Change at Clearlab

Graham Mullis, president and managing director of Clearlab, resigned last week, along with Bob Main, senior vice president professional network of parent company 1-800 Contacts.

This follows 1-800 Contacts' recent closure of Clearlab's Estover plant, with the loss of more than 100 jobs and consolidation of the R&D, technical and support staff functions to Singapore (News, November 17).

Mullis left 'as part of this potential consolidation' and Darren Hall, who had headed Clearlab's operations, will be promoted to managing director to assume Mullis' responsibilities, reports VMail Extra. Mullis had headed Clearlab since December 2002.

An investment report on SeekingAlpha said that 1-800 Contacts (CTAC) was hampered by a lack of product as major lens makers were not keen to supply it and annoy retail opticians. 'There are also new legal restrictions that make it more difficult to supply lenses without a prescribing relationship.