By Staff
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 12:21 AM
NEW YORK and AALEN, Germany—
Marchon Eyewear, Inc., and
Zeiss Vision Care announced today that they have entered into an exclusive, long-term global licensing agreement for optical eyewear and sunglasses. The first eyewear collection under this licensing agreement will be released globally beginning in Spring 2022; in advance of that release, a capsule collection comprised of nine optical styles will be previewed in Fall 2021 under Marchon’s Altair portfolio, and will be available exclusively in the U.S. market.
By Staff
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10:20 AM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. and CALGARY, Alberta—
FYidoctors, known as Canada’s leading diversified health care organization, said this morning that it has expanded its geographic operations into the U.S. market with the addition of six leading eyecare clinics throughout the state of California. The foray marks a major company milestone as it marks the first time FYidoctors has added new operations outside of Canada as it continues to “focus on its patient-first, personalized customer experience,” the announcement noted.
By Staff
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 12:21 AM
PADUA, Italy—
Safilo Group has announced a strategic partnership with
Coventya, a global company with more than 90 years of experience in the development of specialty chemicals for surface finishing treatments, on the use of “Metal X,” a new material for eyewear. Safilo will be the first in the eyewear sector to use Metal X, which is an innovative Coventya patent that allows the use of precious metals in galvanic treatments for the production of optical frames and sunglasses to be reduced by 90 percent.
By Staff
Monday, September 20, 2021 12:18 AM
WARREN, N.J.—
Mondottica USA announced the launch of a multi-year license agreement with
Boardriders for the design, production, and distribution of
Quiksilver prescription frames and prescription sunglasses for the optical channel in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.
By Staff
Thursday, September 16, 2021 12:24 AM
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—
Vision Innovation Partners, a leading eyecare platform, has acquired
Ophthalmic Associates, a provider of integrated eyecare services with five locations (and an ambulatory surgery center) in Western Pennsylvania.
By Staff
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:27 PM
WASHINGTON—Double-digit growth in imports at the nation’s largest retail container ports is slipping to single digits as pandemic-related supply chain disruptions around the world continue, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released last week by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates.
“Year-over-year growth isn’t as dramatic as it was earlier because we’re now comparing against months when most stores closed by the pandemic last year had reopened and retailers were stocking up again,” NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said. “We expected that. But we’re seeing issues ranging from port closures in Asia to ships lined up waiting to dock at U.S. ports.
U.S. ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 2.19 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units in July, the latest month for which final numbers are available. That was up 2 percent from June and up 14.2 percent from a year earlier. A TEU is one 20-foot container or its equivalent.
Ports have not reported August numbers yet, but Global Port Tracker projected the month at 2.27 million TEU, which would be up 7.8 percent year-over-year. That would be the busiest August on record. But it would fall short of the 2.37 million TEU forecast for August a month ago, which would have broken May’s record of 2.33 million TEU for the largest number of containers imported during a single month since NRF began tracking imports in 2002. Click
here to read the full story from the NRF.
By Staff
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 12:24 AM
WARREN, N.J.—
Mondottica USA has announced the addition of Dan Blessing to its executive management team in the role of chief commercial officer of the Americas.
By Staff
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 12:21 AM
GREEN BAY, Wis.—
Shopko Optical, a provider of eyecare services across the Midwest for more than 40 years, has named Angelina Popovic, OD, to its leadership team as vice president of medical and professional affairs.
By Staff
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 12:27 AM
PADUA and MILAN—
Safilo and
Chiara Ferragni, entrepreneur and global fashion icon, have announced their new multi-year licensing agreement for the design, manufacturing and distribution of the first Chiara Ferragni branded eyewear collection.
By Staff
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 12:24 AM
PARIS—
Silmo has announced the nominations for
Silmo d’Or 2021, and named Jean-Christophe Leblanc head of the jury. Leblanc, a set designer and art director, graduated from ATEP, a Parisian college for art and visual communication, and has worked in fashion shows, showcases, events and films. In 2017, he staged Silmo’s 50th anniversary at the Grand Palais. The full schedule for Silmo d’Or 2021 will be released in the coming days, with the final jury count scheduled for September 25. Silmo registration is open online
here.
By Staff
Monday, September 13, 2021 3:45 PM
NEW YORK—In an optimistic and upbeat two-hour webcast presentation,
Warby Parker Inc. co-founders and top executives on Monday morning laid out their plans for strong growth, including expansion of the physical store base, their ongoing philanthropic efforts and the company’s planned evolution to a more “holistic” vision care company that drives a larger share of revenue from eye exams and contact lens sales. The investor presentation follow’s last month’s registration filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a direct listing of Warby Parker’s Class A shares, as
VMAIL reported.
By Staff
Friday, September 10, 2021 12:18 AM
CHICAGO—
Europa has announced key promotions and new hires to its leadership team.
By Staff
Thursday, September 9, 2021 12:18 AM
NEW YORK—
Revo has announced the expansion of its golf division to the United Kingdom and Europe. Grahame Jenkins will oversee the division, taking the lead in growing the Revo golf market throughout the U.K. and Europe. Revo has also added Holiday Golf as its distributor for mainland Europe. Jenkins is a golf industry veteran of over 35 years and is the owner of Ireland’s largest golf publication,
Tee to Green, which is distributed monthly to all 400 golf clubs in Ireland.
By Staff
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 12:27 AM
LONGARONE, Italy—
Marcolin has announced a three-year partnership with
Treedom, a global web platform to promote the planting of trees and forests worldwide with the aim of making the planet greener, through Timberland Eyewear.
By Staff
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 12:21 AM
CARROLLTON, Texas—
ImageWear has announced an agreement with the
National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to support breast cancer awareness during the months of August, September and October 2021. The campaign will center on activities that will allow a generous donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation and its mission of “Helping Women Now.” ImageWear will raise funds through the sales of Betsey Johnson prescription frame and sun kits sold to eyecare professionals, and ImageWear employees will participate in a national walk-a-thon to help boost donation efforts.