Posted: 2/8/2012 12:24 AM
NEW YORK—
Vision Monday is announcing its initial roster of speakers, from outside and within the vision care field, for the upcoming, daylong VM 2012 Global Leadership Summit, to be held here March 21.
Posted: 2/8/2012 12:21 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Essential Health Benefits Bulletin of Dec. 16, 2011 proposed to give each state its own say in how it would implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see
HHS Gives States More Flexibility to Set Essential Health Benefits).
Posted: 2/8/2012 12:18 AM
BERKELEY, Calif.—
Zoom Eyeworks Inc., makers of reading glasses, sunglasses and specialty eyewear, has announced that Harry Cameau has joined the company as senior director of logistics and operations, reporting directly to CEO, Rob Robillard.
Posted: 2/8/2012 12:15 AM
CINCINNATI—This year, the OneSight Research Foundation will once again honor Dr. Stanley Pearle’s legacy and his commitment to education, leadership and community service through a scholarship fund in his name.
Posted: 2/6/2012 12:24 AM
ORLANDO, Fla.—Despite a strong interest in their company vision benefit, today’s aging U.S. workforce isn’t fully taking advantage of it, a new survey released by
Transitions Optical reveals.
Posted: 2/6/2012 12:21 AM
CINCINNATI—
Super Systems, based here, has entered into a distribution agreement with Superoptical Latinoamerica to provide its Fast Grind “All-In-One” Lens Surfacing System and other products for Spanish speaking clients and prospects located in Latin America. César Sanabria, an optician and business developer based in Caracas, Venezuela, will manage the venture.
Posted: 2/6/2012 12:18 AM
PLAINVIEW, N.Y.—
Eyeking, LLC announced that it has signed a license agreement with Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), under which Eyeking will design, manufacture, market and distribute Crocs Eyewear in the U.S. and Canada.
Posted: 2/6/2012 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—Paris is the kind of city that is more fun when you have company. In this latest edition of
Bold Face: Paris for Two we share two celebrity pairs who enjoyed the “City of Light” à deux.
Posted: 2/3/2012 12:30 AM
ORLANDO, Fla.—
Transitions Optical kicked off a new global communication campaign yesterday featuring the theme, “Life Well Lit.”
Posted: 2/3/2012 12:27 AM
LONGARONE, Italy—
Marcolin S.p.A. (MCL-IT) and
Balenciaga, the Paris-based ready-to-wear luxury brand acquired by
PPR in 2011, have announced that they have negotiated a general agreement with the intent of signing an exclusive license agreement for the design, production and worldwide distribution of sunglasses and prescription eyewear collections under the Balenciaga brand.
Posted: 2/3/2012 12:24 AM
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Services were held in New Jersey yesterday for veteran sales executive and Kenmark territory manager, Mindy Bernstein, 71, who passed away on Tuesday after a long illness.
Posted: 2/3/2012 12:21 AM
LONDON—The World Council of Optometry (WCO) announced that it has launched a search for the International Optometrist of the Year for 2012.
Posted: 2/3/2012 12:18 AM
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—
AMD Alliance International (AMDAI), a global consortium of more than 70 members in 25 countries which provides help to people worldwide living with macular disease, will hold its North American meeting on Feb. 3 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel.
Posted: 2/3/2012 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—Informative speakers, business strategies, the rise of digital media and lots of networking under sunny Florida skies were all on the agenda for more than 250 optical industry senior executives and professional association guests at The Vision Council’s annual Executive Summit meeting.
Posted: 2/1/2012 12:21 AM
BOSTON—
Candescent Partners, LLC has acquired
Koch Eye Associates, a comprehensive vision care service provider with seven locations throughout Rhode Island providing services ranging from basic optometry to lasik and cataract surgery in a company-owned surgery center.
Posted: 2/1/2012 12:18 AM
CHICAGO—A recently released report from
Prevent Blindness America (PBA), with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD), states that millions of Americans are facing visual impairment and blindness.
