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Safilo Group announced the acquisition of a 70% stake in the equity of the California company Blenders Eyewear LLC. Founded in San Diego in 2012 by Chase Fisher, Blenders Eyewear has built an e-commerce platform with unique digital and social media skills, which has achieved fast and profitable growth thanks to its world-class digital capabilities.

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This last November 9th, Jean-François Rey won the Gold V.Award 2019 (category Technology) at the Hong Kong Optical Fair for his model JF2855 0020 from the collection Wave. Organized by the VOS Magazine, this international eyewear competition in Asia-Pacific is an international distinction for Jean-François Rey.

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Starting December 2019, Libuda Optic World, an established wholesaler working in the optical industry for over 30 years, will further solidify their partnership with WestGroupe to become the new distributor for KLiiK denmark and continue to grow together in Germany. Taking its direction from the clean, modern aesthetic of the Scandinavian design, KLiiK denmark eyewear…

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HONG KONG, Nov 6, 2019 – (ACN Newswire) – Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and co-organised by the Hong Kong Optical Manufacturers Association (HKOMA), the 27th edition of the HKTDC Hong Kong International Optical Fair opened today and runs until 8 November at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)….

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Wearing a pair of Blackfin shades, Matthew McConaughey, the famous American, 2014 Oscar-award-winning actor, was caught on camera September 7th while attending a Texas Longhorns vs. LSU Tigers football game at the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.

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Since the very first Copenhagen Specs, the eyewear fair has established itself as an important part of the eyewear business. And with the partnership with SILMO, the ambition is to bring the unique fair concept of Copenhagen Specs to other cities than Copenhagen and Berlin. The next city will be Barcelona, and the dates for the first Barcelona specs will be May 9-10, 2020, in the Italian Pavilion Fira Montjuic at Plaça d’Espanya.

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Also Lightbird is among the protagonists of the twenty-fifth edition of Silmo d’Or 2019 – the international award for creativity and innovation in the eyewear’s world, where the new brand by the Bellunese designer Corrado Rosson wins the Silmo d’Or Premiere Classe. The award ceremony was held on 28th September in Paris

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EssilorLuxottica hosted yesterday its 2019 Capital Markets Day in London, presenting its strategic vision, integration progress and long-term financial guidelines. The Integration is well under way with progress in several areas and initial decisions taken to build a unified company.

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With a more global outlook and closely linked to design and creation: Gigi Studios is replacing the previous brand name, Gigi Barcelona. The rebranding was announced to all the brand’s distributors and agents by Patricia Ramo, the company’s CEO, at the opening of the Global Sales Meeting 2019 at the end of August in Barcelona.

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EssilorLuxottica S.A. today announces an agreement with Hal Optical Investments B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HAL Holding N.V, for the sale of HAL’s 76.72% ownership interest in GrandVision N.V., a global leader in optical retail. Under the Block Trade Agreement, EssilorLuxottica will buy HAL’s shares for a price of Euro 28 per share, to be increased by 1.5% to Euro 28.42 if closing of the Transaction does not occur within 12 months from the announcement date.

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Safilo Group S.p.A announces today the closing of the transaction to sell its USA retail chain Solstice to Fairway LLC as previously communicated. Furthermore, Safilo also confirms that the license agreement for the Dior and Dior Homme collections of sunglasses and optical frames will end at its expiry date of 31 December 2020.

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The Board of Directors of Safilo Group S.p.A. has reviewed and approved Q1 2019 economic and financial key performance indicators at May, 9: Safilo closed the first quarter of 2019 with the net sales from Continuing Operations at Euro 247.3 million, up 3.4% at current exchange rates and 0.6% at constant exchange rates (+0.8% on the wholesale business(1)).

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Bird’s mission is to create eyewear which not only looks good, but does good, too. Sustainable materials used include FSC-certified wood, repurposed aluminium, and recycled packaging, and every pair of sunglasses purchased brings solar light to families in Malawi, Zambia and Uganda through their Share Your Sun partnership with SolarAid. Recently Bird Sunglasses won the Frame of the Year 2019 award.

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Join now and win: Many eyewear designers, who are very successful all over the world today, once started small. They had innovative and revolutionary ideas and the perseverance and courage to introduce them to the market. However, the path was not always easy and the conditions to establish yourself in the industry were often difficult. One…

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We have all read the press release issued by Delfin and the interview of Mr. Del Vecchio in Le Figaro on March 20. Such attacks and this type of media campaign are unprecedented and unfounded. I realize these publications will have been shocking for many of you and raised numerous questions, while unsettling stakeholders who…

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The Board of Directors of Safilo Group S.p.A. has approved on March 13 the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 20181 and examined the separate financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 (1), which will be submitted for approval by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting to be held in a single call on April 30, 2019.

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