All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 23 No. 19+20 – Page 2
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German industry association Spectaris bids farewell to Josef May, elects successors
Josef May, who has been chairman of the German industry association Spectaris and Chairman of the Consumer Optics division, has handed over his posts to two experienced successors after almost two decades on the board. Ulrich Krauss, CEO of Analytik Jena, was elected as the new chairman of the association ...
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News briefsCooperVision creates and fills business manager post for Asia-Pacific
CooperVision Specialty EyeCare has appointed Weiwen Chen to the new post of business manager for Asia-Pacific. She will be heading up company and category expansion everywhere in the region except China, which has its own team. Chen served most recently as a consultant on entry strategy for Asia to Visioneering ...
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News briefsLa/Es to use Eastman’s Acetate Renew
Laminati Estrusi Termoplastici (La/Es) announced on the opening day of the Silmo show in Paris that it would start offering Eastman’s Aceter Renew across all its acetate collections. Acetate Renew is an acetate flake made of 60 percent bio-based and 40 percent recycled material. The new material has been progressively ...
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ArticleBollé accelerates in RX
Bollé Brands has announced the launch of a new RX program that will enable its customers in Europe and North America to order its branded eyewear and goggles adapted to their eyesight from the group’s optical network. The new online service includes the brands in the group’s sport and luxury ...
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EssilorLuxottica launches 3rd share buyback plan in 2022
EssilorLuxottica has announced the launch of a new share buyback program, the third since the start of this year. The group has granted a mandate to an investment service provider for the purchase of up to 1,500,000 of its own shares, or 0.3 percent of total outstanding shares, by March ...
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ArticleUnder new ownership, DEG acquires William Morris
Design Eyewear Group (DEG), the group of designer eyewear brands, has just announced the expansion of its portfolio with the acquisition of William Morris London. DEG said that the investment was one more step in the direction of the group’s target of becoming one of the world’s leading multi-brand suppliers ...
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ArticleNew report puts global ophthalmic lenses and frames’ market at €22 bn
The global market for ophthalmic lenses and frames has recovered well from the impact of the COVID pandemic, according to Mark Mackenzie, co-founder with his wife Ingeborg of Strategy with Vision Management (SWV), an independent optical consultancy and research company started in 2001. This is one of the conclusions that ...
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ArticleU.S. eyecare market insulated from inflation, CLI survey says
Vision Expo West – held on Sept. 14-17 in Las Vegas – previewed the results of a survey on eyecare in times of financial duress. Commissioned by the Contact Lens Institute through its “See Tomorrow” initiative, and conducted on Aug. 9-17, the survey queried 251 contact lens wearers screened from ...
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SMITH promotes new global VP of sales from within
SMITH, the sports brand of the Safilo group, has promoted Rob Retzlaff to the position of global vice president of sales. Retzlaff has been working for SMITH in Canada for more than twenty years. He held various marketing and sales positions in the company and became general manager for Canada ...
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J.F. REY sales up double-digit since takeover
Maison JEAN-FRANÇOIS REY has announced that, since the change of ownership a year ago, the company’s sales have been growing at double-digit rate from the €14 million base reported for 2021. As reported last year, the Marseilles-based eyewear company is in the hands of a Franco-German trio consisting of Walter ...
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News briefsRevo releases audio sunglasses
Source: Revo Revo has launched audio sunglasses that combine Bluetooth with the brand’s usual NASA-designed lens polarization. Called Sonic, the sunglasses enable wearers to “field phone calls, listen to music, and, with an optional app, monitor their fitness workouts” without earphones or earbuds. A touch of the ...
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HOYA shares more myopia control research data
During the myopia symposium hosted by HOYA Vision Care at the International Myopia Conference in Rotterdam earlier this month, several ophthalmology experts shared new data on the performance of MiYOSMART, the Japanese group’s myopia control lens. Research by Dr. Andrea Lembo of the University Hospital San Giuseppe Multimedica in Milan ...
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ArticleArts Optical grows 12%, driven by wholesale and lenses
Eyewear manufacturer Arts Optical has reported a 12 percent year-on-year increase in total sales to HK$580 million (€74 m) for the first half of 2022. As shown in the table below, the distribution unit and the new lens unit largely outperformed the main OEM division, which accounts for over 70 ...
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Marchon secures Paul Smith license
Marchon Eyewear has reached an exclusive, long-term global licensing deal with Paul Smith, the independent design company in the U.K., for which it has been serving as North American distributor. Coming into force in January 2023, the deal will cover design, manufacture and global distribution. According to Marchon, “customers can ...
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ArticleMPG prepares for integration of former GrandVision stores
A few months after the Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) took over 177 stores from GrandVision following the acquisition of the Dutch retail group by EssilorLuxottica, we spoke with Marcel Norbart, the seasoned retail manager that MPG appointed as its Chief of Optical Retail, about the most recent developments. The current ...
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Ocuco has a new chief product officer
Ocuco has promoted Clodagh Nic Canna to chief product officer. Head of product development for the past 12 years, Canna will in her new post be considering the company’s vision and strategy as it applies to the full portfolio of products. According to CEO Leo Mac Canna, Ocuco is making ...
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ArticleFrench market up 16% in 2021 with little impact from healthcare reform
The Direction de la recherche, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques (Drees), the French administration in charge of national research and statistics, has published earlier this week its annual report on healthcare expenses in the country. According to the agency, the optical market in France jumped by 15.8 percent ...
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News briefsMIDO launches new communication campaign
MIDO has announced that it was launching a new communication campaign, called FRAMES, developed with designer and artist Max Gally and the Mixer Group, and said to convey the show’s principles of contemporaneity, culture, fashion and beauty. The campaign comes with a new claim, “The Eyewear State of the Art” ...
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De Rigo signs Roberto Cavalli license
The De Rigo Group has signed a license agreement for the degisn, production and global distribution of Roberto Cavalli and Just Cavalli-branded eyewear. The sunglasses and prescription eyewear collections will be available in optical stores and in Roberto Cavalli own stores and e-commerce website from 2023. Michele Acrari, managing director ...
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MPG appoints new B2B sales director
The Michael Pachleitner Group has appointed Hannes Zeichen as its B2B sales director, effective Oct. 3. Zeichen will sit at the company’s board, representing all sales and marketing business units. An experienced executive, Zeichen has worked in different industries, in particular the energy sector, in the past with roles such ...
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