November 14, 2011

Safilo and Céline announce a new licensing agreement

PADUA – Safilo Group, worldwide leader in the premium eyewear sector, and the luxury brand Céline, announced on Tuesday the signing of a multi-year licensing agreement for the production and worldwide distribution of Céline eyewear.

Céline eyewear Spring 2011

The collections, designed for a sophisticated modern woman, will be available from January 2012 in Céline boutiques and selected retail outlets worldwide.

archives Safilo

4/24/2013
Safilo sales continue to rise
...specialist Safilo has had a good start to the year. For the company’s first quarter 2013, sales are up 2.9% to 297 million euros. Safilo brand Carrera has also recently announced a capsule collection with luxury...
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3/1/2013
Luxottica raises dividend on emerging market boost
...rivals Safilo and Marcolin, in January reported 2012 sales of over 7 billion euros, up nearly 14 percent at current exchange rates.
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2/14/2013
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics pairs up with Safilo to launch eyewear...
...stores. The Safilo Group is internationally active through 30 subsidiaries. It manufactures and sells its own collections (Safilo, Carrera, Polaroid, etc.) as well as many licensed brand collections including...
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10/15/2012
Italian eyewear maker Marcolin sold to private equity
...MI) and Safilo (SFLG.MI).PAI will launch a takeover offer at 4.25 euros a share for all the shares it does not yet own, seeking to take Marcolin off the market, PAI said in a statement."We see excellent potential...
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10/15/2012
Burberry smells a chance in fragrance business
...one with Safilo (SFLG.MI) for eyewear, and another with L'Oreal (OREP.PA) for perfumes and cosmetics.Even now, it has no plans to go into the perfume business. Parent firm PPR said it was happy with L'Oreal."We are...
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10/8/2012
Italian eyewear maker Marcolin in stake sale talks with PAI
...MI) and Safilo (SFLG.MI), confirmed on Monday reports that talks with PAI were underway.Il Sole 24 Ore had said on Sunday PAI could buy a 30 percent stake and make an offer for the rest of the company, valued at...
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10/4/2012
Ray-Ban maker Luxottica to keep pace with fast-fashion
...rival Safilo (SFLG.MI), expects to produce 100 million frames in 2015.It expects profits to grow twice as fast as sales this year, which in turn are expected to rise by a high single-digit percentage.The company...
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9/5/2012
Burberry eyes beauty lift as Interparfums talks end
...rival Safilo (SFLG.MI) to cut revenue targets and jobs.BUSINESS SCENTSBurberry is still a minor player in the fragrance business, which is estimated to be worth only about 2 percent of its sales.Fashion rivals such...
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8/3/2012
Safilo profits slow in second-quarter on Armani phase-out, currency
...Photo: SafiloSafilo said on Thursday sales rose 7.3 percent to 324.6 million euros in the quarter ended in June, including the effect of the acquisition of polarised lens leader Polaroid.After Armani's decision...
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7/23/2012
Safilo: Renon Massimo takes charge of EMEA region
...Safilo has named Massimo Renon to oversee the Europe-Middle East-Africa region, an area in which the eyewear giant earns around 460 million euros in sales.
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5/14/2012
Italy's Safilo to cut 1,000 jobs
...maker Safilo said on Friday it plans to cut 1,000 jobs after losing a contract to manufacture eyewear for designer Giorgio Armani to larger rival Luxottica last November.
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5/8/2012
Luxottica eyewear gets boost from Asia, Brazil
...rival Safilo, which reported a 4 percent decline in net sales earlier this month.Luxottica was partly to blame for its competitor's woes, as Safilo lost its contract to make Armani-branded eyewear to Guerra's...
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4/4/2012
Polaroid Eyewear joins Safilo's brand portfolio
...Safilo Group S.p.A. announces the completion of the acquisition of the Polaroid Eyewear business, a world leader in optics and polarized lens technology and a global eyewear manufacturer and distributor.
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2/1/2012
Safilo to end Balenciaga licence after 2012
...maker Safilo said on Wednesday it would not renew a licence agreement with Balenciaga once the accord expires at the end of this year.
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11/16/2011
Safilo stock recovers from Armani contract loss
...Italy's Safilo bounced back from the loss of its contract to make Armani-branded eyewear, with investors reassured the announcement marked an end to uncertainty over the lucrative deal.
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10/24/2011
Luxottica to keep up with M&A in 2012
...maker Safilo (SFLG.MI). The license contract with Safilo expires in 2012.Luxottica posted a 9.1 percent rise in third-quarter net profits to 111.2 million euros ($154 million) on Monday, while sales grew 4...
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9/29/2011
