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NEW YORK—Private equity firm Lion Capital announced Monday that it has been granted a period of exclusivity by Bridgepoint to reach a definitive agreement to acquire the French optical retail chain AlMore »
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Marchon Eyewear announced today the purchase of Dragon Alliance, one of the world’s leading goggle and eyewear brands in the action sports market.More »
NEW YORK—The COPE and ABO-approved free educational series, Protect, Prescribe and Present has been launched by the American Optometric Association (AOA) and the Opticians Association of America (OAA)More »
NEW YORK— Oakley launched a global branding campaign last week with a party at its SoHo store here to celebrate collaborations between artists and the Olympic athletes who inspired them.More »
NEW YORK—Keeping with February’s upward trend in business attitude among eyecare independents, the latest Optical Business Barometer (OBB) from Jobson Research shows that the March 2012 rating held stMore »
MILAN—Organizers of Mido report that they have made a decision to change the dates of the 2013 Mido International Optics Optometry and Ophthalmology exhibition to March 2, 3 and 4, the first weekend oMore »
PADUA, Italy— Safilo Group S.p.A. has announced they have completed the acquisition of the Polaroid Eyewear business which VMail first reported on Nov. 17, 2011.More »