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NEW COLLABORATION: Lacoste x Polaroid

Lacoste is in full color for Spring 2021 with a fresh collaboration with Polaroid. The Crocodile strikes a pose in the boldest of brights from the rainbow. Get ready to let the color in with the collection dropping March 17. Lacoste is seeing life through rose—or red, green, and yellow—tinted glasses again in 2021: unfiltered, close-up, and...

Management

2019 adjusted profit drops at Safilo, revenues up 3.1 percent

Safilo said that it closed 2019 with the net sales at 939 million euros (1,060.4 million dollars), up 3.1 percent at current exchange and 0.9 percent at constant exchange rates. In the fourth quarter, Safilo’s net sales equalled to 230.4 million euros (260.2 million dollars), down 2.8 percent at current exchange and 4.3 percent at constant...

Report

Safilo posts 3.1 percent turnover growth in 2019

For the financial year ended December 31, 2019, Safilo group said preliminary net sales of the continuing operations equalled 939 million euros (1,034.3 million dollars), up 3.1 percent at current exchange and 0.9 percent at constant exchange rates. The company said in a statement that on a preliminary basis and pre-IFRS 16, Safilo confirms an...

ManagementFeatured

Safilo lowers 2020 targets, to cut 700 jobs in Italy

Safilo Group S.p.A. expects to close the 2019 fiscal year with the net sales of the continuing operations substantially stable compared to 2018, while the wholesale business is estimated to grow by approximately 3 percent at constant exchange rates, reflecting the positive performance achieved by the group’s own core brands, Carrera, Polaroid...

Fashion

Puma x Polaroid collection to be launched next month

Polaroid is set to celebrate its 80th anniversary with a collection of sneakers in collaboration with Puma, to be launched next month. The line will feature new takes on Puma’s RS-0 and RS-100 sneakers, inspired by the design of Polaroid’s iconic OneStep analog instant camera. The RS-0 will include a white leather upper, reflective laces and the...

Apparel

Safilo acquires Polaroid

Italian eyewear maker Safilo has confirmed 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. With this year marking Polaroid’s 75 anniversary, Safilo added in the statement that they had a number of “ambitious development...

Apparel

Polaroid Collection at auction

Polaroid is previewing an array of fashion and art photographs for its upcoming sale at Sotheby's of “Photographs from the Polaroid Collection.” Snapshots by David Bailey, Guy Bourdain, Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Beard, Helmut Newton, Deborah Turbeville, Lorna Simpson and Robert Heinecken are among the pieces for sale. One-thousand images — many...