Safilo says Armani renewal still uncertain
...maker Safilo failed to reassure investors on Thursday on the outcome of talks for the renewal of its key licence with the Armani group.
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9/20/2011
Nicola Giorgi appointed New Global Head Of House Brands for Safilo...
...Safilo Group, worldwide leader in the premium eyewear industry, has appointed Nicola Giorgi as the new Global Head of the House Brands, reporting directly to Roberto Vedovotto, Chief Executive Officer of Safilo Group.
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4/14/2013
Lanvin MD resigns after strategy disagreement
...executive ran Celine at LVMH in the late 1990s and spent several years at Gucci Group, the old name of PPR's luxury arm, before joining Lanvin in January 2009.Lanvin Finance Director Michele Huiban will manage the...
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3/13/2013
Small labels lure big bucks in fashion's latest trend
...Fendi, Celine and Loewe for LVMH. And if they did invest in new brands, it was at a much later stage of their development.LVMH acquired Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan for instance more than a decade after they were...
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2/24/2013
Wang's Balenciaga debut star draw at Paris fashion week
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2/21/2013
LVMH buys minority stake in designer Maxime Simoens
...Vuitton, Celine, Fendi and Kenzo, said in an emailed statement it wished to "accompany the development of this young talented French designer." The deal comes after LVMH rival PPR announced last month it was...
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2/14/2013
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...Veneta, Celine, Dior, Gucci, Marc Jacobs and St. Lawrence.
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2/1/2013
Louis Vuitton slows down expansion to protect image
...in 2012.CELINE AND BERLUTIReferring to Celine, much smaller in size than Louis Vuitton, Arnault said that the work of creative director Phoebe Philo appealed to customers worldwide and that the French luxury brand...
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12/10/2012
Miami's luxury offering continues to grow
...Homme and Céline are the latest brands to join Cartier, Marni, Margiela and Louboutin in the city's Design District.
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11/21/2012
New CEO, new strategy for Cacharel
...Alibert (ex-Céline and Bonpoint) as CEO, whose mission it will be to see that these changes are put into place. From 1st November, Alibert took over from Pascal d’Halluin who left the company at the end of his...
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11/6/2012
Star designer Ghesquiere could head to LVMH
...Dior, Celine, Kenzo and Givenchy and Louis Vuitton.One the most acclaimed designers of his generation, Ghesquiere will leave Balenciaga on November 30 after 15 years during which which he put the historic house of...
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10/16/2012
LVMH Q3 sales point to luxury slowdown
...brands Celine, Fendi and Kenzo, said it remained confident for 2012 "despite an economic slowdown in Europe".The group is expected to give more details on its outlook during a conference call with analysts on...
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10/15/2012
Luxury sales growth to slow in 2012, Bain says
...Vuitton, Celine and Kenzo, releases its third-quarter sales figures after market close. ($1 = 0.7712 euros) (Reporting by Astrid Wendlandt; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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10/4/2012
Louis Vuitton checks in for spring, closes Paris shows
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9/30/2012
Summer comes to Paris with Kenzo, Kayrouz and Celine
...heat: Celine, Kenzo and Rabih Kayrouz brought a generous dose of summer to the Paris catwalks on Sunday, on day six of Paris Fashion Week.
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9/9/2012
Jörgen Andersson: "Esprit acted like H&M and Zara. That was the big...
...what? Celine can talk about her sweater, not Esprit. Thus, we have launched initiatives so that people can exchange with each other within our world. The most important is to be connected to social networks.
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7/2/2012
Avenue Montaigne: final work before the “Vendanges”
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6/8/2012
YSL: Hedi Slimane creates from Los Angeles
...position at Celine only on condition that the studio not set up its new office in London. Hedi Slimane, meanwhile, will be backed by a team assigned to his California studio.
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4/18/2012
LVMH says Q1 sales up 25 per cent, Asia strong
...designer Celine, described the economic outlook for Europe as uncertain and said it would keep a tight control over costs.Quarterly sales rose 14 percent on a like-for-like basis to 6.58 billion euros ($8.7...
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3/22/2012
Out of love with China, fashion factory moves west
..." said Celine Lopes, who oversees production at Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and recently moved production to Hungary.Barbara Bui moved output to Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey in 2010. "The distance and...
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