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Published Date: March 6, 1998
Company Name: Lantis Eyewear Corporation
Address: 461 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10017
Main Telephone
Number: 212/561-7500
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.lantiseyewear.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Lon Moellentine
Public Relations
Contact: Catherine Mountain
Business number: 212/561-7419
Industry: Eyewear Industry
Company description: Lantis Eyewear Corporation is a rapidly growing designer, marketer and distributor of quality eyewear products, primarily sunglasses and optical frames. The company successfully targets both the premium ($30-$300 retail) price category for sunglasses and optical frames, primarily through its licensed designer names, and the moderate (under $30) category for sunglasses, through its proprietary brand names and certain customers' private labels. Current management acquired the company's business in 1977. Since then, the company has experienced substantial growth while diversifying its operations to cover more channels of distribution than any other eyewear company. Over the past five years the company has added eyewear licenses for designer labels Donna Karan Donna Karan is the fashion designer and the creator of the DKNY (Donna Karan New York) clothing label. She was born Donna Ivy Faske on October 9, 1948 in Forest Hills, New York. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , DKNY DKNY Donna Karan New York , Tommy Hilfiger Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (born March 24, 1951 in Elmira, New York) is a world-famous American fashion designer and creator of the eponymous "Tommy Hilfiger" and "Tommy" brands. Biography Hilfiger was born March 24, 1951 and raised in Elmira, New York. , Joseph Abboud Joseph Abboud (born circa 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an award-winning American menswear fashion designer and author. Family The Abboud family was a working-class Christian Lebanese family that started out in the South End of Boston and later moved to the Roslindale , and Jones New York. Proprietary brands Solargenics (distributed in department and specialty stores) and Family Optics (distributed to mass retailers), as well as the Ray-Ban exclusive distributor license for department stores, have been pillars for the company's sunglass business for over 10 years. In 1997, the company expanded the business of the Optical division and inaugurated its newly formed Sport division, which includes the Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. , Spyder and PGA Tour brands. As part of its ongoing plans for growth and diversity, Lantis Eyewear Corporation will continue its international expansion. Lantis Eyewear Corporation is supported by a three-tier national sales force, a 1,235 member retail merchandising team, an in-house team of product design and development professionals and a consolidated 100,000 square foot operations and distribution center for eyewear products. CONTACT: Director Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , New York Catherine Mountain, 212/561-7419 www.lantiseyewear.com |
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