Anyone see Sixty Minutes last Sunday?
I'm thinking about dropping my Ray Bans as well as the Oakleys now!
Walmart no-name brand here I come, what's a few more bucks to the Chinese vs $300 or so to the Italians!
Here's a partial Wikipedia summery of Luxottica:
Persol sunglasses
Ray-Ban sunglasses
Luxottica's two main product offerings are sunglasses and prescription frames. The company operates in two sectors: manufacturing & wholesale distribution, and retail distribution.
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The house brands include:
[15][16]
- Arnette
- Eye Safety Systems
- K&L
- Luxottica
- Mosley Tribes
- Oakley
The company also creates eyewear under license for designer labels such as:
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The most recent deal was with
Tory Burch. These brands are sold in the company's own shops, as well as to independent distributors such as department stores,
duty-free shops and opticians.
[edit] Retail
Luxottica Retail has more than 7,000 retail locations in the United States, South America, Canada, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Israel, the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirats.
[11] The headquarters of the retail division is in
Mason, Ohio.
[11] Their retail banners include:
- Optical Shop of Aspen
- Surfeyes
- Laubman & Pank
- ICON
- Grand Optics LLC
[edit] Medical managed care
Luxottica also owns EyeMed Vision Care, a managed vision care organization in the United States.
[18] As of 2012, it was the number one vision benefits company in the United States.
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