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Ogi Eyewear Appoints New Senior Director of Operations

OgiEyewear_GlennSherlingOgi Eyewear announces Glenn Sherling as Senior Director of Operations. He joins the company in a new position in which he will be responsible for driving growth and the development of innovative business building strategies. Sherling will oversee and lead operations.

He is fully equipped to lead in operations management. Sherling provides a rare yet crucial expertise through his ability to deliver innovative solutions at a strategic leadership level.

Sherling’s background includes a wide range of business experience in management, marketing and leadership positions with a strong record of project management. He specializes in creating positive change and building high performance teams. Most recently he served as the Vice President of Marketing at AllOver Media, a pioneer in the outdoor media category.

“I am excited and thrilled to join Ogi Eyewear and be a part of the team. They have a great product portfolio and are well positioned for future growth,” states Glenn Sherling.

For further information, click HERE.

Tura’s Titanflex Debuts New Flat Memory Metal Styles for Men

Inspired by high technology and modern European design, the Titanflex styles are super flexible at the bridge and temple and ultra lightweight. In contrast to the traditional memory bridge with “chucking pipe” solder joints, these frames use a flat metal bridge. Adjustability is a brand hallmark, as well as an easy temple shorting system, for a perfect fit frame. Debuts in February. http://www.tura.com/

New Canadian Distributor Announced for Rodenstock Frame Lines

Rodenstock continued with its reorganization in Canada, announcing that the Rodenstock line of frames will now be distributed exclusively through Eyestock.ca.   The new distributor for frames is owned and operated by Jeremy Carvalho, formerly the Managing Director of Rodenstock Canada.  Carvalho is putting emphasis on providing high tech and high touch service, citing a user-friendly website and a knowledgeable sales team.  Other frame lines, including Rocco, Claudia Schiffer and Mercedes Benz will also be made available through the eyestock.ca website.

Reorganization of Rodenstock’s lens business, through the appointment of Plastic Plus as exclusive Canadian lens distributor, was made earlier this month.

For more information, click HERE.

 

Actavis Aquisition of Allergan Set to Proceed Early

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act for Actavis’ pending acquisition of Allergan. The close of business record date has been set for January 22, 2015 for shareholder meetings.

The two companies combined will create one of the top 10 global growth pharmaceuticals with expected revenue of $23 billion in 2015.

Read the full press release here: http://agn.client.shareholder.com/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=890722

 

 

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