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August 6, 2019August 26, 2019

Essilor Canada Launches Eyezen™+ Start, a Revolution in Single Vision Lenses

Essilor Canada is launching an innovative new single vision lens, just in time for back to school. Eyezen™+ Start lenses are based on an entirely new technology called Dualoptim and will advantageously replace standard single vision lenses for children and adults up to 40 years old.

“Living a connected life has modified our behaviour, posture and reading distances,” explains Martine Ahier, Senior Marketing Manager Brands & Products for Essilor Canada. “Unfortunately, standard single vision lenses don’t take these changes into account. That’s why Essilor created the Eyezen+ range of lenses and keeps innovating with technologies such as Dualoptim. We believe that people deserve to have the best possible vision for their connected life and that means Eyezen™+ Start lenses for single vision wearers.”

While standard single vision lenses are only optimized at their optical center, which creates power error and unwanted astigmatism in near vision, Eyezen™+ Start lenses with Dualoptim Technology are optimized for both far and near vision. Power error and unwanted astigmatism are reduced throughout the entire lens, with a 60% reduction in near vision allowing wearers to benefit from relaxed vision especially while using digital devices.

Like all the lenses in the Eyezen range, Eyezen+ Start lenses also offer advanced protection against harmful blue-violet light as well as better contrasts thanks to W.A.V.E. technology.

Wearers strongly endorse Eyezen+ Start lenses: 8 out of 10 wearers prefer them to their old lenses, 8 out of 10 felt a reduction of their eye fatigue and 3 out of 4 said they helped their eyes stay relaxed day after day.

Click HERE for the full press release.

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019

Think About Your Eyes Reveals Barriers and Misconceptions about Healthy Vision

Think About Your Eyes, a national public awareness campaign about the importance of scheduling an annual eye exam with an optometrist, conducted a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. parents of children aged two to 17 and uncovered key misconceptions about the importance of eye health this summer, especially when it comes to travel and caring for vision health. In fact, while 43% of families surveyed say they will take a road trip this summer, the survey also showed that families aren’t taking proper care of their vision and eye health before and during their time on the road.

Parents surveyed said they are more than twice as likely to wear UV eye protection whenever they leave the house as compared to their children (33% to 13%), and only 8% of parents and 9% of children wear eye protection when its overcast. What’s more, nearly a quarter (22%) of parents surveyed said their child never wears UV eye protection, compared to just 16% for themselves, and as it turns out, sun glare was the most common eye problem encountered by parents when behind-the-wheel. Nearly half (47%) of parents surveyed said their children would spend four or more hours using screens (tablets, smartphones) while traveling to and from their vacation destination and one third of parents said their kids will spend more than 6 hours with screens during the vacation itself.

Since the majority of parents (52%) surveyed agreed that road trips are a great way to see the country and agreed (61%) they allow for more quality family time, Think About Your Eyes is partnering with Airstream, innovative maker of the iconic “Silver Bullet” travel trailer, to highlight the important role vision plays in a life well-lived. Think About Your Eyes and Airstream will send YouTube family The Daily Bumps on an iconic summer road-trip in their Classic Smart Trailer, highlighting the importance of healthy vision in enjoying life’s moments and encouraging families to schedule a comprehensive eye exam before school starts.

The Daily Bumps, also known as the Lannings, will travel throughout the western United States in an Airstream trailer, chronicling their trip for their over four million subscribers on YouTube, as well as on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. They’ll stop in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho to see natural beauty, famous attractions, and visit family and friends—all things their vision allows them to appreciate. To kick-off the trip, the entire family received an annual comprehensive eye exam to ensure they were aware of any vision and eye health needs in advance of the trip, and shared their experience with parents online.

“This partnership with Airstream and The Daily Bumps, the first of its kind for Think About Your Eyes, illustrates the wide-reaching nature of our message,” said Dr. Rick Weisbarth, chair of the Think About Your Eyes Advisory Board. “By amplifying the need for annual comprehensive eye exams, we’re able to further spread the word about the importance of overall vision health, and that regardless of your age or physical heath, it is vital to detect eye problems at their early stages when they are most treatable.”

In order to find a doctor near you to schedule an annual comprehensive eye exam, visit ThinkAboutYourEyes.com. To follow along with The Daily Bumps on our summer road trip, follow them on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

For further information on Airstream and the Classic Smart Trailer please visit www.airstream.com.

August 2, 2019August 5, 2019

First Half Sales and Profits Indicate Safilo has Turned the Corner

Safilo Group reports first half 2019 (H1) sales are +6.5% and profits (adjusted EBITDA) +25% versus the same 6-month period in 2018.

Safilo house brands, including Polaroid, Smith and Carrera, out paced the total company showing 8% year over year growth. By deduction, this indicates that licensed brands in total pulled the overall results down. Safilo however highlights licensed in brands Dior, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger and Max Mara as key growth drivers.

North America (accounting for 34% of total sales ) made the largest contribution to growth, pulling in +7.8% on the top line. Asia remains the fastest growing region for the Group, but contributing only 9% of Group revenue. Europe, Safilo’s largest sales region, showed modest revenue growth of 2.6%

EssilorLuxottica Finalizes Terms for Acquisition of European Optical Retailer Grandvision

EssilorLuxottica announced Wednesday an agreement with Hal Optical Investments for the sale of HAL’s 76.62 per cent stake in GrandVision N.V., a global leader in optical retail.

Under the Block Trade Agreement, EssilorLuxottica will buy HAL’s shares for a price of Euro 28 per share, to be increased by 1.5% to Euro 28.42 if closing of the transaction does not occur within 12
months from the announcement date.

Closing of the Transaction between EssilorLuxottica and HAL is subject to various conditions, including obtaining antitrust clearance. The Transaction is expected to close in 12 to 24 months. After the Transaction has been successfully concluded, EssilorLuxottica will launch a mandatory cash public offer for all outstanding shares in the Company, in accordance with the applicable Dutch public offer rules.

Leonardo Del Vecchio, Executive Chairman of EssilorLuxottica commented: “Following the creation of EssilorLuxottica, which I strongly pursued, the acquisition of GrandVision represents the realization of a vision that has guided my actions and the growth of Luxottica over all these years. With GrandVision we will be able to develop our retail network, finally extended throughout the geographies, and fully enable our multichannel and digital platforms. We will raise the quality of in-store experience for products, brands and services for the benefit of all consumers and our wholesale customers.”

Stephan Borchert, CEO of GrandVision: “The future integration of GrandVision with EssilorLuxottica brings new opportunities to GrandVision’s business, its well-established retail banners, stores, employees and all our stakeholders. Furthermore, it will create a truly global eyecare and eyewear company that is ideally positioned to capture changing consumer needs and behaviors, and provide its customers with a high quality optical omni-channel customer experience. This transaction is expected to provide value to GrandVision’s shareholders, while allowing for the acceleration of GrandVision’s growth strategy through the expansion of our store network and online platforms. EssilorLuxottica’s interest in joining forces with GrandVision is a clear recognition of GrandVision’s successful strategy, our state-of-the-art retail platform and our people. We look forward to joining forces with EssilorLuxottica in what will be an exciting new chapter ahead.”

July 31, 2019July 15, 2019

Lightec: Pure Concentrated Technology

Always on the lookout for the latest innovations, Morel delights in surprises, designing glasses that are astonishing and comfortable with cutting-edge styles. This spirit is particularly apparent in its Lightec frames. This contemporary collection featuring sophisticated details is known for its
screwless hinges, exclusive materials and elegant colours.

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