The Accessories Council
hosted the 25th annual ACE Awards on November 2, honoring individuals and
companies who have furthered the awareness and use of accessories. Celebrating
the 25th anniversary, this year’s honorees were recognized for being HEROS.
After the last 18 months, the Accessories Council felt it was important to
recognize the generosity, good work, and heart and soul of the
industry. All honorees showed accomplishments in COVID
relief, sustainability, ongoing charitable work and/or inclusivity and
diversity over the past year.
Over the past 25 years, the Accessories Council has honored and recognized global brands and pioneers, positioning them at the forefront of the fashion industry.
ACE Award Honoree Wes Gordon, Creative Director, Carolina Herrera
This year’s event sponsors included Caleres, Coach, Informa Markets Fashion, Judith Leiber, Luxottica, Marchon, Safilo Group Signal Brands, and Vera Bradley.
Mark your calendars for A Day of Education with Transitions Optical on Tuesday, November 9. The virtual event will give attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest education from industry experts and the Transitions Optical team on photochromics, light, style trends and the new range of Transitions® XTRActive®products – Transitions XTRActive Polarized™ and Transitions XTRActive new generation. Canadian attendees are welcome to join for continuing education credit.
The online event will include
various sessions between 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST. Attendees are not required
to attend the full event and can join sessions of interest at their leisure.
Courses and events scheduled
for the day include:
Defy
The Bright – Transitions® XTRActive®New
Generation
Information
regarding Transitions Campus, the Transitions Certification Program,
Transitions Academy and other Transitions resources between each session
“Our Day of Education event is
a great opportunity for industry professionals to join us virtually for
continued learning before the end of the year,” said Arnaud Rajchenbach, marketing
manager, Transitions Optical in Canada. “
Transitions
Optical gathered a select group of industry professionals for a one-of-a-kind
educational experience—Transitions® The Studio—on October 26,
2021 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau-Ottawa,
Quebec. During
the invitation-only event trainers, sales reps, labs managers and buying groups
managers or buyers heard from Transitions training professionals as they
dove deep into the Transitions® lens portfolio, including the
new generation of Transitions® XTRActive® lenses
and the new Transitions® XTRActive® Polarized™
lenses, and from experts on effective storytelling and patient education
strategies.
Chris King, senior
global marketing manager, Transitions Optical, and Martin Lesperance, professional
trainer and keynote speaker, welcomed attendees and introduced them to
Transitions The Studio at the opening of Tuesday morning’s session with a
Building Your Plan workshop. Isabelle Tremblay, director of sales and marketing,
gave an overview of the current state of the market and shared consumer
insights. Isabelle Tremblay also recognized influencer partners, AnnLo and
Coco & Breezy. AnnLo also painted a new abstract art piece and hosted an
exhibition during the event.
The morning courses ‘Defy the Bright: Transitions
XTRActive New Generation’ and ‘Defy the Glare: Transitions XTRActive
Polarized’ included presentations from various experts from the Transitions
Optical team on the newest Transitions product innovations. Chris King and
Joshua Hazle, instrumentation technical services manager,
showcased the performance of the new range of Transitions XTRActive
lenses and demonstrated the new products for attendees.
Martin
Lesperance and Arnaud Rajchenbach, marketing manager, Transitions, closed the
morning session with the course ‘Share Your Story’.
Transitions
The Studio Afternoon Kickoff was led by Martin Lesperance and he
was joined by special guest and Transitions ambassador, Georgia Ellenwood, Olympic athlete, who inspired the attendees with the
story of her professional journey to the Olympic games. Christine Zeggil, national
key account executive, Canada, Transitions opened the course ‘Offer Your Patients
the Best + Finding the Style’ with Transitions® Signature®
GEN 8™ and Sheena Taff, owner and optician, Roberts & Brown
shared information on the latest style trends.
The
next course ‘Light Up Your Sales’ was presented by Dr. Kiran Ramesh, owner and neuro-visual
optometrist, Vision Care Centre, and Trupti Patel,
business manager and registered optician, Vision Care Centre. To close the afternoon,
Martin
Lesperance and Chris King led a Completing Your
Plan workshop. The event concluded with a cocktail reception and dinner with
entertainment from DJ’s Coco & Breezy.
