Made in the USA

NEW YORK—Eyewear made in the U.S. has been experiencing a resurgence in the past few years, as newer firms and startups as well as older, long-time family companies with deep, historical roots in the sector are committed to furthering their presence in the business. Old and new, each is looking to develop or expand connections to a new generation of customers—and eyecare professionals and optical retailers—who appreciate brand stories and authentic history about how products are made and where they come from.

Smart Money

NEW YORK—The optical lab business, at its most elemental, has always been a numbers game. Running a lab, though, is a complex undertaking that involves more than simply dollars and cents. It also about the number of prescription jobs per day it can produce, and the percentage of those jobs that are rejected because they don’t meet quality control standards. It’s about maintaining a job average that’s calculated based upon production yields and the average price per job. It’s about the cost of capital equipment, consumables, overhead, labor and dozens of other budget line items.

L’Amy America Announces Agreement With Marquee Brands to Create an Eco-Green Ben Sherman Eyewear Collection in 2020

NORWALK, Conn. — L’Amy America, part of International Luxury Group, has announced that it has entered into a multi-year license agreement with Marquee Brands to design, market, and distribute a collection of eco-green sunglasses and ophthalmic frames for the Ben Sherman brand. The new collection will preview at Vision Expo East in 2020, according to L'Amy America's Stephen Rappoport, CEO. He pointed out that "Ben Sherman changed clothing history in 1963 by taking the classic American Ivy-League shirt and revitalizing it with unique color and candy stripe designs, transforming a typical shirt into a statement. Since then, Ben Sherman has grown into a global brand adopted by almost every youth culture and style movement for the last 50 years, and is still worn today by the bands and style leaders of the current decade."

Come to Jobson's Modern Lab Event at Vision Expo West

VM’s Andrew Karp and LabTalk’s Brian Dunleavy will co-host The Modern Lab, a special, live event that complements their Modern Lab Report in the September issue of Vision Monday. In this video, Karp and Dunleavy describe their program, which will feature exclusive research findings and a panel of lab experts who will discuss the strategic investments optical lab owners and operators are making in technology and personnel. Join them for this one-time-only event, which will take place at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas on September 19, 2019. To register, go to www.visionmonday.com/modernlab.

Two Speakers Join VM LIVE Program in Vegas, to Explain Telehealth's Potential and the 'New' Patient Experience

NEW YORK—A practicing optometrist and the CEO of a fast-growing retail/eyecare group will share their views about telehealth's potential in eyecare and how such new technologies can build bridges from the ECP to their patients in a session that's now part of the upcoming VM LIVE forum, "Smart Solutions at the Speed of Sight," to be held in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 18 just prior to the opening of Vision Expo West in Las Vegas.