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66 ANNUAL REVIEW 2011
GROUP
HEADCOUNT
The Luxottica Group had 65,611 employees as of December 31, 2011, of whom 66.7 per-
cent were in the Retail Division, 11.7 percent were in the Wholesale Division and 21.2 per-
cent were in Operations. Central corporate services represent 0.4 percent of the Group’s
total workforce. In terms of geographical distribution, North America has 59.1 percent of
the total workforce, Europe 15.1 percent, Asia-Pacific 20.5 percent, Latin America 4.3 per-
cent and the rest of the world 1.0 percent.
ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
The results achieved in 2011 reflect Luxottica’s continued deep commitment to developing
distinctive capabilities and to adopting innovative organizational solutions throughout the
value chain.
The sun and optical retail sales networks saw further global expansion during 2011. The
Group focused on developing the store networks in South and Central America and to in-
tegrating them into the Group’s distribution platforms. As for the optical retail network, the
acquisition of Multiopticas Internacional, a significant player in Chile,฀Colombia,฀
Ecuador฀and฀Peru, was finalized in the first half of 2011, and teams started to
work immediately to identify operational synergies between the countries and to develop
local manufacturing capacity for ophthalmic lenses.
As for the Sun Retail business, Latin America also saw Luxottica acquire two major local
chains in Mexico which have been swiftly rebranded into Sunglass Hut and integrated
into the general retail distribution organization. This acquisition, along with the opening
of stores in Brazil, represent the Company’s first steps to grow the Sunglass Hut brand by
establishing a wide presence in this region which the Company believes has significant
potential.
RETAIL
HUMAN RESOURCES
BY SEGMENT
› RETAIL
› WHOLESALE
› OPERATIONS
› CORPORATE SERVICES (< 1%)
HUMAN RESOURCES
BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
› NORTH AMERICA › LATIN AMERICA
› ASIA-PACIFIC › MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH AFRICA
› EUROPE › CORPORATE SERVICES (< 1%)
59%
21%
4% 1% 15%
67%
12%
21%