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Visique Helping to Give Sight Through World Sight Day Challenge

Montréal, QC– This fall, Visique is taking part in the World Sight Day Challenge to help raise funds for people in underserved communities who are needlessly blind or vision impaired, simply because they can’t access an eye exam and glasses.

Visique will campaign for the challenge throughout October, with World Sight Day being celebrated on Thursday, October 12. All Visique and FYidoctors’ clinics across Canada will be participating, with a goal of raising over $100,000. Fundraising initiatives include in-clinic activities, and a social media campaign where FYidoctors and Visique will donate $1 for each new page like, up to a maximum of $10,000.

FYidoctors and Visique have been a Double Diamond Supporter since 2013, and are Canada’s largest fundraiser towards the World Sight Day Challenge, raising over $600,000 to date.

To help Visique bring sight to those less fortunate please like Visique Facebook page, or visit any Visique clinic to make a donation in person.

Click HERE for the full press release.

 

 

Safilo Affirms Its Purpose to be Opticians’ Independent Partner of Choice

Paris, France – SAFILO Group is present at SILMO Paris 2017, the international exhibition for the optics and eyewear industry. This is the third since its comeback in 2015.

Designed for great visual impact, Safilo’s direction setting booth is mainly devoted to its core brands Carrera, Polaroid, Oxydo, Safilo, and Smith. In addition, Safilo is offering product and in-store experiences to its visitors, celebrating the power of its historical savoir-faire and the ability to combine it with leading edge innovation.

SAFILO displays its broad brand portfolio, showcasing the latest collections by Atelier Elie Saab, Fashion Luxury Dior and Dior Homme, Jimmy Choo, Fendi, and Givenchy, Premium Boss and Max Mara, Contemporary Max&Co, Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger, Pierre Cardin and Mass Cool havaianas.

As a world preview, Safilo will also unveil collections by Fashion Luxury brand Moschino and rag&bone, and Contemporary Love Moschino, that will get on the market as of January 2018.

Specific focus will be on Safilo’s optical collections, offering on-trend innovations in terms of shapes,

colours and fitting. These optical collections will be displayed to give one comprehensive view of Safilo’s full eyeglasses range, for which Safilo has been the industry’s historical reference of excellence for decades of the past.

Click HERE for the full press release.

 

Smith Lowdown Focus Smart Glasses Available for Sale on smithoptics.com

Padua, Italy – SAFILO Group announces the market launch of its Brain Sensing Eyewear Smith Lowdown Focus mpowered by MuseTM. The smart glasses can be purchased online at smithoptics.com in North America as of January 2018.

Smith Lowdown Focus is built on the SAFILOX eyewear platform, and integrates the latest brain-sensing and cognitive training technology with the iconic lifestyle eyewear brand belonging to SAFILO’s portfolio.

This first ever application of brain-sensing technology onto eyewear offers the user focused coaching to enhance cognitive performance. Studies have shown that, with regular use, people have observed improvement in their ability to increase their mental focus for better performance, including in decision making and carrying out tasks, gain a stronger sense of self-awareness, and manage emotions under pressure, thus lowering their stress and anxiety levels.

SAFILO has developed Smith Lowdown Focus in partnership with Interaxon Inc., the world leader in consumer brain sensing technology and makers of Muse, the world’s bestselling EEG system.

Smith Lowdown Focus will be available in two different sizes (S/M & M/L) and three colour options (Black, Matte Gravy, and White). All models will be available with ChromaPopTM lenses.

Click HERE for the full press release.

 

Catfish: Sophisticated Sunwear

Catfish is a unisex sunglass is influenced by a classic wayfarer, refined for a more contemporary silhouette. Offered in a high gloss black with a smoke lens or a cool matt wood look with a brown lens. Ojibwe artist Donald Chretien’s artwork is beautifully captured on handmade acetate temples and colorful details extend down the full length of the temples.

www.claudiaalan.com

 

2017 Frame Suppliers Survey Prize Winners Announced

Vuepoint is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 frame suppliers survey contest.

ECPs participated in a survey from June to September to rate frame suppliers on a wide number of performance attributes. The survey will be made commercially available later this month.

The following respondents are the offical winners and will be receiving a $100 GiftPass™ Gift Certificate as part of the $1000 Give-Away.

  • Sandra Blanchette
Southdale Eye Centre St.Boniface MB
  • Noreen Chung
Wink Eyecare Oakville ON
  • Michel Hébert
Lunetterie Versant Nord Rivière-Rouge QC
  • Paul MacLean
Tamarind Optical Sydney NS
  • Paul Manocha
Basic Eyewear Coquitlam BC
  • Diane Pilotte
Regard Action Montréal QC
  • Satcheal Reeves
Vision Care Plus Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin AB
  • Cassandra Reid
Upper Grand Eye Care Guelph ON
  • Chantale Trépanier
Ovision Richelieu QC
  • Julia Verigin
Sicamous Vision Care Centre Sicamous BC

 

The GiftPass™  gift certificate is a service provided by Moneris, and provides flexible electronic gift ceritificates that can be configured in various amounts for different major retailers, restaurants and service providers across the country.

Congratulations to all the winners!

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