So in 1961, he moved to Agordo in the province of Belluno, which is home to most of the Italian eyewear industry. ĭel Vecchio began his career as the apprentice to a tool and diemaker in Milan, but decided to turn his metalworking skills to making spectacle parts. Leonardo Del Vecchio started the company in 1961, in Agordo north of Belluno, Veneto today the company is headquartered in Milan, Italy. On 1 October 2018, the new holding company EssilorLuxottica was born, resulting in combined market capitalization of approximately $70 billion. In March 2018, the European Commission unconditionally approved the merger of Essilor and Luxottica. The combined entity would command more than one quarter of global value sales of eyewear. In January 2017, Luxottica announced a merger with Essilor. Luxottica also makes sunglasses and prescription frames for designer brands such as Chanel, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Michael Kors, Coach, Miu Miu and Tory Burch. Luxottica's market power has allowed it to charge price markups of 1000%. The Italian conglomerate further owns and manufactures Costa, Ray-Ban, Persol, Oliver Peoples and Oakley.
It also owns EyeMed, one of the largest vision health insurance providers. It designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails its eyewear brands through companies that it owns such as LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, and. Luxottica is a vertically integrated company and has been frequently described as a monopoly. is an Milan-based eyewear conglomerate and the world's largest eyewear company. Ray-Ban, Essilor, Persol, Oakley, LensCrafters, OPSM, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglasshut, Eyemed, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical,, Onesight, Target Optical
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