All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 9-10 – Page 4

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    Kering Eyewear contributed revenues of €259.4 million to the turnover...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Kering Eyewear contributed revenues of €259.4 million to the turnover of the Kering group in the first half of this year, 20.7 percent more than in the same period a year ago. The rise was due to higher sales of Gucci eyewear and the takeover of the Montblanc and Balenciaga ...

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    On June 27, Fielmann opened its 23rd Italian store in...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    On June 27, Fielmann opened its 23rd Italian store in the town of Treviso. So far, the German group has opened its Italian stores in the northern regions of Piedmont, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna. Fielmann is scheduled to open a further three stores in Italy this year. Its ...

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    Jobson Optical Research's 2019 Optical Retailer Report is now available

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Jobson Optical Research’s 2019 Optical Retailer Report & Directory is now available. It contains a list of the top optical retailers in the U.S., including contact information for company headquarters, key executives, buyers’ names for all product categories, and trade names. The report includes Vision Monday’s annual “Top 50 U.S. ...

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    Starting with the autumn 2019 selling season, all of Safilo's...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Starting with the autumn 2019 selling season, all of Safilo's point-of-purchase marketing material, namely counter cards or show cards, will be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that items come from responsibly managed forests. Safilo added that it is working with its vendor partners to evaluate additional ...

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    DaTE 2019 will celebrate the Orient, with exhibition areas featuring...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    DaTE 2019 will celebrate the Orient, with exhibition areas featuring such names as Yin, Yang, Tao and Zen. This will also recall the origins of the event. Founded in 2013, the trade show was indeed named for a movement that was gaining in popularity in Japan at the time, called ...

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    Safilo has announced that starting with the autumn 2019 selling...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Safilo has announced that starting with the autumn 2019 selling season, all globally produced marketing materials at points of purchase, namely counter cards or show cards, will be FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified. Any new printed point of purchase materials produced globally or locally in individual countries will follow the ...

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    Pro Optik, a chain of 140 mostly franchised stores in Germany,...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Pro Optik, a chain of 140 mostly franchised stores in Germany, is selling the majority of its shares to Paragon Partners, an investment company from Munich, and to Hannibal Zemariam, who joined the company as chief executive in July 2018. Details of the transaction and the distribution of shares have not ...