A new global eyewear giant is set to emerge as Italian frames maker Luxottica — home to popular brands Ray-Ban and Oakley — plans to join French lens manufacturer Essilor in an estimated $16 billion ...

This Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 photo shows the logo of the Essilor a French ophthalmic optics company, in Charenton le Pont, east of Paris. Essilor International SA announced Monday Jan.16, 2017 it had ...

Luxottica has mastered the business of making the world's most premium sunglasses. Fundamental facts Since 1961, Luxottica's focus has been on designing, manufacturing, and distributing mid- to ...

MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) - Italy's Luxottica and France's Essilor have agreed a 46 billion euro ($49 billion) merger to create a global eyewear powerhouse with annual revenue of more than 15 billion ...

ROMEROME — Leonardo Del Vecchio, who founded eyewear empire Luxottica in a trailer and turned an everyday object into a global fashion item, becoming one of Italy’s richest men in the process, died on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROME (AP) — Leonardo Del Vecchio, who ...

ROME >> Leonardo Del Vecchio, who founded eyewear empire Luxottica in a trailer and turned an everyday object into a global fashion item, becoming one of Italy’s richest men in the process, died today ...