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Modo Group acquires eyewear brand Italia Independent

Modo Group has acquired eyewear label Italia Independent for an undisclosed sum. The group, which produces and distributes the Modo and Eco brands, and which has been in the independent eyewear industry since 1990, said its know-how will be a “key factor” in the new direction of the Italian brand, which was founded by Lapo Elkann. “I have always...

Fashion

Rossignol to launch debut eyewear collection

Fashion and lifestyle brand Rossignol is teaming up with Italia Independent to produce and distribute a co-branded eyewear collection, which will be unveiled at MIDO eyewear show in Milan next year. Rossignol, known for its outdoor and skiwear apparel, and fashion brand Italia Independent, has promised that its debut co-branded eyewear...

Fashion

Pinko debuts first eyewear collection

Italian womenswear brand Pinko is adding an eyewear collection to its ready-to-wear and accessories lines, with a range of sunglasses called “The Pinko Invasion”. The womenswear brand has teamed up with Italia Independent, an Italian eyewear retailer launched in 2007 by Lapo Elkann, Giovanni Accongiagioco and Andrea Tessitore to launch its debut...

Design

Consolidated net sales growth double for Italia Independent

REPORT_ Italian fashion and accessories group Italia Independent has posted a consolidated net sales growth of 59.1 percent in 2013, more than doubling from the previous year and amounting to 24.9 million euro. Growth was mainly led by the eyewear sector, which in 2013 reached a 78.3 percent increase in total consolidated revenues, and nearly 8...

Fashion

Italia Independent eyes Milan after successful IPO

Italia Independent, the sunglasses and quirky apparel brand founded by Lapo Elkann, grandson of the late Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli, went public in Milan AIM platform for small cap on 28th of June. Near a week after the flotation, Elkann already thinks of taking over the larger Milan’s market. Italia Independent went public at 26 euros per...