Archive for May, 2009

ClearVision’s 60th Anniversary

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OptiGroup Inc.
on May 5, 2009
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ClearVision Optical is celebrating 60 years of business in the optical industry.  As one of the world’s leading wholesale distributors of prescription eyewear and sunwear, ClearVision’s OneSource™ and BrandSpace™ philosophies help you maintain the best assortment for your optical dispensary.

  

ClearVision offers an impressive selection of superior quality optical brands.  They currently have a unique combination of fashion and lifestyle brands – BCBGMAXAZRIA, Ellen Tracy, Cole Haan, Izod, Izod PerformX, Op, Jessica McClintock, Fisher-Price, and their own ClearVision house brands – including Koodles, the value eyewear collection geared for kids.

 

ClearVision Optical frames are available through OptiGroup, Inc. – your optical purchasing, buying group partner for frames, cases & accessories.

Luxottica – The Largest in the World

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OptiGroup Inc.
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Luxottica Group S.p.A. (BIT: LUX, NYSE: LUX) is the world’s largest eyewear company.  Its best known brands include Ray-Ban, Persol and the recently acquired Oakley, Inc.  It also makes sunglasses and prescription frames for a multitude of designer brands such as Chanel and Prada, whose designs and trademarks are used under license.

 

The History

Leonardo Del Vecchio started the company in 1961, in Agordo, Italy – north of Venice; today the company is headquartered in Milan. Vecchio began his career as the apprentice to a tool and die maker in Milan, but decided to turn his metalworking skills to making spectacle parts. So in 1961 he moved to Agordo in the province of Belluno, which is home to most of the Italian eyewear industry.  The new company was Luxottica s.a.s., a limited partnership – where Vecchio was one of the founding partners.  In 1967 he started selling complete eyeglass frames under the Luxottica brand, which proved successful enough that by 1971 he ended the contract manufacturing business.

 

Luxottica frames are available through OptiGroup, Inc. – your optical purchasing, buying group partner for frames, cases & accessories.