NEW YORK—No matter how tight a ship you run, there is always new information to help you streamline and grow your business. For example, today’s trunk shows are new again, according to what retailers and ECPs told Vision Monday in the recent “Today’s Trunk Shows” feature. Suppliers confirm that trunk shows are on the rise, and that taking part in the events means building better bridges with their accounts, getting a feel for the industry, and expressing the brand’s point of view to customers. Read more in Retailers.

This is new for Senior Editor Deirdre Carroll’s Bold Face series: For the first time, no actors, actresses, nor musicians are featured in the latest edition of Bold Face: Multi-Dimensional. Instead, remarkable people are shown in their super, high-tech 3D frames. Want to learn more about emerging 3D eyewear technologies? The latest Vision Monday cover story is dedicated to the subject.

New numbers are out! Take a look in Jobson Research for the Optical Business Barometer, which illustrates an October dip in independent ECPs’ attitudes about business.

And in New & Noteworthy, learn about Nouveau Eyewear’s brand-new project Bona Bolo, which means “see the ball,” that is already working hard to screen more than 2,000 children in South Africa for vision problems. Since its April launch, the campaign has brought much needed health care to 1,450 South African children and counting.