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...It has also a fairly lucrative eyewear business through licensing deals with sunglass manufacturer Marcolin....
...buys US high-end eyewear brand Maui Jim (Reuters) The Big Four face a fraught exit from Russia (FT)...
...USA Today joked that buyers might need to take out a mortgage to purchase it....
...Rival Kering bought the UK’s Christopher Kane and a stake in Joseph Altuzarra last year....
...As part of the disposal process, which started as early as 2008, Kering said it would be prepared to recapitalise La Redoute....
...An internet site – Kering.com – was launched on Friday....
...(Financial Times) Google eyewear to be ‘made in USA’: “Google will manufacture Project Glass, its futuristic digital eyewear, in Silicon Valley, in a high-profile example of the return of electronics manufacturing...
...Google will manufacture Project Glass, its futuristic digital eyewear, in Silicon Valley, in a high-profile example of the return of electronics manufacturing to the US....
...(Bloomberg) Google eyewear to be ‘made in USA’: “Google will manufacture Project Glass, its futuristic digital eyewear, in Silicon Valley, in a high-profile example of the return of electronics manufacturing...
...“It’s the same with eyewear – only two or three manufacturers produce all the eyewear for designer brands. But they do a good job; produce good designs, so the relationship works well.”...
...Also in danger are subsectors such as eyewear and lower-priced leather and fashion products because they rely more on aspirational customers who may be genuinely pinched....
...Rival watchmaker Swatch fell 1.5 per cent to SFr69.65, while Luxottica , the Italian designer eyewear maker, fell 2.2 per cent to €25.07. Financial stocks came under selling pressure....
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