Australia's Best Magazine, Published By Bean Media Group, Selects Luxottica for Exclusive Editorial Feature

The fast-growing and much-impressive business magazine, Australia's Best, has confirmed the inclusion of Luxottica in Australia's Best Retail Magazine, published November 2008.

Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) November 26, 2008 -- The fast-growing and much-impressive business magazine, Australia's Best, has confirmed the inclusion of Luxottica in Australia's Best Retail Magazine, published November 2008. Luxottica Group is the world's leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of prescription frames and sunglasses in the premium and luxury segments.

The company is a global leader in eyewear, with nearly 5,800 optical and sun glasses retail stores in North America, Asia-Pacific, China and Europe. Its strong brand portfolio includes Ray-Ban, the world's best selling sun and prescription eyewear brand, in addition to other house brands Vogue Eyewear, Persol, Arnette, REVO and most recently Oakley. Luxottica also has an unrivalled portfolio of 19 licensed brands, which include Bvlgari, Burberry, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Prada, Versace and Tiffany & Co.

The Group's products are designed and manufactured in six Italy-based high-quality manufacturing plants and also in the only two China-based plants wholly-owned by a premium eyewear manufacturer. All significant components of the eyewear production and distribution process, such as design, prototype manufacturing, product development, production of moulds and individual parts of the frames and the production of crystal and polycarbonate lenses for sunglasses, are managed internally.

Luxottica's wholesale distribution network covers 130 countries, with direct operations in the world's 38 most important eyewear markets.

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