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Japanese perfection now in Europe

mei 5, 2014
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The Japanese brand 999.9 (pronounce fournines) owns and franchises 14 stores in Japan where they only sell their own collection. In addition, you can find it at about 500 other Japanese opticians. This Spring the brand finally makes the jump to Europe and for this reason it designed a complete new collection. All styles have […]

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Google and Luxottica join forces

maart 25, 2014
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It is certainly not unexpected and was almost inevitable: today Google and Luxottica announced to join forces in the further development and distribution of Google Glass. The idea is to combine Google Glass with Ray-Ban and Oakley styles. The good news is of course that this development might make it more logical that Google Glass […]

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Catfight between British optical fairs

februari 18, 2014
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Today is the last day of the new 100% Optical fair at the Excel Centre at London. The organization behind the fair challenges the traditional Optrafair at Birmingham which answers with the launch of an Optrafair at London’s Olympia from April 11 to 13. First no London fair at all, and now two immediately after […]

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Internet commotion in France

januari 6, 2014
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Thanks to the structure of the industry and the sky-high refunds by the insurance companies, France was and still is a paradise for opticians. As a result the amount of stores has grown exponentially over the last years. No crisis at all. No competition either. This all seems to become subject of change as the […]

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