Posted: 2/1/2012 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—Mountaineers call it “dazzle” but most of us probably know it better as snow blindness.
Posted: 1/30/2012 12:27 AM
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.—Business strategies, economic trends and the rise of digital media and e-commerce were among the topics on the agenda for the more than 250 optical industry senior executives and professional association guests attending The Vision Council's Executive Summit meeting held here Jan. 25-27 last week.
Posted: 1/30/2012 12:24 AM
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.—
VSP Vision Care members and their covered dependents now have access to TruHearing’sValueAdd
program, which provides discounts of up to 35 percent off retail prices on digital hearing aids.
Posted: 1/30/2012 12:21 AM
LONG BEACH, Calif.—The American Optometric Association (AOA) has dedicated the Major Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., OD Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Blind Rehabilitation Facility on the campus of the VA Long Beach Healthcare System. Named for U.S. Army Major Charles R. (Rob) Soltes, Jr., OD, the first Army optometry officer to be killed in action while on active duty, the new blind rehabilitation facility for America’s blinded veterans serves as an important step toward AOA’s mission of enhanced access to essential optometric services and improved quality of care for all veterans, particularly those with low vision.
Posted: 1/30/2012 12:18 AM
NEW YORK—The 2012 Edition of the Blue Book of Optometrists, a comprehensive directory listing over 30,000 optometrists, is now available from Jobson Medical Information LLC. The directory is indexed into four distinct categories including, name, state, specialty and educational institution. In addition, the new directory has been updated with more than 12,000 changes.
Other highlights include information such as the AOA constitution, state regulatory boards, licensure by reciprocity, AOA bylaws and state optometry laws. Current resource listings in the directory include the Opticians Association of America, opticianry programs, world health organizations, optometry schools, paraoptometric programs, vision research centers, pediatric ophthalmology resources, and VOSH International. A calendar of events for 2012 is also included.
The directory is available in print or CD-ROM format and is available by ordering
here for $115, while supplies last.
Posted: 1/30/2012 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—Even the U.S. military has come to recognize the fashionable aspects of eyewear. Since 1990, military personnel and recruits who required vision correction have received the standard issue S9 eyeglass frames, often jokingly referred to as "birth control glasses” (at left). But all that‘s about to change.
Posted: 1/27/2012 12:30 AM
HO CORDOVA, Calif.—In a newly released study of career patterns among new optometry school graduates,
VSP Vision Care surveyed optometry students during their third year in school along with their first year in practice, and discovered that 72 percent of respondents during their third year in school preferred to start their careers through private practice ownership, but only 15 percent of respondents became an independent eyecare professional practice owner in their first year of practice.
Posted: 1/27/2012 12:27 AM
CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France—
Essilor (Reuters: ESSI.PA) announced that it is pursuing its development in China with the signing of two new partnership agreements that represent approximately €22 million in additional revenue.
Posted: 1/27/2012 12:24 AM
ST. LOUIS—The American Board of Optometry (ABO) has released the results of its Nov. 28 to Dec. 11, 2011 Board Certification Examination showing a total of 276 doctors (94.8 percent) successfully passed the exam to become Diplomates of the ABO.
Posted: 1/27/2012 12:21 AM
LONDON—The World Council of Optometry (WCO) has joined a group of International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) member organizations in supporting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Action Plan on Avoidable Blindness and Visual Impairment.
Posted: 1/27/2012 12:18 AM
NEW YORK—Registration is now
open for Vision Monday’s 2012 Global Leadership Summit, to be held here on March 21. The theme of the 6th annual, day-long event is “Innovation Everywhere: Embracing Creativity, Rethinking Competition.”
Posted: 1/27/2012 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—Charitable donations from mobile phones have grown more common in recent years: some two thirds (64 percent) of American adults now use text messaging, and 9 percent have texted a charitable donation from their mobile phone. The first-ever, in-depth study on mobile donors—which analyzed the "Text to Haiti" campaign after the 2010 earthquake—finds that these contributions were often spur-of-the-moment decisions that spread virally. Read about these findings and other highlights of the study in the latest installment of
Social Media: Mobile Giving and Charitable Donations.
