All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 9, Issue 2-3 – Page 2
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Musical Chairs At Rodenstock And Zeiss
Giancarlo Galli, chief executive officer of Rodenstock, has left the company and will be replaced on an interim basis by Peter Littmann. Galli, a Swiss executive, was said to have been unhappy with decisions made about growth strategies at the German company following its acquisition by Bridgepoint in March 2007. ...
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The number of stores carrying the Emilio Pucci eyewear collection,...
The number of stores carrying the Emilio Pucci eyewear collection, licensed to Marchon since last year, is set to grow in Italy to 80 by the end of the year from 30 currently. The high-end line of sunglasses has also started to sell in premium U.S. stores like Nordstrom in ...
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Safilo Will Significantly Boost
Safilo has decided to adjust its business model by boosting its retail business, which is due to represent at least 20 percent of sales in 2012 compared with 6 percent last year, thus reducing the relative importance of the wholesale segment. At the same time, Safilo wants to decrease its ...
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BNL Eurolens, the French leader in polarized injection, has created...
BNL Eurolens, the French leader in polarized injection, has created a new position to support the expansion of its offer of polarized and photochromic lenses, which is evolving particularly into the fashion and sport segments. The company, which became the property of Essilor a few years ago, has appointed Christophe ...
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Two senior positions at Viva International have been cut as...
Two senior positions at Viva International have been cut as the company undergoes restructuring to streamline its operations, in spite of strong results. Gary Podhaizer, president of sales, and Deborah Lochli, vice president of brands, have left the company after 16 and 12 years of collaboration, respectively. Meanwhile Viva has ...
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Optical Distribution Corporation (ODC) has become the exclusive distributor on...
Optical Distribution Corporation (ODC) has become the exclusive distributor on the U.S. market for Rodenstock, under a new long-term contract covering its frames and lenses, including free-form lenses. Since 2005, ODC distributed these products on an interim basis only. Owned by Lazear Capital Partners, ODC recently took on Dave Delle ...
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Opticmarket, a German distributor and importer of eyewear based...
Opticmarket, a German distributor and importer of eyewear based at Oberursel, has taken over another German wholesaler, Bach Optic, specializing in contact lenses and related products
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Mehrdad Toloti has replaced Gabriele Back as European sales manager...
Mehrdad Toloti has replaced Gabriele Back as European sales manager for Flair glasses
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Grace Rips, co-founder of Younger Optics, passed away on Feb....
Grace Rips, co-founder of Younger Optics, passed away on Feb. 20
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Safilo Buys A Mexican And An Australian
Safilo has bought two upmarket eyewear retail chains in Mexico and Australia for a combined €28 million in an effort to expand its network by about 100 stores a year through acquisitions and organic growth. The expansion will be financed by the group’s cash flow.The company already owns the 114-store ...
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Specsavers Starts Up In Australia
The increasingly international group from the island of Guernsey has just launched the first two Specsavers retail outlets in Melbourne, Australia, and is planning to roll out another 150 around the country on a franchised basis, like in the Nordic European countries, before the end of the calendar year. No ...
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Sipao, the association of eyewear manufacturers in the Cadore region...
Sipao, the association of eyewear manufacturers in the Cadore region of Italy, has appointed a new board of directors, confirming Valter Da Rin (Trenti) as chairman, and electing Paolo Cannicci (Sover) as deputy chairman. Rodolfo Costan (Ioves), Ennio De Martin (La Fenice), Angelo De Polo (Galvalux), Antonio De Silvestro (Di ...
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The Cooper Companies has appointed John Weber as president of...
The Cooper Companies has appointed John Weber as president of CooperVision, a newly created management position in the contact lens division of the company. The management of CVI had been shared between the chief executive of Cooper Companies, Robert Weiss, and its chief financial officer, Steven Neil, since the departure ...
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Loss-making Amo Predicts A Drop In Lasik
Eye care product recalls over the past year affected results at Advanced Medical Optics, which posted net losses both in its 4th quarter and full fiscal year despite good results in its laser division. The company will start to implement cost-cutting measures, essentially through a 4 percent reduction in its ...
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Alcon Improves Results
Alcon reported a net rise in sales and earnings in the 4th quarter, despite one-off charges related to the recent acquisition last November of a 77.4 percent stake in WaveLight, the German manufacturer of refractive lenses. The group generated $1,469.7 million in revenues in the quarter – up by ...
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Only weeks before its TV publicity campaign hits the airwaves,...
Only weeks before its TV publicity campaign hits the airwaves, Transitions Optical has appointed Caroline Tikhomiroff, formerly Eastern European marketing director at L’Oréal’s luxury division, as its new marketing director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions
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Ocuco Acquires A French Software Firm
Earlier this month, this fast-growing Irish company changed its name to Ocuco and acquired a French software provider in order to facilitate the expansion of its business in Europe. Formerly called OcucoRelcon, the company had bought up four other similar companies over the past two years in the UK and ...
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Del Vecchio Is Accused Of Tax Avoidance
Leonardo Del Vecchio, chairman of Luxottica, has been found guilty of tax avoidance by a court in Belluno, the capital of eyewear manufacturing in Italy. He is accused of having established a company in Germany for the sole purpose of avoiding the payment of capital gains taxes and taxes on ...
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Adidas Eyewear won the ISPO Boardsports Award in the accessories...
Adidas Eyewear won the ISPO Boardsports Award in the accessories category for its ID2 snowboard glasses
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Oliver Foot, 61, president and board member of Orbis International,...
Oliver Foot, 61, president and board member of Orbis International, passed away unexpectedly this month after working for 25 years with the non-profit organization
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