All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 26 No. 19+20 – Page 3
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Kits Eyecare reaches 1 million active customers
Kits Eyecare has announced that it has doubled its number of two-year active customers from 500,000 to 1 million between Q4 2020 and Q3 2025. The company said that Gen Z (under 30 years old) and Millenials (30 to 45) respectively accounted for approximately 25 percent and 50 percent of ...
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ArticleInspecs posts weak H1 results, appoints new non-executive Chair
Releasing detailed results for its business in H1 2025, INSPECS Group confirmed that its revenue declined by 3.0 percent year on year to £97.6 million (€112.4m) in the period, as communicated in the group’s trading update last month. At constant exchange rates, H1 sales declined by 1.3 percent. These results ...
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ArticleJapan’s top retailer builds 'open factory' to tackle procurement issues and 'transmit the joy of craftsmanship'
Megane Ichiba, Japan’s leading optical retailer under the Megane Top brand, is investing 4.4 billion Japanese yen (€25m) in the extension of its manufacturing plant in Sabae, Fukui prefecture. The group stressed that its investment was aimed at both tackling procurement issues and revitalizing the region. The construction of the ...
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Relaunched DaTE draws 1,000 visitors
DaTE, the Italian trade show focusing on the designer eyewear segment, said its first edition under a new format drew 1,000 visitors. The event, held in the Cocoricò nightclub in the seaside resort town of Riccione from Sept. 13 to 15, was considered a success by organizers, who noted that ...
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ArticleKering Eyewear and Valentino sign eyewear license as parent companies reframe acquisition deal
Kering Eyewear and Valentino, an Italian fashion brand owned by the Qatari investment fund Mayhoola, have announced the signature of a global eyewear license agreement. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, the eyewear subsidiary of French luxury group Kering will develop and distribute Valentino-branded sun and optical collections. “We are delighted to ...
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ArticleSilmo Paris doubles down on technology
SILMO will be expanding its usual Futurology space at the next edition of the trade show in Paris (Sept. 26-29), rebranding it Futurology & Tech Village and putting the spotlight on artificial intelligence (AI). The area will be divided into four key zones showcasing different applications of AI in the ...
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ArticleCapital increase to enable Multiópticas to expand
Multiópticas secured in August a capital increase of €45 million from its own shareholders and intends to use the funds to carry out a five-year plan to spread out the business, according to the Spanish paper Expansión. “The company’s own shareholders have trusted in this project and disbursed the capital, ...
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ArticleAmazon to join the AR glasses fray
Amazon is developing two AR glasses for two different use cases, The Information has first reported after speaking with people close to the matter. “Amelia”, the first model, is aimed at the online retail giant’s delivery drivers and will probably focus on itinerary guidance. It will reportedly be ready for ...
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News briefsMadrid eyeglass subsidy extended to contacts
The Spanish autonomous community of Madrid and the National College of Opticians-Optometrists (CNOO) are broadening the scope of their €55 eyewear subsidy for 14-year-olds, according to Modaengafas. In addition to corrective eyeglasses, the subsidy will now cover their contact lenses. Eduardo Morán, Dean of the college, explains to Modaengafas that ...
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ArticleGiorgio Armani leaves instructions for the sale of his group
The Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani SpA should sell a 15 percent stake to the French luxury goods group LVMH, the Franco-Italian eyewear group EssilorLuxottica, the French beauty and cosmetics group L’Oréal or another luxury group in the next 12 to 18 months, the designer Giorgio Armani has stipulated in ...
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ArticleJEH slows down as inbound tourists’ buying spree subsides
JEH Holdings, the Japanese-based operator of the Kaneko Optical and 999.9 optical retail chains, has reported a 6.9 percent increase in sales to 4.7 billion Japanese yen (€27m) for the quarter ended July 31, confirming the company’s slowdown in recent months. Sales for the first six months of FY 2026 ...
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Mondottica takes full control of German distribution following Menrad’s bankruptcy
As was widely expected, Mondottica Group has acquired the 50 percent share held by its longtime partner MENRAD in Mondottica Deutschland, their distribution joint venture established in 2014. PLUTA Rechtanwalts, the insolvency administrator has also announced that Menrad do Brasil Comercio de Produtos Opticos, the group’s subsidiary in ...
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Silhouette announces one million kg of CO2 savings at main site
Silhouette International says that it has saved one million kg of CO2 since it put photovoltaic systems on the roof of its headquarters and manufacturing site in Linz, Austria, in 2020. The saving in carbon emissions is equivalent to the annual consumption of 500 households or 667 Vienna-New York flights, ...
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Wagner + Kühner is closing its operations
Wagner + Kühner, a German eyewear company founded in 1945, will cease its activity later this month, the company has announced in a letter to its customers according to DOZ Verlag. As we reported then, the streamlining of the company’s operations enabled it to pursue its business after insolvency proceedings ...
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70% of US ECPs offer myopia management, TVC survey finds
About seven out of 10 eye care professionals (ECPs) in the US offer myopia management for children in their practice, The Vision Council found out through a survey with 293 optometrists, practice owners and managers conducted this summer. In other results communicated by the US eyewear industry association, we learn ...
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ArticleTopcon Healthcare steps into mental health diagnosis with new investment
Topcon Healthcare is making a strategic investment in Senseye, a US-based start-up “developing the first mental health diagnostic platform powered by ocular biomarkers,” according to the official statement. “Topcon Healthcare’s investment is more than capital, it is validation from a global leader in digital health technology that the eye holds ...
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Mid-sized US optical retailer partners with national office supplies chain
Now Optics, a US optical retailer with over 300 doors across 32 states, is partnering with Staples, a supplier of office equipment, furniture and services with more than 900 retail locations in the country. As part of the partnership, Stanton Optical, Now Optics’ banner, will open its first point of ...
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ArticleTeam in Taiwan claims breakthrough in autofocals
A team of young researchers working under Lin Yi-hsin, Professor of photonics at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), has developed a gradient-index (GRIN) lens and put it into some eyewear. The result, the Taipei Times reports, is the world’s first pair of electronically tunable liquid crystal (LC) glasses ...
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Reshuffle at Carl Zeiss AG executive board
Dr. Jochen Peter, responsible for the ZEISS Industrial Quality & Research (IQR) segment, will step down at this own request from the executive board of Carl Zeiss AG on Sept. 30, 2025, the company has announced. He will be replaced by Dr. Marc Wawerla, currently Head of the ZEISS Industrial ...
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