All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 21 No. 20+21 – Page 2
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ArticleRevo partners with Bode Miller
Bode Miller, the most decorated American skier in history, has agreed to a long-term partnership with Revo, the 35-year-old brand of high-performance sunglasses, which has just come out with a new co-branded capsule collection of high-performance snow goggles. Miller, who previously wore various brands of ski goggles without endorsing any ...
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New motocross goggles from Red Bull Spect Eyewear
Red Bull Spect Eyewear has developed a new pair of motocross goggles, called Strive, in collaboration with Luc Ackermann, the FMX World Champion and holder of four world records. According to the company, the goggles expand the field of vision by 15 percent in comparison with older models thanks to ...
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News briefsH2 Equity Partners is acquiring Optegra
H2 Equity has reached an agreement to buy the ophthalmology group Optegra from Eight Roads Ventures. The deal is expected to be completed early 2021. Optegra runs 23 eye hospitals and clinics in the U.K., Poland and the Czech Republic and offers a wide-range of services including laser eye and ...
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British delivery service fears uncontrollable Black Friday
London-based delivery service ParcelHero said that it’s forecasting an £8.49bn (€9.5bn-$11.5bn) monster Black Friday to Cyber Monday weekend. It warns that stores must learn from the disaster of Black Friday 2014 or delivery chains could snap once again this year. In 2019, Britons spent a £5.55bn (€6.2bn-$7.4bn) on Black Friday-Cyber ...
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News briefsRussian Post will deliver abroad goods bought on Wildberries
Russian Post has inked a contract under which the state-owned mail operator will deliver goods purchased on Wildberries’ online store to customers outside of Russia. In Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, where Wildberries has strong positions, Russian Post will deliver orders to the post offices of its local partners. In ...
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ArticleA quarter of European firms need support or face a cash shortage in 2021
About a quarter of companies in the Eurozone will need more government support in 2021 to avert a cash-flow crisis, according to the French credit insurance company Euler Hermes. “The first wave of Covid-19 lockdowns caused a stronger-than-expected profitability shock for most European non-financial corporate” during the first half of ...
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ArticleManager takes over GemOptics from Mondottica
As part of its strategy to focus on its eyewear distribution business, with licensed brands such as Christian Lacroix, Sergio Tacchini or Pepe Jeans among others, Mondottica International has sold its entire stake in the wholly-owned unit GemOptics to Robert Content, the general manager of the French company. Founded in ...
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Pourquery testing laboratory opens an optical division
Pourquery Laboratories, a family-owned testing and certifying company based in Lyon, France, has just opened a new optical division for the analysis of protective glasses and visors, ski goggles, eye and face protection, sunglasses and other types of glasses. The new department is headed by Julian Delport, former director of ...
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News briefsAfflelou voted best customer service in French optical sector
Alain Afflelou, the optical and hearing-aids retail group has been voted the best French customer service in France in the optical retail category for the fifth consecutive year. Taking place since 2007 and organized by the research companies Viséo Consumer Insights and BVA, the annual survey tests customer services in ...
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Zeiss Vision Care to hold virtual event in February
Following the cancellation of trade fairs traditionally scheduled in the coming months, Zeiss Vision Care will hold a virtual event for its clients in the second half of February. On top of presenting its new products, the company will use the event to hold debates on topics such as vision ...
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News briefsMaho Shades appoints Jordan Poston managing partner
Maho Shades has appointed Jordan Poston as managing partner. She has been working with the company since March 2019, serving as its e-commerce and marketing director. Her role will continue to drive e-commerce and marketing and expand to include financial oversight for the brand. “Jordan quickly became an integral part ...
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Danshari finds distributor for Croatia and Slovenia
Danshari, a brand of eyewear made in Japan founded by Giuseppe La Boria, will be distributed in Croatia and Slovenia by Miroslav Balaž, chief executive of Dado Vision. La Boria created Danshari in mid-2019. An industry veteran, he was previously global commercial director at Italia Independent. Among his previous jobs, ...
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GlassesUSA.com launches sale of audio glasses
The online retailer GlassesUSA.com has started the commercialization of Revel Tune audio glasses with customizable lens options, including, among others, Transitions lenses, sunglasses, blue light blocking lenses and polarized lenses. The collection starts retailing at $138 a pair. For clients without a prescription, the platform’s Prescription Scanner app can extract ...
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U.S. Vision to axe 299 jobs due to Covid-19
USV Optical, which is part of the Refac group and trades under the name U.S. Vision, has informed the state of New Jersey, where it is located, that it plans to lay off 299 workers. The job cuts are expected to be executed by the end of the year. The ...
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ArticleGlobal personal luxury goods seen down 23% this year
Global sales of personal luxury goods are estimated to fall by 23 percent this year to €217 billion, with constant currency sales down by 22 percent. It will be the first drop since the financial meltdown of 2009, according to the Altagamma-Bain Worldwide Luxury Market Monitor 2020. The survey forecasts ...
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News briefsBritons started Christmas shopping in October
Britons started their Christmas shopping early this year, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In October, retail sales volumes increased by 1.2 percent in the U.K. when compared with September, marking the sixth consecutive month of growth. The increased reached 6.4 percent for non-store retailing, ...
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ArticleMore than 6,000 participants at the IOFT Tokyo show
Due to the relatively low impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Japan so far, the international IOFT show was able to take place from Oct. 27 to 29. The co-organizers, Reed Exhibitions and the Fukui Optical Association, have just announced that 5,688 visitors and 146 exhibiting companies participated in the ...
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ArticleInspecs buys Eschenbach for €95 million
Inspecs is buying the German company Eschenbach Holding for €94.85 million (£84.7m), a move that will enable the British eyewear company to obtain greater scale and provide it with the opportunity to acquire bigger global licenses. Inspecs will also be able to utilize its manufacturing expertise in Asia to assist ...
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News briefsZeal Optics plants trees for every eyewear product sold
U.S. eyewear brand Zeal Optics celebrates its fifth annual “Buy A Zeal, Plant A Tree” campaign, applicable site-wide on zealoptics.com and throughout more than 1,000 retailers globally. In partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and 1% For The Planet, the brand will plant a tree for every sunglass, goggle ...
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Pugnale opens its first flagship store
The Italian eyewear company Pugnale has opened its first flagship store. The 35 square meter shop is located in the center of Rome. Pugnale, which was created in 2013 and has its headquarters in the northeastern town of Udine, said that the store is part of a plan to develop ...
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