This week Amsterdam choose its “Entrepeneur of the Year”. The honour went to Philip Hillige of Skins Cosmetics which, based on a unique and distinctive concept, develops itself very successfully in a cosmetics and perfume market dominated by chains and major brands. It makes you think. No opticians nominated for this Award and to be honest, who should win as all opticians tend to do the same and don’t dare to distinct from others? Skins Cosmetics dares and wins. Great example for the optical industry where we have plenty of room for this kind of concepts. Who is the first? Anyone daring to change or do we wait for ‘outsiders’ and ‘newcomers’ to win the Awards?