CooperVision announced new seven-year findings from its pivotal MiSight® 1 day contact lens clinical trial. Twelve months following treatment cessation, mean axial elongation data indicate no evidence of rebound effect, meaning the myopia control gains are retained.
The study is the world’s longest
continuous running soft contact lens clinical trial for myopia control.
CooperVision previously reported that MiSight® 1 day showed
sustained slowing of myopia progression across multiple years of treatment.
This was observed in a cohort that wore MiSight® 1 day for the
study’s first six years as well as the original control group who were switched
into MiSight® 1 day for three years.
“Our unparalleled research clearly
illustrates the tremendous potential of MiSight® 1 day for children
of different ages and with different levels of myopia, regardless of when they
start treatment.3 With these results, eye care professionals should
be even more confident in prescribing MiSight® 1 day,” said Paul Chamberlain,
BSc (Hons), MCOptom, the study’s principal investigator and CooperVision
Director of Research Programs.
The latest data analysis goes even
deeper to illustrate that MiSight® 1 day offers a highly desired
proportional myopia control treatment effect. Abnormal axial length growth
slowed by an average of approximately 50% with all tested ages (8-17). Because
younger children’s myopia progresses faster than in older children, introducing
MiSight® 1 day at the earliest opportunity may offer the maximum
cumulative benefit over time.4
In the study’s seventh
year, participants were transitioned from MiSight® 1 day to a single
vision contact lens to evaluate if treatment gains would be retained. Myopic
progression then occurred only at anticipated ‘age-normal’ levels—not at an
accelerated “catch up” rate that would offset prior myopia control gains.1,2
This indicates no rebound effect.
“We saw these children
grow into young adults during their seven years in the study. It is personally
as well as professionally fulfilling to know that the benefits of treatment are
retained. As MiSight® 1 day becomes more widely available and as
myopia management becomes the standard of care, I hope other eye care
professionals will experience that same joy,” said study investigator Nicola Logan, PhD,
Professor of Optometry and Physiological Optics, Aston University.
Safilo
North America announces the appointment of Janet Unger to the position of Vice
President, Brand Management, effective October 11, 2021.
Unger will oversee brand management for
the North American market, reporting directly to Steve Wright, President
and Chief Commercial Officer, Safilo North America. In addition, she will
also serve on Safilo Group’s Extended Global Leadership Team.
Janet joins Safilo with over 30 years of
brand management and marketing experience, having enjoyed senior
leadership roles most recently at The Swatch Group, where she served as President
of the RADO watch brand, and, prior to that, at VSP/Marchon Eyewear where she
was Vice President of Brand Marketing. Janet holds an advanced degree in
Business and Marketing from New York University.
“Janet’s unique combination of senior
level eyewear industry, combined with her proven track record in brand strategy,
marketing and licensing for some of the largest global lifestyle brands, makes
her the perfect addition to our senior leadership team,” says Steve
Wright, President and CCO of Safilo North America.
CooperVision announced the new clariti® 1 day multifocal with Binocular Progressive System™ contact lenses, affirming its commitment to continuous innovation across its leading silicone hydrogel 1-day product families.
Look good. Feel good. Compete at your peak. That’s the attitude behind the Nike Athena and Nike Zeus sunglasses, intended to be worn before and after competition as a form of psychological armor — whether to protect or project.
CooperVision announced the new clariti® 1 day multifocal with Binocular Progressive System™ contact lenses, affirming its commitment to continuous innovation across its leading silicone hydrogel 1-day product families.
Look good. Feel good. Compete at your peak. That’s the attitude behind the Nike Athena and Nike Zeus sunglasses, intended to be worn before and after competition as a form of psychological armor — whether to protect or project.
CooperVision announced the new clariti® 1 day multifocal with Binocular Progressive System™ contact lenses, affirming its commitment to continuous innovation across its leading silicone hydrogel 1-day product families.
Look good. Feel good. Compete at your peak. That’s the attitude behind the Nike Athena and Nike Zeus sunglasses, intended to be worn before and after competition as a form of psychological armor — whether to protect or project.
CooperVision announced the new clariti® 1 day multifocal with Binocular Progressive System™ contact lenses, affirming its commitment to continuous innovation across its leading silicone hydrogel 1-day product families.
Look good. Feel good. Compete at your peak. That’s the attitude behind the Nike Athena and Nike Zeus sunglasses, intended to be worn before and after competition as a form of psychological armor — whether to protect or project.
