Company Profile
With net sales reaching Euro 6.2 billion in 2011, over 65,000 employees and a strong global presence, Luxottica is a leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and sales of premium, luxury and sports eyewear.
Founded in 1961 by Leonardo Del Vecchio, always involved in protecting eyes and optimising the look of men and women everywhere, the Luxottica Group is now a vertically integrated organization, producing and distributing prescription frames and sunglasses of high technical quality and style.
The constant attention paid to research and development, technological innovation, the adaptation to market evolutions in respect of people and the environment, have led Luxottica through worldwide expansion.
Production
The Group's products are designed and manufactured at its six manufacturing plants in Italy, two wholly-owned plants in China, one plant in Brazil and one plant in the United States devoted to the production of sports eyewear.
Trademarks
Luxottica products are outstanding in terms of design and high quality and are known all round the world thanks to a strong and well balanced brand portfolio. House brands include Ray-Ban, one of the world’s best known sun brands, Oakley, Vogue, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Arnette and REVO, while its license brands include Bvlgari, Burberry, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Polo Ralph Lauren, Paul Smith, Prada, Stella McCartney, Tiffany, Tory Burch, Versace and, since 2012, Coach.
Wholesale distribution
The Group’s wholesale distribution network, covering 130 countries across five continents, has 18 distribution centres and over 40 commercial subsidiaries providing direct operations in key markets. The Group is currently seeking to penetrate emerging markets and is exploring new channels of distribution such as department stores, airports and railway stations.
Retail network
Direct wholesale operations are complemented by an extensive retail network for prescription and sun segments.
Luxottica Group is a leader in the prescription business in North America with its LensCrafters and Pearle Vision retail brands, in Asia-Pacific with OPSM and Laubman & Pank, in China with LensCrafters and in Latin America with GMO.
In the retail sun business, the Group operates over 2,700 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, South Africa, Europe and the Middle East, mainly through the Sunglass Hut brand.
In addition, in the US Luxottica is one of the largest Managed Vision Care operators through EyeMed, and the second biggest lens finisher, having a network of five central laboratories and over 900 on-site labs at LensCrafters stores.
Oakley
The Oakley brand provides a powerful wholesale and retail presence in the sports channel through a chain of flagship "O" stores. In these stores, the Group offers a variety of Oakley-branded products, like clothes, footwear, backpacks and other accessories, in addition to the Oakley sunglass styles. Oakley-branded products include men’s and women’s apparel, footwear and accessories designed for surf, winter sports, golf, motorcycling, cycling and other athletic lifestyles.
