Company Profile

With net sales reaching Euro 5.1 billion in 2009, approximately 60,000 employees and a strong global presence, Luxottica is a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of fashion, luxury, sport and performance eyewear.

Product design, development and manufacturing take place in six production facilities in Italy, two wholly owned factories in China and two sports sunglasses production facilities in the US. Luxottica also has a small plant in India, serving the local market. In 2009, production reached approximately 49 million units.
Luxottica products focus on design and quality and are known all around 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, Salvatore Ferragamo, Stella McCartney, Tiffany, Tory Burch and Versace.
The Group’s wholesale distribution, covering 130 countries across five continents, has 23 distribution centers 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 shopping centers, airports and railway stations.
Direct wholesale operations are complemented by an extensive retail network. Luxottica is a leader in the prescription business in North America with its LensCrafters and Pearle Vision chains, in Asia-Pacific with OPSM, Laubman & Pank and Budget Eyewear, and in China with LensCrafters. In the retail sun business, the Group operates approximately 2,280 retail locations in North America, Asia-Pacific (including Thailand, India and the Philippines), South Africa, Europe and the Middle East, mainly through the Sunglass Hut brand.
In North America, Luxottica also operates licensed brand points of sale, with over 1,200 stores under the Sears Optical and Target Optical brands. In addition, Luxottica is one of the largest managed vision care operator in the United States, through EyeMed, and the second biggest lens finisher, having a network of six central laboratories and over 900 labs inside LensCrafters stores.
In addition, the Oakley brand provides a powerful wholesale and retail ("O stores") presence in both the performance optics and in the sport channels. In the O Store locations, the Group offers a variety of Oakley branded products in addition to the Oakley sunglass styles. Oakley-branded products include men’s and women’s apparel, footwear, backpacks and accessories designed for surf, snow, golf, outdoor, motor sport, mountain bike and other athletic lifestyles.
In 2009, Luxottica distributed approximately 19.7 million prescription frames and approximately 35.3 million sunglasses, in approximately 6,400 different styles.