By Staff
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 1:45 PM
CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France—EssilorLuxottica held its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday in Paris, the company announced, where shareholders approved all 34 resolutions submitted by the board of directors to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting. These included the distribution of a €3.95 dividend per share for the financial year 2023, the compensation policy applicable to the company’s executive corporate officers and the reappointment of all previous directors to the new board of directors. “On behalf of the board of directors, we would like to extend warm thanks to our shareholders for their continued support and trust," said Francesco Milleri, chairman and CEO, and Paul du Saillant, deputy CEO at EssilorLuxottica.
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By Staff
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 1:30 PM
HUGO Eyewear, a collection designed, produced and distributed by Safilo Group S.p.A, has announced its partnership with the Visa Cash App RB (VCARB) Formula One Team, starting this season. Leveraging the global appeal of F1 and delivering its signature authentic style, HUGO Eyewear will be the official eyewear partner of the VCARB team. Its designs will be represented in official images starring two of the most charismatic drivers on the F1 circuit, Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda.
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By Staff
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 11:02 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Contact Lens Institute (CLI) has published an in-depth report on everyday actions that the eyecare community can take to draw interest from potential and former contact lens wearers. Based on research with more than 1,000 vision-corrected adults segmented by glasses-only wearers, new contact lens wearers, and former contact lens wearers, “Beyond Vision: Behaviors to Attract New & Returning Contact Lens Wearers" is the latest offering from CLI’s See Tomorrow initiative. The 26-page document includes multiple infographics depicting high-value takeaways that can be used for staff training.
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By Staff
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 10:50 AM
I started working in optometry as a technician at my father’s practice in Philadelphia when I was 16 years old. It began as an after-school job, and at the time, I had no intention of pursuing optometry as a career. However, that experience ultimately led me to the eyecare field for the rest of my professional life. I was first introduced to myopia management as a student under Dr. Fuensanta Vera-Diaz at NECO. As a -9.00D myope myself, I immediately knew this was an area of optometry I would be incorporating into my practice.
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By Staff
Monday, April 29, 2024 10:50 AM
NEW YORK—International Guide Dog Day falls on the last Wednesday of April every year, making this past Wednesday, April 24, the 2024 edition. The day was first introduced to mark the establishment of the International Federation of Guide Dog Associations, which was founded on April 26, 1989, and offers a chance to celebrate the life-saving work guide dogs and their trainers and handlers do every day, said the International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF). References to guide dogs date back to the 16th century, according to the IGDF. There’s no denying that man’s best friend has worked alongside us for much of human history—and that they are more than deserving of a holiday set aside just for them and the teams they create.
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By Staff
Monday, April 29, 2024 10:40 AM
We all have a tendency to slip into bad habits, especially as we aim for greater efficiency in our clinical exams. One test that some practitioners may overlook or omit in order to decrease chair time is stereopsis. Many practitioners perform stereo testing on new, younger patients but not established or adult patients in the belief that stereopsis does not change over time or that it is only needed in childhood. As we have observed, however, not only can stereo change, but regular assessment of stereo can provide insight into patients’ overall comfort and binocular stability. Here, we offer you a review of four commonly used stereo tests and discuss their clinical usefulness.
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By Staff
Friday, April 26, 2024 1:10 PM
ST. LOUIS—To help advance myopia management as a standard of care, the World Council of Optometry (WCO) is partnering with CooperVision, a leader in myopia management, to introduce an interactive and educational resource for eyecare practitioners worldwide, the organizations announced. The WCO CooperVision Myopia Management Navigator examines three areas of myopia management: mitigation, measurement, and management, according to the announcement. Each of the three sections of the Navigator is linked to various elements of content and includes advice and practical actions to explore in the form of “Myopia Moments," webinars and other offerings.
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By Staff
Friday, April 26, 2024 1:00 PM
The associates we hire can help us surge as a practice. They can expand availability of appointments and improve patient care, sometimes bringing new expertise into our office. Here is what I learned last fall when I participated in the Vision Source Next Practice Crawl for optometry students, which gave these soon-to-be ODs a glimpse of work life in a variety of practices, including my own. As a practice owner, I have a vested interest in keeping independent optometry as strong as possible, and one of the best ways to do that is to ensure there is a large pool of new graduates who are interested in pursuing private practice.
