eyeglasses News Archive

17-Mar-2008

 

  • Luxottica Slides to Lowest Since 2005 on Profit Drop (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
    March 14 (Bloomberg) -- Luxottica Group SpA, the world's biggest maker of eyeglasses, fell to the lowest in almost three years in Milan trading after the company reported its first profit decline in nine quarters.


  • CoastalContacts.com sets its sights on selling eyeglasses with free trials (InternetRetailer.com)
    When web-only CoastalContacts.com decided to move beyond lenses and start selling prescription eyewear, president and CEO Roger Hardy knew how he wanted to do it. ?We wanted to be the Zappos of eyeglasses,? Hardy says.


  • Dublin St. Patrick's parade, festival draws thousands (Macon Telegraph)
    Green eyeglasses, green clown wigs, green Converse high-top sneakers - from mint to emerald, the color made quite a showing Super Saturday at the Saint Patrick's Festival in downtown Dublin.


  • Delhi nursing students intern at Dominican clinic (The Daily Star)
    A group of eight SUNY Delhi nursing students spent a week in the Dominican Republic working with patients at an eye clinic.


  • Parents will love the cool eyeglasses for children and teens (The Toledo Blade)
    Kids want cool. Parents want practical.


  • Italy: Eyeglass Maker?s Profit Falls (New York Times)
    The Luxottica Group , one of the world?s biggest makers of eyeglasses, posted its first profit decline in nine quarters on the costs of combining the sports-eyewear maker Oakley with the company?s other divisions.


  • Beeping eggs help blind kids track 'em down (El Paso Times)
    Although a severe case of astigmatism has taken most of 4-year-old Donovan Gallegos' eyesight, and though Donovan hates to wear his eyeglasses, he was still eager to break into a run at a moment's notice Saturday to find as many Easter eggs as he could. Video: Lighthouse 7th Annual Easter Egg Hunt


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