INGLEWOOD, Calif.--Signature Eyewear announced that it has selected Infinity Optical to distribute some of its products in Canada in an arrangement that will become effective Jan. 5, 2006.

“We are pleased to partner with Infinity Optical to distribute several of our prestigious brands. In this highly competitive market, service has become the number one priority. Infinity Optical has an outstanding reputation in the Canadian market for placing the customer first,” stated Raul Khantzis, vice president of international sales at Signature Eyewear.

Infinity Optical, based in Guelph, Ontario, will initially distribute three of Signature’s branded collections:
bebe, Hummer and Dakota Smith. Jack Greenwood, president of Infinity Optical, added that the company “is confident that these brands will quickly find their markets.”

In addition to these brands, Signature Eyewear markets frames and sunglasses under the brand names Laura Ashley, Eddie Bauer, Nicole Miller and Hart Schaffner Marx.