All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 22 No. 11+12 – Page 2
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Tom Davies provides eyewear for Disney movie
The British designer Tom Davies has designed glasses for most of the cast of the forthcoming Disney movie Cruella , with Emma Stone and Emma Thompson in the lead roles. The movie is set in 1970s London, during the punk movement. Davies collaborated with the costume ...
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FDA approves J&J’s myopia management CL
Johnson Johnson Vision Care announced a few days ago that it has received the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ACUVUE Abiliti contact lenses. According to the company, it is the first and currently only myopia management orthokeratology lens that ...
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National Vision to distribute free glasses in the U.S.
With the support of Americares and RestoringVision , each of which is donating $250,000, National Vision Holdings will be conducting a two-year campaign to provide eyeglasses free of charge – through its charity, 20/20 Quest – to poor, uninsured or underinsured people in the U.S. Motivating the ...
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Optic 2000 supplants Krys in French retailer ranking
The results are in for the 12th edition of a ranking called “France’s Favorite Retail Brands” (Enseignes Préférées des Français), based on a survey by e-marketing.fr and EYParthenon of 8,000 French consumers over 18 years of age. Leroy Merlin , a chain of big-box hardware stores, reigns supreme ...
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Essilor sees growth opportunities in Russia
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the Russian eyewear market hard, but the long-term outlook remains mostly bright, said Vadim Korol, chairman of Essilor Russia, in the Russian magazine Invest Forsait at the end of April. Last year has been marked with a slump in sales caused by a number of ...
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Sales and profits up at TOG
The Thai Optical Group reported a 27 percent year-on-year increase in Q1 revenues to 607 million baht (€16m-$19.3m) which was mostly attributed to the global economic recovery in the major markets. This level of revenues puts the company’s topline 7.4 percent higher than in 2019, showing a normalization of ...
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National Vision upgrades 2021 outlook after solid Q1
National Vision , the U.S.-based optical retailer operating the America’s Best and Eyeglass World banners, reported a net increase in Q1 revenues of 13.7 percent as compared to Q1 2020, reaching $534.2 million. The quarterly sales’ growth was driven by a 18.2 percent year-on-year increase on a comparable ...
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CECOP and KIMERvisión join forces in Spain
CECOP Group , the Spanish-based international buying group, and KIMERvisión , a distributor of optical products with more than 600 associated member opticians in Spain, have agreed to form a strategic alliance in the country. According to the terms of this agreement, both companies will be operating independently but under ...
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Guerra reportedly joins Thelios’ executive board
According to a report by Milano Finanza , Andrea Guerra , former CEO of the Luxottica group, has been appointed to the executive board of directors of Thelios , the joint venture between LVMH and Marcolin . Guerra is currently CEO of LVMH Hospitality Excellence , the luxury ...
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ArticleMister Spex up double digits, opens first stores abroad
Mister Spex , the German-based omnichannel retailer, announced last week that its 2020 revenues grew by 18 percent last year as compared to 2019, reaching €164 million. The company registered a double-digit hike in sales both in Germany and in its international markets. Dirk Graber , founder ...
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ArticleEssilux ramps up Stellest
Only a few days after announcing significant developments for its myopia management lens in China and the U.S. during its conference call with financial investors, EssilorLuxottica disclosed updated results on its Stellest research during the online congress of the Société Française d’Ophtalmologie a few days ago and ...
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ArticleINDO invests to become a Mediterranean leader
INDO , the Spanish-based lens manufacturer, increased its market share in Spain by 1.5 percentage points last year, consolidating its position as the third largest lens brand in the country. According to figures provided by the company, its revenues in the lenses’ category went down by 4 ...
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ArticleU.S., Smith and e-commerce drove Safilo’s growth in Q1
Safilo reported a 13.7 percent year-on-year increase in Q1 revenues to €251.4 million, or 20.0 percent in constant currencies, largely driven by its American business, the newly acquired e-commerce businesses and the good performance of Smith Optics . Significant improvements were also reported in the Italian ...
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The Vision Council starts new consumer awareness’ program
The shift of consumer attitudes towards healthcare in the context of the Covid-19 crisis is a unique opportunity to raise the general public’s awareness on the importance of eye care, according to the Vision Council . The U.S. organization is therefore rethinking its consumers’ education program, and has replaced ...
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Satisloh launches two new polishing machines
Satisloh , the Swiss-based manufacturer of ophthalmic and optical equipment that is part of the Essilor group, is launching two new fully automated RX lens polishing machines. Named Multi-FLEX-2 and Multi-FLEX-2E , they come as new additions to the Multi-FLEX range which was launched in 2015 and whose ...
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ArticleFielmann enters Czech market, eyes France
During Fielmann ’s annual press conference, Marc Fielmann , CEO of the company, announced that the German-based retail group was about to enter the Czech Republic, a new step forward in its internationalization strategy. The first shop will be opened in Prague next month and the group ...
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Safilo appoints a VP of global sales for Privé Reveaux
The Safilo Group has appointed Maureen Cavanagh in the newly created position of senior vice president of global sales for Privé Revaux , the U.S.-based brand of affordable eyewear initially launched by American celebrities and taken over by the Italian company in February 2020. A certified optician by ...
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ArticleCarl Zeiss Meditec sees Covid-19 impact fading
Providing more details on its H1 2020/21 performance after an initial announcement at the end of April, Carl Zeiss Meditec confirmed a 7.3 percent year-on-year hike in total revenues to €767.4 million. On a constant currency basis, sales increased by 10.5 percent. The growth in revenues was driven ...
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Zenni introduces the first batch of its Iris Apfel collection
Zenni has signed a multi-year deal with the interior and fashion designer, and self-described “world’s oldest living teenager” and “geriatric starlet,” Iris Apfel . The first batch of the Iris x Zenni line consists of 100 items – in celebration of her forthcoming 100th birthday – selected by ...
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Silmo Paris confirms 2021 edition
According to the French governmental plan for the progressive lift of lockdown restrictions in the country announced last week by President Emmanuel Macron , trade fairs and exhibitions will be authorized to take place from next June 30, without any limit in number of participants, provided that sanitary measures comply ...
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