(PRESS RELEASE) CHICAGO, IL – Prevent Blindness has announced the Johns Hopkins University School-Based Eye Care Team as the recipient of the 2018 Jenny Pomeroy Award for...
The deal is expected to close in the ‘first part of 2018.’ CHARENTON-LE-PONT, FRANCE and MILAN, ITALY – Essilor and Luxottica announce that their proposed merger...
(PRESS RELEASE) CHICAGO – Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety group, has declared March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to provide employers...
(PRESS RELEASE) De Rigo Vision will officially celebrate its 40th anniversary, marking the company’s journey from a small Italian, family-run business to a major player in the...
(PRESS RELEASE) CHICAGO, IL – Opternative Inc. announced that Scott Axonovitz has joined the company as chief revenue officer. Prior to joining Opternative, Axonovitz spent nearly a decade...
OAOP members can receive exclusive benefits. (Press Release) SAN DIEGO, CA — San Diego-based web marketing company iMatrix and the Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians announced...
The panel has 100+ members. (Press Release) ALAMEDA, CA – Primary Eyecare Network, a division of ABB Optical Group, announced that it has added Avalon Eyewear...
He violated probation. Vitaly Borker, operator of online retailer OpticsFast.com, has been handed a two-year prison sentence, The Associated Press reports. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Sullivan...
(PRESS RELEASE) MONTREAL, QC – WestGroupe announces the promotion of Michael DeBono to the position of chief operating officer. DeBono has a background in the optical...
He was convicted of performing unnecessary procedures. A Florida ophthalmologist who was convicted in a Medicare fraud case has been sentenced to 17 years in prison, The...
(PRESS RELEASE) PADUA, ITALY and TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Italian eyewear company Safilo announces a distribution partnership for Taiwan with Luxasia. Luxasia is the largest cosmetics and fragrance...
It includes AOA, J&J Vision and CooperVision. (Press Release) Eye diseases, vision loss and eye disorders create an estimated $139 billion economic burden in the U.S....
It currently has 64 locations. Warby Parker, which currently operates 64 brick-and-mortar stores in the U.S., hopes soon to approach the 100-location mark, CNBC reports. The...
(PRESS RELEASE) ALEXANDRIA, VA – Vision Expo has announced the finalists for the first annual OPTImum Retail Award. This new awards program celebrates independent boutique retailers...
She’s leaving for personal reasons. PADUA, ITALY – Safilo Group CEO and director Luisa Delgado is retiring as of Feb. 28 for personal reasons, the company...
(PRESS RELEASE) ORLANDO, FL – Over 900 industry professionals from North and South America gathered at the Swan Resort in Orlando Feb. 11-14 for the 22nd annual...
Moscot is leaving its 14th Street location. Eyewear brand Moscot announced that it is relocating its highly visible 14th Street shop. The new location will be...
(PRESS RELEASE) SACRAMENTO, CA – Asm. Autumn Burke (D-Inglewood) introduced legislation that aims to boost the learning potential of California’s students by sending them to school...
(PRESS RELEASE) ROCKVILLE, MD – The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry announces the recipients of the 2018 Special Recognition Awards. ASCO Lifetime Achievement Award Dr....
(PRESS RELEASE) PINELLAS PARK, FL – While enrollment in vision benefits remains high among all employees, new research reveals that younger generations — who make up...
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