All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 8 – Page 2
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Essilor continues striving to eliminate poor vision
Essilor and the Royal Government of Bhutan have officially launched a partnership to help eradicate poor vision in the small Asian country. The first step will consist in the delivery of 10,000 pairs of eyeglasses for use in a “Bhutan School Sight” program, organized by the Bhutan Ministry of Health.The ...
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News briefs
Kering Eyewear and Roberto Vedovotto, its founder, president and chief...
Kering Eyewear and Roberto Vedovotto, its founder, president and chief executive, have been recognized by the Accessories Council with the Business Visionary Award. The award ceremony was held at Cipriani in New York on June 10. Kering Eyewear is a division of Kering. The ACE awards were created in 1997 ...
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Safilo sells the loss-making Solstice chain
Safilo has reached an agreement to sell its loss-making U.S. retail chain, Solstice, to Fairway LLC, a U.S. company formed by a group of undisclosed investors who are said to be active in optical retailing with about 10 stores in the U.S. and Europe.The price tag is $9 million, on a cash and ...
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News briefs
The Center for Leadership and Values in Society at the...
The Center for Leadership and Values in Society at the University of St. Gallen and Dr. Arend Oetker, chair of business psychology and leadership at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, have ranked Carl Zeiss first among German companies for its public service in this year's Public Value Atlas. ...
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CDiscount, the French e-commerce site that is part of Casino,...
CDiscount, the French e-commerce site that is part of Casino, is entering the eyewear market. On June 6, the CDiscount marketplace launched its first online optical offer, in partnership with Sym'Optic, a German e-tailer. The consumer can choose from around 20 models of frames via a virtual fitting system. Only ...
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HKT Products will distribute the Red Bull SPECT line of...
HKT Products will distribute the Red Bull SPECT line of eyewear in the U.K. The line of sport-specific sunglasses and goggles is licensed by the Austrian-based Michael Pach Leitner Group. HKT also distributes Ninjaz sports gloves, special bike components and other products.
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The German watch and jewelry brand Thomas Sabo is launching...
The German watch and jewelry brand Thomas Sabo is launching its first collection of sunglasses. The men's and women's collection will be composed of 16 models with 48 color variations. Twelve models will have polarized lenses. The sunglasses will be sold through Thomas Sabo's distribution network and its e-commerce platform. ...
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Police, the lifestyle brand of De Rigo Vision, has signed...
Police, the lifestyle brand of De Rigo Vision, has signed a sponsorship agreement to become the official supplier of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team in the Formula 1 races. The staff of the Mercedes team, including the drivers, will wear Police optical frames and sunglasses. Police has also announced the ...
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News briefs
Desìo, the brand of color contact lenses produced by the...
Desìo, the brand of color contact lenses produced by the Italian manufacturer Qualimed, is helping to fund Sightsavers, an international NGO founded in 1950 in the U.K. Sightsavers currently operates in more than 30 low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia. The charity conducts eye exams and provides treatment ...
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Viu opened a new store in Bielefeld, Germany, on May...
Viu opened a new store in Bielefeld, Germany, on May 16. With this opening, the fast-growing Swiss retail chain now has a total of 25 stores in Germany. The store design of Viu's new store in Bielefeld, which occupies 75 square meters, was developed in-house. Each store's design relates to ...
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Essilux’ governance issue has been solved
The board and the management of EssilorLuxottica (Essilux) have returned to the task of integrating the operations of Essilor International and the Luxottica Group after resolving a serious governance issue that was threatening to shake up the relations among their key shareholders.Leonardo Del Vecchio, executive chairman of Essilux, and Hubert ...
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Safilo licenses David Beckham, thinking digital
The former English football player has signed a global 10-year license agreement with Safilo for the production and distribution of men's sunglasses and prescription frames under his name. The company's first David Beckham collection will be launched in January 2020. Beckham has had no previous license agreement for eyewear.The collection ...
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News briefs
De Rigo Vision, the eyewear firm based in Longarone, in...
De Rigo Vision, the eyewear firm based in Longarone, in Italy's northeast, is introducing a new company program for its staff, called Welfare and Work-Life Balance. The program, which has been designed in consultation with the unions, features a series of initiatives to provide an improved quality of life for ...
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Okia, the eyewear company based in Hong Kong best known...
Okia, the eyewear company based in Hong Kong best known for its patented HDA Technology, has announced the launch of sustainability.okia.com, a website dedicated to its eco-friendly solutions. The website presents in detail the properties and advantages of each sustainable product of the company, alongside facts and figures about worldwide ...
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Waterhaul, a start-up based in Cornwall, England, is introducing a...
Waterhaul, a start-up based in Cornwall, England, is introducing a range of sunglasses that are made from 100 percent recycled ghost fishing nets and gear, taken out of the ocean. Intercepted nets, which may exceed 100 meters in length, are washed, shredded and transformed into pellets, which are then molded ...
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The Etnia Barcelona Foundation has established a partnership with the Von's...
The Etnia Barcelona Foundation has established a partnership with the Von's Vision Foundation to make Etnia the exclusive supplier of fashion frames for Von's Vision Centers. Founded by Von Miller, a linebacker for the Denver Broncos American-football team, Von's Vision Foundation brings vision care and frames to where needy students already ...
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News briefs
GrandVision has appointed Jorge Gervasi as managing director of For...
GrandVision has appointed Jorge Gervasi as managing director of For Eyes, the company's U.S. business unit. Gervasi has held senior level positions at GrandVision for several years, including overseeing GrandVision's MasVision business in Spain for many years, then moving to Mexico in 2012, to become MasVision Mexico's managing director. In ...
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Julbo Eyewear has announced an exclusive eyewear partnership with the...
Julbo Eyewear has announced an exclusive eyewear partnership with the Garmin Dirty Kanza, the bicycling challenge held on the gravel roads through the Flint Hills of central Kansas
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Euromcontact has announced that Nicoletta Losi, from Johnson & Johnson...
Euromcontact has announced that Nicoletta Losi, from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, has been unanimously re-elected president of the organization. Euromcontact is the European Federation of National Associations and International Companies of Contact Lens and Lens Care Manufacturers. The organization has also announced NÄE, the Finish association of Vision and ...
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Morel has won the “Award d'Excellence,” the most prestigious among...
Morel has won the “Award d'Excellence,” the most prestigious among the international communication awards launched at Silmo 2018, which honor the most creative marketing and communication campaigns. Earlier this year, the French eyewear firm had been awarded a Trophée de la Communication, a national communication award in France.
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