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More commotion at Luxottica

oktober 17, 2014

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Only six weeks ago Luxottica CEO Andrea Guearra suddenly left the company. This week two other top managers, Enrico Cavatorta and Roger Abravanel followed him due to disagreement with Leonardo Del Vecchio about the future strategy of the company. Financial newspapers and analysts worldwide comment on the situation and refer to other Italian companies where […]

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We get used to it. The Optitrade&Trends Congress every year is the moment on which the organization presents new plans, launches some pilot balloons and shares some visions for the future. Last Monday was no exception. After an entertaining but less exciting lecture by former Dutch minister Jan Kees de Jager and a far too […]

Kering Group founds own eyewear division

september 5, 2014
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It rains news in the optical industry these days. The GrandVision IPO and the departure of Andrea Guerra were first of all interesting for investors and financial markets. Today’s news marks another development which could become important for everyone selling (sun)glasses. The Kering Group decided to dismantle its eyewear licenses (with yearly royalties of about […]

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Merger of ProDesign and Face à Face

juni 18, 2014
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The Danish company ProDesign and the French Architectures with brands like Face à Face and Woow announce a merger and will continue as part of investment company Erhvervsinvest which owns ProDesign already since 2012. Pascal Jaulent and Nadine Roth of Architectures remain as shareholders and will continue to contribute to the future developments of Architectures. […]

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