All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 3

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    Rodenstock to return in the U.S.

    27 February 2015

    Rodenstock will be reintroduced to the U.S. market by Egma Lens Factory in mid-2015. Egma, an optical distributor and lens manufacturer in the Middle East and North Africa region, has established a new laboratory and distribution center in Dallas, which features a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot optical laboratory to manufacture the full ...

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    New partnership structure at Mykita

    27 February 2015

    All of Mykita's partners, at their own request and except for Moritz Krueger, the original co-founder, have withdrawn their partnership, effective Feb. 17. The new partners are now Moritz Krueger and Bernd Beetz.Krueger, who has been Mykita's chief executive and creative director since the foundation of the company, will maintain ...

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    Possible recovery in the Japanese market

    27 February 2015

    With most of its indicators pointing downwards, the Japanese economy is going through a challenging period. However, after hitting a low in 2010, the Japanese eyewear market appears to be showing some small signs of recovery. In spite of lingering difficult conditions in certain segments of the market, there are ...

  • News briefs

    Rochester Optical has secured a safety rating for its Smart...

    27 February 2015

    Rochester Optical has secured a safety rating for its Smart Safety Shield for Google Glass, thereby becoming the first optical manufacturer to offer a safety solutions for Google Glass. The company said the shield lens passed ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2010 standards for eye and face protection with “flying colors” to meet the ...

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    Mad in Italy will be present at the upcoming Mido...

    27 February 2015

    Mad in Italy will be present at the upcoming Mido in Milan, from Feb. 28 to March 2, with Mad Up, a collection of super-light eyewear. The 8-gram colorful glasses in the collection are made of nylon and titanium. The front face is in nylon, a material that is flexible ...

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    The organizers of Mido, the international trade show starting in...

    27 February 2015

    The organizers of Mido, the international trade show starting in Milan tomorrow, have reported a 10 percent increase in the total exhibition space that has been rented out, as compared to last year. While others have pulled out, 150 companies will be new at the fair. As previously reported, the ...

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    An interesting training program by Zeiss

    27 February 2015

    Carl Zeiss Vision has launched an interesting training program in Italy's main cities with Ottici Associati, an 20-year-old service network. Starting with a session in Genoa in January,  Zeiss' marketing team has been making its know-how available to the 400-odd opticians affiliated with the Italian group in an original way, ...

  • News briefs

    Glassing will be using a yacht as a stand at...

    27 February 2015

    Glassing will be using a yacht as a stand at Mido which will be then officially opened to the public as a store this summer, reaching the harbors of exclusive holiday destinations in the Mediterranean. It is said to be the first optical boat shop in the world. The store ...

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    The first Italia Independent store has opened in the U.S,...

    27 February 2015

    The first Italia Independent store has opened in the U.S, following on from Paris, as part of a “leading points of sale” project that the brand aims to launch in strategic markets where it is already present. Italia Independent also has a new headquarters in the heart of Milan, at ...

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    Fabris Lane licenses Oliver Goldsmith and other optical lines

    27 February 2015

    Fabris Lane, the biggest British specialist in medium-priced sunglasses, is making a big step into premium prescription frames through a five-year agreement with Oliver Goldsmith. Together, they have developed a first line of spectacles, called Photograph, inspired by an old family photo album put together by his grandfather, the late ...

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    Vision Express is set to move its Nottingham-based store support...

    27 February 2015

    Vision Express is set to move its Nottingham-based store support services headquarters from Abbeyfield Road to Ruddington Fields Business Park, six miles south of Nottingham city center. The new Ruddington facility features open plan offices, a learning zone and an in-house retail unit in which to train the staff. Around ...

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    Essilor grows faster, earns more

    27 February 2015

    A further sequential sales increase in the fourth quarter of 2014, up by 4.7 percent on a comparable basis from the year-ago period, led Essilor International to post a 3.7 percent increase for the full financial year. In reported terms, including the effect of exchange rates and acquisitions, sales rose ...

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    Dita has opened a new store in New York, the...

    27 February 2015

    Dita has opened a new store in New York, the first for the Los Angeles-based luxury eyewear brand on the U.S. East Coast. The 900-square-foot, glass-enclosed space is located in the heart of SoHo, at 273 Lafayette Street. The store features exposed-wood ceilings, concrete walls, industrial steel, and hand-finished furnishing. ...

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    Vega, the independent Italian distributor of Vuillet Vega, Flair and...

    27 February 2015

    Vega, the independent Italian distributor of Vuillet Vega, Flair and Dupont glasses, has signed an exclusive agreement for distribution in Italy of the top-end Henry Jullien brand. Launched back in 1921, Henry Jullien makes its frames at Morez in the Jura eyewear district of France. The second generation of the ...

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    Swiss Eyewear Group is launching a new proprietary polarizing display...

    27 February 2015

    Swiss Eyewear Group is launching a new proprietary polarizing display for its Invu ultra polarized collection using LCD TV technology. As opposed to the static, black and white graphics that most suppliers use to demonstrate polarization, consumers can watch a movie through Invu ultra polarized sunglasses, which is supposed to ...

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    Essilor creates program to fight poor vision

    27 February 2015

    Essilor has announced the creation of Vision For Life, a new charitable program to improve people's sight, for which the group said it has committed €30 million. According to the company, it is the largest global strategic giving program dedicated to eliminating uncorrected refractive error.Vision For Life will fund various ...

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    Frederic Laffort is Safilo's new country manager for the U.K....

    27 February 2015

    Frederic Laffort is Safilo's new country manager for the U.K. and Ireland. He replaces Ermes Stefanutto in that role. Laffort will also lead the group's newly-established global department stores division in London. Laffort spent 16 years at Procter and Gamble, where he held various senior regional roles across Western Europe ...

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    The Italian subsidiary of CooperVision has decided to halve its...

    27 February 2015

    The Italian subsidiary of CooperVision has decided to halve its staff of around 100 employees at its logistics center in Lainate in northwest Milan, according to B2Eyes. The plan is to create a logistic hub in the town of Liège, in Belgium, for the whole European market. The reorganization is ...

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    Marcolin continues to take over the distribution in various parts...

    27 February 2015

    Marcolin continues to take over the distribution in various parts of the world. The company has just opened a new subsidiary in Sweden to coordinate sales of all its collections, including those of the former Viva International, in the Nordic countries, including also Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland. It will ...

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    In a preliminary statement, Fielmann indicates that its consolidated sales...

    27 February 2015

    In a preliminary statement, Fielmann indicates that its consolidated sales rose last year to €1.23 billion, or an increase of about 6 percent from 2013. They were boosted only in part by new openings, as the total number of stores went up to 687 from 679. Sales increased by about ...