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Transitions Announces 2018 Partnership with Celebrity Jessica Mulroney

To kick off the New Year, Transitions Optical is debuting a new consumer influencer campaign in Canada aimed at demonstrating the benefits of Transitions® lenses for the young, style-conscious wearer. With a focus on appealing to patients in the millennial generation and younger, Transitions Optical will use the campaign to highlight new colour and mirror options for Transitions lenses that will give younger patients more ways to customize their personal style in Transitions lenses.

The face of the new social campaign will be Jessica Mulroney, stylist and guest expert on Cityline. Jessica will appear in Transitions Optical Canadian marketing materials across social and earned media, including on the Transitions Optical social channels and as well as Jessica’s own social media network.

Eye care professionals can visit Transitions.com/Beyondthelens beginning in June, to learn more about the partnership and to share campaign images and videos demonstrating new ways to customize Transitions lenses to a patient’s style. The campaign will also be promoted on Transitions Canada’s Instagram, Facebook and YouTube pages.

Source: Transitions Optical

 

VARIG: The thin, Trendy Frame

Öga’s designer has rethought the very trendy aviator shape in four ultra-hip styles:

– Three rounded shapes that play with either curvatures or strong, bold lines

– One perfectly on-trend nylor aviator shape

Each style is embellished with a thin, on-trend double bridge. Varig is made entirely of metal. The flexible hinge plate system is perfectly integrated into the temple, yet offers just a touch of colour.

Distributed by Lanctôt: www.rlanctot.com

OSI’s Michelle McLeod Receives Optometry Industry’s Rep of the Year Award

McLeod OSI-lrMichelle McLeod, OSI’s Director for Western Canada, has been awarded 2018’s Optometry Industry Rep of the Year by the BC Doctors of Optometry.

This award is presented to one representative in the optometry industry each year that is dedicated to promoting and supporting Optometrists in British Columbia.

“Michelle is a team player and a very dedicated employee. She has contributed to numerous programs to promote the growth of independent optometric practices including co-authoring our Optometric Leadership and Management training program and is often invited as a key speaker by the provincial associations. Michelle also volunteers on committees to support opticians and optometrists and further their collaboration,” says Patrice Lacoste, CEO and President of Optometric Services. “We are honoured of this recognition which reaffirms that OSI’s mission is vital to the continued success of its Members.”

Source : OSI

 

Vision Expo Announces Celebrity Appearances, Events in OptiCon Hub

Vision Expo has announced a full line-up of Pop Up Talks, celebrity appearances, networking and social events in the ABO-NCLE OptiCon @ Vision Expo Hub, a space designed exclusively for Opticians and Contact Lens Technicians. The Hub, located between the Galleria and Eyewear + Accessories Pavilions at booth #G1164, will also provide attendees with access to representatives and resources from ABO & NCLE, NAO, OAA, NFOS and vendor partners.In addition to free amenities including food and beverages, giveaways, and more, the OptiCon Hub will host daily happy hour from 4:30 to 6 p.m. with a special St. Patrick’s Day celebration on March 17. TV personality and The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey will be in the Hub from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16, and Sunday, March 18 from 12:30 to 1:30, for attendee photo ops. Pop Up Talks will take place throughout each day of the Show in an intimate and interactive setting and will focus on a variety of topics, including sessions from the eyewear designer and deejay duo Coco and Breezy and style expert Joy Gibb.

The full OptiCon Hub Schedule of Events can be found online here.

In addition to more than 75 hours of educational content developed by the OptiCon Advisory Board and just steps away from the Exhibit Hall with over 260,000 net square feet of eyewear and eyecare products, Opticians and Contact Lens Technicians can now take ABO & NCLE review courses and sit for exams at Vision Expo East. (Sitting for exams requires a separate exam registration and fee).

Attendees can also join their colleagues for an opening night party on Friday, March 16, from 7:30–9 p.m. at Stitch Bar & Lounge to meet and mingle with eye care professionals celebrating OptiCon @ Vision Expo.

Essilor-Luxottica Merger Receives Clearance from US FTC

Essilor and Luxottica announced that the proposed combination between the two companies has been cleared by the US Federal Trade Commission without conditions. The United States is one of the jurisdictions where antitrust approvals are a condition precedent to the closing of the transaction.

To date, the transaction has also been unconditionally approved in the European Union, and in 13 other countries: Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, India, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Taiwan.

The finalization of the proposed Essilor and Luxottica combination is planned for the first part of 2018 after obtaining all necessary authorizations.

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