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Global eyewear leader, Ray-Ban, has announced Jennie Kim, from the K-pop girl group, Blackpink, as its newest worldwide brand ambassador. This engagement aligns with the brand’s strategy of exploring partnerships in the music and fashion spheres. The Campaign…
EssilorLuxottica reported a rise in its third-quarter revenues on Friday as the world’s biggest eyewear maker saw a rebound in sales in the Asia-Pacific region and slight growth in North America. The French-Italian company, which makes Oakley and Ray-Ban…
Oakley China has its first dedicated store, in Xinjiekou’s Deji Plaza, Nanjing. The Nanjing store follows the opening in Shanghai of a one-of-a-kind store for the group, being half Oakley and half Ray-Ban. “This Nanjing store is the first Oakley-only store in…
Dutch department store operator Topshelf appears to be closing down. The company has announced its last store in Alkmaar will close in mid-January, following the shuttering of stores in Arnhem, Nijmegen and Groningen. The company has not filed for bankruptcy…
Is Arnie, the most famous Ray ban wearer of all? Possibly, although celebrities from Justin Bieber, Kate Moss, Tom Cruise to the late James Dean in his 1955 wayfarers, or Audrey Hepburn in 1961’s breakfast at Tiffany’, or Peter Fonda, the original easy rider…
International sunglasses retailer Sunglass Hut opened a new store in Hangzhou’s Intime Wulin store, which is the brand’s third store in the city following the ones in Hangzhou Kerry Centre and Hangzhou Bailian Outlets. Sunglass Hut has reached cooperation…
France’s Essilor and Italy’s Luxottica have agreed to terms of a 46 billion euro (US$49 billion) merger, creating a global eyewear powerhouse with annual sales of more than 15 billion euros. Essilor and Luxottica said they will be focusing on boosting sales…
Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has teamed up with some of the world’s most-counterfeited brands to fight against copycats. Collaborating with such global brands as Louis Vuitton, Samsung and Swarovski, Alibaba will provide its members with big data and other…
A new Ray-Ban Manila pop-up store is the eyewear brand’s first in Asia. The pop-up, at the Greenbelt shopping centre in Makati, will showcase the Ray-Ban Aviators range. Originally designed for US military pilots in 1937, Ray-Ban Aviators is one of the…
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