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Lisa Christie has joined REM Eyewear as its brand and...
Lisa Christie has joined REM Eyewear as its brand and communications manager. Her marketing and public relations experience includes her previous position working for the Downtown Women's Center, which helps homeless women in Los Angeles.
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Two new executives have joined Nouveau Eyewear: Les Rookstool is...
Two new executives have joined Nouveau Eyewear: Les Rookstool is the vice president for business development, and John DeLuna takes the position of director of marketing. Rookstool was most recently the vice president of the retail sun division at the McGee Group, and his more than 20 years of experience ...
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Two Italian bike-related brands - RH+ and ZeroRH+ - have...
Two Italian bike-related brands - RH+ and ZeroRH+ - have entered the German market via van Bokhoven, a wholesale trader in the bicycle sector run by Georg Bucher. The first brand stands for bikewear and other activewear, and the other one markets bike helmets and eyewear Sales of the two ...
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A former Danish optician, Dion Eriksen, has become the chief...
A former Danish optician, Dion Eriksen, has become the chief executive of Pro Design International, taking the place of Mogens Frederiksen who is going into retirement. Eriksen previously owned and ran a chain of 30 shops in Denmark that were franchised by Profil Optik. He sold it in 2010 to ...
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Effective Sept. 1, Uvex Sports Group has appointed Helge Gützlaff...
Effective Sept. 1, Uvex Sports Group has appointed Helge Gützlaff and Martin Schamböck as new members of the board of executive directors. Gützlaff will be in charge of strategic business for the cycle and winter sports categories. Besides global marketing, the 43-year-old will be in charge of product development. Most ...
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Franco Ferrante is the new country manager of Luxottica Belgium,...
Franco Ferrante is the new country manager of Luxottica Belgium, taking the place of Fabien Gribaudo, who left the company a few months ago. Ferranto worked at Luxottica's head office in Milan for six years before moving in 2010 to the Netherlands, where he became deputy country manager of the ...
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Menrad has appointed Chris Beal as managing director of its...
Menrad has appointed Chris Beal as managing director of its U.K. subsidiary, taking the place of Roger Mitchell, the company's former director of sales in the country. Beal brings over 20 years of experience in the textile, interiors, clothing and fashion arenas, working for such companies as Laura Ashley. Menrad ...
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Safilo has appointed David Pearson commercial and operations director for...
Safilo has appointed David Pearson commercial and operations director for its Australian subsidiary. The move follows the retirement of Roger Chick, who has been associated with the Italian company since 1967, first working with its agency and then as a partner in its distributor. Safilo acquired a 51 percent stake ...
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De Rigo Vision has appointed Nick Palmiotto as vice president...
De Rigo Vision has appointed Nick Palmiotto as vice president of sales and marketing at its new U.S. subsidiary. Previously at Logo Premiere Vision, Palmiotto has an extensive experience in the eyewear business. He will be tasked with relaunching De Rigo's newly redesigned portfolio of brands including Chopard, Givenchy, Ermenegildo ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has named Oliver Spandow as...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has named Oliver Spandow as its new general manager, in charge of the company's activities in the U.K. and Ireland. Spandow has been with the group since 1999, when he joined the finance division of a subsidiary, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, to then move to Johnson ...
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Coastal Contacts has appointed Gary Collins as its president, a...
Coastal Contacts has appointed Gary Collins as its president, a newly created position. The role of Coastal's chief executive and chairman of the board will rest with Roger Hardy. Collins was previously senior vice president of Belkorp Industries, a private company with holdings in various sectors including environmental services, real ...
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Essilor is reportedly negotiating a joint venture for the Colombian...
Essilor is reportedly negotiating a joint venture for the Colombian market with a local firm, Servioptica y Superlens. Described as one of the biggest laboratories in Latin America, the company is already distributing various Essilor products and those of Shamir, Transitions, Vision Ease, Younger and Alcon, plus its own private-label ...
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Krys reorganizes its management team. Following the launch of its...
Krys reorganizes its management team. Following the launch of its KG20 strategy last March, aimed at reaching a 20 percent market share by 2020, the French group names Franck Deschamps as brand director for Krys, to replace Joël Plat. Deschamps has been director of strategic marketing and communication since 2010, ...
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Menicon, the Japanese leader in contact lenses, has hired Anatole...
Menicon, the Japanese leader in contact lenses, has hired Anatole Diep to be the chief executive of its European subsidiary, Menicon Holdings BV. In the new role he will oversee the company's European launches of a hyper-Dk monthly disposable lens and a new daily disposable lens pack. Diep, a Frenchman, ...
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Celina Burns, a veteran of the health and insurance industry,...
Celina Burns, a veteran of the health and insurance industry, has been named president of Davis Vision, the provider of vision benefits that is part of the HVHC family of companies. She was most recently a market leader and principal at Buck Consultants, a Xerox Company in Dallas, Texas. She ...
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Frank Rescigna is going to be the new president of...
Frank Rescigna is going to be the new president of licensing worldwide for Guess, reporting to Paul Marciano, the company's co-founder and chief executive. In the new job, he will handle all domestic and international licensing. He joins from Viva International Group, which is Guess' eyewear licensee, where he was ...
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Massimo Renon has been named head of the EMEA business...
Massimo Renon has been named head of the EMEA business region for Safilo Group. As leader of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, Renon will report to Roberto Vedovotto, the chief executive of Safilo. He was formerly the global head of sales and after-sales for Ferrari. Before that, he ...
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Hoya Vision Care has appointed Donald Currie, former managing director...
Hoya Vision Care has appointed Donald Currie, former managing director of Carl Zeiss Vision in South Africa, as the managing director of Hoya Hill Optics. He takes the place of Clifford Sher, who founded Hill Optics, a leading manufacturer and distributor in South Africa, in 1984. The company has been ...
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Peter Schiessl is the new director of the Christoffel-Blindenmission CBM,...
Peter Schiessl is the new director of the Christoffel-Blindenmission CBM, an international aid organization that supports supports 749 vision-related projects in 81 countries.Since July 16, Schiessl has been in charge of the administration and finance department. Together with Rainer Brockhaus, director of communication and fundraising, he forms the executive board ...
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The sunglasses of Vuarnet, whose licensee was taken over by...
The sunglasses of Vuarnet, whose licensee was taken over by Alain Mikli International a few years ago, are being distributed in Italy from this July directly by Alain Mikli Diffusion Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Alain Mikli. Formelli distributed the brand in Italy for a period of 16 years, with ...
