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Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear company. It is the world's largest eyewear company, controlling over 80% of the world's major eyewear brands. Luxottica is the owner of Lenscrafters, Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. Its more well-known brands are Ray-Ban, Persol, and Oakley. Luxottica also makes sunglasses and prescription frames for a multitude of designer brands such as Chanel, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Miu Miu, Donna Karan, Stella McCartney, and Tory Burch.〔(Brett Arends, "Are Designer Sunglasses Worth the Price?", ''Wall Street Journal'', July 22, 2010 ).〕〔(Eyewear brands, May 1, 2015 ).〕 ==History== Leonardo Del Vecchio started the company in 1961, in Agordo north of Belluno, Italy; today the company is headquartered in Milan. Del Vecchio began 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Luxottica Past and Present )〕 The new company was Luxottica s.a.s., a limited partnership with Del Vecchio as one of the founding partners.〔 In 1967, he started selling complete eyeglass frames under the Luxottica brand, which proved successful enough that by 1971 he ended the contract manufacturing business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Santander research ) (''Aviators'' )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Armani Group and the Luxottica Group announce expiration of licence agreement )〕 The company listed in New York in 1990,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Luxottica Group S.p.A. )〕 and in Milan in December 2000,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Luxottica )〕 joining the MIB-30 (now FTSE MIB) index in September 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Luxottica Group Added to MIB 30 Index )〕 The listing raised money for the company and allowed it to use its shares to acquire other brands, starting with Italian brand Vogue Eyewear in 1990, Persol and US Shoe Corporation (LensCrafters) in 1995, Ray-Ban in 1999 and Sunglass Hut, Inc. in 2001.〔 Luxottica later increased its presence in the retail sector by acquiring Sydney-based OPSM in 2003, Pearle Vision and Cole National in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Luxottica Facts and Figures )〕 The company also acquired Oakley in a US$2.1 billion deal in November 2007,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Luxottica Group and Oakley complete merger )〕 and in August 2011 Erroca for €20 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Luxottica buys Erroca sunglasses chain for €20m )〕 In March 2014, it was announced that Luxottica would partner with Google on the development of Google Glass and its integration into Luxottica's eyewear.〔(Google to De-Dorkify Glass in Partnership With Ray-Ban Maker Luxottica ), ''Businessweek'', March 25, 2014〕 On the 1st September 2014, a new organizational structure was announced, composed of two co-CEOs, one focusing on market development and the other overseeing corporate functions. After the exit of former CEO Andrea Guerra, Enrico Cavatorta was appointed CEO of Corporate Function and Interim CEO of Market (until new and permanent appointment to this role).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Luxottica sets new co-CEO model, Guerra to leave, Cavatorta named CEO Corporate, interim CEO Markets )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= A management shake-up at Luxottica, Ray-Ban maker )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Luxottica announces the implementation of a new governance structure based on a co-CEO model )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luxottica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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