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Couple standing nearby the biggest Wayfarer- image from google

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Luxottica target 27% rise in 2010 net income

Luxottica Group SpA, owner of the Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses brands, aims to raise net income 27 percent this year after demand in emerging markets and renewed interest in luxury eyewear boosted quarterly sales.
Net income may rise to 400 million euros ($561 million) from 315 million euros in 2009, Milan-based Luxottica said in a statement after trading today. That’s in line with a 400.5 million-euro average estimate of 12 analysts compiled by Bloomberg.
Luxottica, the world’s largest maker of eyewear, returned to earnings growth in the final quarter of 2009 after consumers deferred purchases for almost two years during the recession. The company is “optimistic” for the rest of 2010, Chief Executive Officer Andrea Guerra said in the statement.
Third-quarter net income advanced 35 percent to 101.9 million euros, compared with a 98 million-euro average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Sales in the three months ended Sept. 30 rose 20 percent to 1.46 billion euros.
The Italian company, which makes eyewear under license for Chanel and Prada, said sales in “key emerging markets” rose 26 percent in the quarter, while European revenue advanced 13 percent and U.S.-dollar sales in North America rose 8.5 percent.
Wholesale revenue for luxury brands advanced 18 percent, the second consecutive quarterly gain, Luxottica said. Wholesale revenue in emerging markets, which account for about 13 percent of total wholesale sales for the company, rose more than 20 percent for the fourth straight quarter, with about a 40 percent increase in India and South Korea.
Luxottica, which owns the LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut store brands, said retail-division revenue rose to 946.5 million euros in the third quarter from 793.8 million euros last year.

Coach team with Luxottica on eyewear

ROME—Italian eyewear maker Luxottica Group SpA and U.S. leather accessories brand Coach Inc. Tuesday announced an eyewear partnership expected to add more than $100 million a year in sales.

The move gives Luxottica, the world's largest eyewear maker, further traction in North America and Asia, where Coach is expanding. It also adds a large middle-market label to a portfolio full of high-end brands such as Bulgari SpA and Prada SpA.

"We think there's a lot of opportunity for somewhat accessible luxury today in the global market," said Antonio Miyakawa, executive vice president marketing, creative direction and product at Luxottica.

The multiyear deal, which begins in 2012, signals the end of Coach's existing contract with U.S. producer Marchon. Luxottica offers its own vast retail channel.

It's a good fit as Coach gains access to a global platform to accompany the rollout of its brand, while Luxottica gets a "great add-on to its otherwise very European luxury oriented portfolio," allowing it to avoid the risk of cannibalization, said Erwan Rambourg, an analyst for HSBC in London. He expects Coach to quickly establish itself as one of Luxottica's top five brands, alongside Prada, Chanel and D&G.

Mr. Miyakawa said Luxottica admires Coach's growth in the U.S. and expansion plans in Asia and expected Luxottica to be able to help it grow in Europe, too.

"We're very excited about this partnership, which will combine Coach's distinct design aesthetic with Luxottica's excellent product quality and craftsmanship," Coach Chairman and Chief Executive Lew Frankfort said in a statement.

3D glasses eyewear will be on market

MILAN — Italian eyewear giant Luxottica said on Wednesday it would launch the world's first range of glasses for watching 3D films with prescription lenses through its US brand Oakley later this year.

Oakley "has achieved unparalleled visual clarity while extending the wearer's peripheral viewing angle and providing a truer alignment of 3D images," Luxottica said in a statement.

Luxottica said it has been using the workshops of US industry giant DreamWorks Animation for testing.

The company said "premium editions in the new line will be the first 3D eyewear on Earth with optically correct lenses".

The first pairs of 3D glasses will be available in the United States later this year and will be launched in the rest of the world in 2011.

"We are very proud of this technological breakthrough," Andrea Guerra, chief executive of Luxottica, was quoted as saying.

The market for 3D cinema and television viewing is currently booming.

Fuji Chimera, a Japanese economic research centre, said in a study published in July that the number of televisions on the market equipped with 3D technology would constitute around half of the world total by 2015.