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By Staff
Thursday, April 25, 2024 11:07 AM
PADUA, Italy—Safilo Group S.p.A. (SFLG.MI) has announced that shareholders have approved the company's 2023 financial statements and the board of directors’ report during their annual meeting, and viewed consolidated financial statements. In addition, a new board of directors was appointed, and as its first action confirmed that Angelo Trocchia, who has served as chief executive officer since April 2018, would continue in this role. Eugenio Razelli has been named chairman of the board of directors, according to the announcement, and director Jeffrey A. Cole is no longer serving on the board.
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By Staff
Thursday, April 25, 2024 11:00 AM
Anika Ramolia, OD, spent more than a decade working for corporate and private ODs. But two years ago, a health scare and a strong need to spend more time with her two young children started her thinking more seriously about taking a leap of faith to open her own practice. In April 2023, she found a space less than two miles away from her home in Carlsbad, California. The 1,000-square-foot space was one of 15 units in a newly renovated plaza, 13 of which were already operating as female-owned local businesses. Feeling the positive buzz of community in the plaza, she signed her lease in June 2023 and started construction right away. Beacon Optometry had its grand opening March 15, 2024.
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By Staff
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 10:40 AM
PARIS—Kering Eyewear, part of the global luxury group Kering, has reported revenue of €463 million in the first quarter of 2024, up 8 percent on a comparable basis. Overall, revenue from the Kering Eyewear and Corporate segment amounted to €536 million, up 24 percent as reported and up 9 percent on a comparable basis, the company announced. However, Kering Group’s revenue for the first quarter of 2024 was down 11 percent as reported and down 10 percent on a comparable basis to €4.5 billion, the company reported. The revenue drop includes a negative currency effect of 3 percent and a positive scope effect of 2 percent, resulting from the consolidation of Creed.
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By Staff
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 10:30 AM
The editors at
20/20 have been on Team Sport Eyewear for a good part of our 50-year history. A category once dominated by sport specialty stores, sport eyewear continues to score winning strides with retailers in the optical channel. It truly takes a team to accomplish this—sport eyewear manufacturers consistently innovate sport frames with high-tech performance features and design details, while
20/20 communicates the trends and the sport messaging. Most importantly, YOU, the eyecare pros, bring them into play for your customers thirsty for the performance and tech factors, the Rx capabilities, and the coveted styling that makes this category so desirable.
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By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:55 AM
LOMBARDY, Italy—Sergio Luigi Cereda, influential eyewear designer and industry visionary, passed away on April 18, 2024, following a long illness, his family announced. Cereda was 88 years old and surrounded by family at his home in Castiglione Olona, Lombardy, Italy, when he passed. He is survived by his wife Ivana, daughters Caterina and Stefania and grandchildren Edoardo, Jordan Nicolo’ and Giada Grazia. Born on June 21, 1935, in Lombardy, Cereda’s career in the eyewear industry began at Mazzucchelli 1849 and soon grew.
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By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:45 AM
As you know, preservatives are a mixed blessing. The Food and Drug Administration requires that multidose bottles of medications include a preservative to kill bacteria and fungi that may contaminate the fluid in the bottle; as a result, for several decades our medications have contained preservatives specifically designed to keep the medications sterile during patient use and the life cycle of the bottle. Unfortunately, while these preservatives are very effective against pathogens, they were not specifically designed to be friendly to the eye. They tend to consist of harsh chemicals that stop bacterial growth but also harm corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells. After chronic use of medications containing these preservatives, the deleterious effect on anterior segment epithelial cells leads to poor production and maintenance of the tear film, resulting in problems such as dry-eye syndrome.
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By Staff
Monday, April 22, 2024 6:45 PM
Just how valuable are a pair of reading glasses? According to a recent study, having access to a pair of readers can make all the difference, especially if you are presbyopic and live in a part of the world with limited access to eyecare and eyewear products. This past week, VisionSpring, a nonprofit provider of affordable eyeglasses to people in need, BRAC, an international development organization that works with marginalized communities, and Queen’s University Belfast released the findings of their collaborative THRIVE study, which found that a pair of reading glasses increases the earnings of people in low-income communities by 33 percent. Ella Gudwin, CEO of VisionSpring, summed it up best when she said, “THRIVE strengthens the case that it’s not about the eyeglasses—it’s about everything that comes after.”
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