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Luxottica rebounds with 12% rise in Q4 Wednesday, 25th January 2012

Luxottica rebounds with 12% rise in Q4

Luxury eyewear maker Luxottica SpA on Wednesday announced fourth quarter sales grew 12 per cent on strong demand from emerging markets, as well as a rebound in Australia. The Italian group said net sales rose to EUR 1.51 billion in the last three months of the year from EUR 1.35 a year before.

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Luxottica in talks for Giorgio Armani tie-up Tuesday, 1st November 2011

Luxottica in talks for Giorgio Armani tie-up

Luxottica Group SpA has confirmed talks with Giorgio Armani SpA to produce glasses for the designer under license. The eyewear specialist is keen to close a deal with the fashion house, which is one of the world’s most coveted labels. Luxottica chief executive Andrea Guerra told press “Yes we are in talks with Armani,” as the company battles with rival eyewear maker Safilo for the licensing contract.

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Luxottica expects solid 2011 after record year in 2010 Monday, 24th January 2011

Luxottica (LUX.MI), the world's biggest premium eyewear group, expects a solid 2011 after stronger demand for luxury brands, especially in the United States and Asia, boosted 2010 sales to record levels. The maker of Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses said on Monday 2010 net sales hit a record 5.80 billion euros ($7.9 billion), helped by consumers' improving confidence in its key U.S. market and a more customer-focused retail business. Read more on Reuters



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Luxury Brands Battle it out on Facebook Monday, 22nd November 2010

Today, luxury brand Gucci hit the 3 million fan mark on Facebook. The Italian brand may soon surpass Burberry, as the most followed fashion brands with 3.2 million fans.  But Burberry may be facing stiff competition from Gucci as both brands hit the 2-million-fan mark on Facebook in October and are aggressive when it comes to communicating with their online followers. They regularly post photos, product announcements, videos and lookbooks of their upcoming collections on their Facebook walls. Furthermore, Gucci launched the "Eye Want You" Facebook application earlier this month, which features eyewear from the new Gucci Eyeweb CollectionSee more on Independent  

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