Luxottica.. Group louis vuitton outlet, Leonardo Del Vecchio
Leonardo Del Vecchio started the company in 1961, in Agordo north of Venice, Italy; Today, the company headquarter is in Milan, an interesting city.
Del Vecchio started his career as the apprentice to a tool and die maker in Milan, but decided to turn his metalworking skills to making spectacle parts. So in 1961 he moved to Agordo in the province of Belluno, which is home to most of the Italian eyewear industry.[3] The new louis vuitton outlet online company was Luxottica s.a.s., a limited partnership, he was one of the founding partners. In 1967 he started selling complete eyeglass frames under the Luxottica brand, which louis vuitton outlet store proved successful enough that by 1971 he ended the contract manufacturing business.
Convinced of the need for vertical integration, in 1974 he acquired Scarrone, a distribution company. In 1981 the company set up its first international subsidiary, in Germany, the first in a rapid period of international expansion. The first of many licensing deals with a designer was struck with Armani, in 1988.
The company listed in New York in 1990, and in Milan in December 2000, joining the MIB-30 (now S&P/MIB) index in September 2003. The listing enhanced the company's ability to acquire other brands, starting with Italian brand Vogue in 1990, Persol and US Shoe Corporation (LensCrafters) in 1995, Ray-Ban in 1999 and Sunglass Hut, Inc. in 2001. They went looking for more retail companies, acquiring Sydney-based OPSM in 2003, Pearle Vision in 2004, Surfeyes in 2006, Cole National in 2004 and Erroca in easyshoppingboutique.com.
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