All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 9, Issue 10-11 – Page 3

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    Delphine Ansquer has left Rodenstock after ten years with the...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Delphine Ansquer has left Rodenstock after ten years with the company's French subsidiary, the first five as marketing manager for its lenses and the last five as its managing director. Her functions will be taken over on an interim basis by André Boer, general manager of Rodenstock Benelux.

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    Thierry Lasry has opened his first store, ten years after...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Thierry Lasry has opened his first store, ten years after launching his eponymous brand, in 2016. The store of the French eyewear designer, currently based in New York, is located in Paris' Saint-Germain-des-Près area, where Lasry used to live before settling in New York. The opening marks a new retail ...

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    Shamir Optical has announced the acquisition of a minority of...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Shamir Optical has announced the acquisition of a minority of Lenstec shares in the U.K. On the terms of the deal, whose amount has not been disclosed, Shamir will integrate its U.K.-based service network with Lenstec prescription laboratories nationwide. Lenstec will have access to the full portfolio of Shamir products ...

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    Essilor of America has acknowledged that it is being investigated...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Essilor of America has acknowledged that it is being investigated by the U.S. federal government about “promotional activity occurring in the lens industry.” Essilor says it is providing the requested information and taking the opportunity to review and standardize its promotional programs.

  • Short stops

    Rolf Sieglen is leaving as sales and key accounts...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Rolf Sieglen is leaving as sales and key accounts manager of Charmant for Germany and Austria after more than 20 years with the Japanese company

  • Article

    GrandVision’s quarterly sales accelerate

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    GrandVision's growth accelerated in the second quarter from the first one. Year-on-year, sales rose by 3.6 percent in the second quarter on a comparable store basis, after posting an increase of only 0.9 percent in the first quarter. They went up by 4.8 percent to €867 million in reported terms, ...

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    The Think About Your Eyes campaign has reached a new...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    The Think About Your Eyes campaign has reached a new milestone of 2.5 million visitors to its website since its launch in July 2013. The organizers expects that number to reach 3 million by the end of the year. Think About Your Eyes is a public awareness initiative in the ...

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    Area98 has reorganized the distribution of its eyewear lines in...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Area98 has reorganized the distribution of its eyewear lines in various parts of Europe. An agency, Funk Designs will sell the Italian company's Coco Song, La Matta and Oliviero Contini lines in the U.K. and Ireland on an exclusive basis. Hermann Geiger, the exclusive agent in the German and French ...

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    Netcity, an Italian buying group that has grown to 800...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Netcity, an Italian buying group that has grown to 800 members with 900 stores, is strengthening its alliance with Acuitis, the French-Swiss chain of optical stores specializing in eyeglasses with incorporated hearing aids. The number of Italian optical stores with a corner for Acuitis' products now totals 140 doors, and ...

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    Marcolin is reportedly targeting a sales increase of 8 percent...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Marcolin is reportedly targeting a sales increase of 8 percent for this year, after growth of nearly 10 percent in the first half. Its revenues jumped by 21 percent to €432 million in 2015, as we previously reported, with an 11 percent increase in constant currencies. The company has extended ...

  • Short stops

    A German optician has opened the 60th franchised Kodak partner...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    A German optician has opened the 60th franchised Kodak partner store in Berlin

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    Over 550 brands have registered so far to exhibit at...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Over 550 brands have registered so far to exhibit at the next Opti show, which is scheduled to take place in Munich on Jan. 28-30. Ninety percent of the hall space of over 40,000 sqm is already booked half a year in advance. The main topic of the next Opti ...

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    Fabio d'Angelantonio, the 46-year-old former marketing manager of Luxottica, has...

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Fabio d'Angelantonio, the 46-year-old former marketing manager of Luxottica, has been appointed by LVMH as chief executive of Loro Piana, the Italian producer of cashmere and other high-end fabrics

  • Article

    Luxottica issues warnings after a soft Q2

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Luxottica cut its sales and profit guidance for the full year after a softer-than-expected second quarter, adopting a more cautious view for the second half of the year, which should nevertheless outperform the first six months of 2016, according to the management. Second-quarter sales were hit by poor weather conditions ...

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    Italy's first half exports up by 6.2%

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Italy's eyewear exports continued to grow in the first half of 2016, although the pace slowed down a little in important markets such as Asia and Latin America, mainly due to the Brazilian recession. The domestic market seems to be maintaining last year's level, with sales picking up both for ...