Posted: 1/26/2012 11:00 AM
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.—Today at The Vision Council’s 2012 Executive Summit here, it was announced that the Optical Laboratories Association (OLA) has officially become the Optical Lab Division of The Vision Council. Chair of the Optical Lab Division and president of the OLA's board of directors Mike Francesconi (at left with Jamie Shyer, chairman of The Vision Council) stated, “The OLA Board of Directors came to the 2012 Executive Summit, partly because of the unique synergistic environment here, specifically to complete the merger with The Vision Council.”
Posted: 1/25/2012 12:33 AM
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.—IEU/CWA Local 81408, the Optical Workers Union that represents associates at Davis Vision’s optical lab located here, authorized a strike on Jan. 22.
Posted: 1/25/2012 12:30 AM
WILTON, Conn.—New York fashion house
Nicole Miller and
L’Amy America have announced the signing of a global licensing agreement for the design and distribution of ophthalmic frames, sunwear and readers for the Nicole Miller, Nicole by Nicole Miller and Nicole Miller New York brands.
Posted: 1/25/2012 12:27 AM
IRVING, Texas—The optical technology company known as Pro Fit Optix has rebranded itself as
PFO Global. The rebranding, which includes a new logo, signifies the Irving-based company’s recent growth and new capabilities, Rudolf Suter, president and CEO, told
VMail.
Posted: 1/25/2012 12:24 AM
OCALA, Fla.—
Virtual Lens Express, based here, has signed a license agreement with
The Sharper Image company to produce and market ophthalmic lenses, optical frames and prescription and non-prescription sunglasses to the optical industry under the Sharper Image brand.
Posted: 1/25/2012 12:21 AM
CALGARY, Alberta—FYidoctors, which was formed in April 2008 through the amalgamation of 29 privately-owned optometry pratices and one laboratory facility in Burnaby, British Columbia, reports that the group has now surpassed the 100-location threshold.
Posted: 1/25/2012 12:18 AM
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The
California Optometric Association (COA), a 112-year-old organized community for optometrists, announced that it has named Bill Howe as its new executive director.
Posted: 1/25/2012 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—VisionMonday.com offers an inside look at REM Eyewear as the Southern California-based company kicks off a new year on high note—expanding globally, honing its brand and refining its product portfolio.
Posted: 1/23/2012 12:27 AM
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CASLANO, Switzerland—Bally, the Swiss luxury leather goods house, has announced a contract with global eyewear group TWC-L'AMY for the development and distribution of an exclusive prescription and sunglass eyewear range.
Posted: 1/23/2012 12:21 AM
DALLAS—
Eastman Kodak has declared bankruptcy, but that won’t impact
Signet Armorlite’s exclusive, worldwide license to manufacture, distribute and sell optical lenses under the Kodak brand, according to Signet’s parent company,
Essilor of America.
Posted: 1/23/2012 12:18 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—The Texas State University-San Marcos is establishing a new American Advertising Foundation (AAF) scholarship at the school in memory of the late Kara Casey Meyer, most recently VP of corporate accounts for REM Eyewear, who passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 16 of last year.
Posted: 1/23/2012 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—Not all great things are American made. In this week’s installment of
Bold Face VM features three foreign celebrities who have staked their flag in Hollywood and won over the critics and audiences alike. Bold Face see stars wearing styles from Marchon, Alain Mikli and Mykita in
Foreign Imports.
While the recession has slowly waned on a macro level, there may be trouble lingering for some business owners. What arguably caused the recession (spending beyond limits) will continue to be an issue for some labs, according to Jason A. Meyer, managing director, HPC Puckett & Company who specializes in mergers and acquisitions of companies in the optical sector. Find out why analyzing your financials regularly and comparing the results to rules you set, can identify a problem and correct it before it is too late in
New & Noteworthy: Living Within Your Means.
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