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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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How much is GrandVision worth and who will buy shares?

september 1, 2014
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When HAL, earlier this year, announced to investigate a possible IPO, it already created some turbulence in the financial world resulting in a lot of interesting publications like the one in the Dutch Financial Daily. Now that the investment company has definitely decided to a partial IPO, it is even more interesting. All publications show […]

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Quarrel about glasses

juli 29, 2014
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The new glasses of French President François Hollande now even reached the New York Times. The question is whether a President can present himself that obvious with a foreign product when the entire national industry is crying out for some support and promotion. French eyewear manufacturers already wrote (open) letters to the Elysée to remind […]

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Marchon, VSP and Nike Vision collaborate in “We See” project

april 25, 2014
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Mothercompany VSP and Marchon set up the “We See” project together with Nike Vision. We are talking about a major eye care operation in South Africa where daily eye care and wearing glasses when you need them are not as self-evident as in our Western societies. No eye care and no glasses when you need […]

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