to the latest report on its tender offer, EssilorLuxottica has increased its stake in Luxottica to 97.542 percent by buying out publicly trading shares as well as treasury shares held by the Italian group. Controlling more than 95 percent of the capital gives EssilorLuxottica the right to squeeze out ...
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Thema to expand with new Virtual Eyewear Assistant
Thema Optical, an Italian company founded in 1971, presented its proprietary Virtual Eyewear Assistant (VEA) at this year's Opti show in Munich in January. The internally designed software and hardware allows customers to browse through seven collections and choose the glasses that best suit their face.Customers can also personalize the frames ...
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For Art's Sake has set up shop at the Market...
For Art's Sake has set up shop at the Market Building of Covent Garden, in the eyewear brand's home city of London. The shop has a selfie station, pastel-hued interiors and “Instagram spots” – in a nod to the website that has helped expand the brand since its inception in ...
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Luxottica has appointed Weslie Hamada to the newly created position...
Luxottica has appointed Weslie Hamada to the newly created position of “senior director of OD engagement” at Luxottica North America. She will oversee contacts with optometrists and eye doctors in the areas of growth marketing and communication. She joined the group on Jan. 28 and reports to Carl Spear, Luxottica's ...
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Bellinger, the Danish eyewear design company, has appointed Hans Lilleoer...
Bellinger, the Danish eyewear design company, has appointed Hans Lilleoer to the newly created position of international sales director. For the past 18 years, Lilleoer had been sales director at Pro Design. Bellinger's country managers for the various export markets will now report directly to the new international sales director, ...
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Last October, Menrad appointed Carolin Christin Fraydl to the newly created...
Last October, Menrad appointed Carolin Christin Fraydl to the newly created position of head of marketing and licenses. Fraydl worked for over eight years as senior brand and license manager at Rodenstock. Daniel Polito joined Menrad recently in the newly created position of head of exports. He was previously sales director ...
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Italy's entire fashion industry – including apparel, footwear, leathergoods, jewelry...
Italy's entire fashion industry – including apparel, footwear, leathergoods, jewelry and eyewear – posted a 0.9 percent rise in sales to €95.7 billion last year, according to a preliminary estimate by Confindustria Moda, the new umbrella trade association for all the fashion-related sectors. Exports rose by 2.6 percent to €63.4 ...
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Italia Independent goes for another capital increase
The Italia Independent Group has launched yet another capital increase to refinance itself. It is reserved to its president and main shareholder, Lapo Elkann, and a new investor, Talent EuVECA, a fund owned by AVM and the Centurion Global Fund. Elkann's stake will be diluted, but he will keep the ...
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