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70 ANNUAL REVIEW 2012
GROUP
HEADCOUNT
As of December 31 2012, Luxottica Group had 70,307 employees of which 64.1% were
dedicated to the retail segment, 10.4% were in the wholesale segment and 25.0% were
in manufacturing activities and logistics. Central Corporate services represent 0.5% of the
Group’s total workforce.
In terms of the geographic distribution, 57.8% of employees are in North America,
13.8% are in Europe and 20.8% are in the Asia-Pacific area. As a result of the Tecnol and
Multiopticas acquisitions, Latin America increased to 6.3% of the Group’s total workforce.
ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
The results achieved in 2012 reflect the Group’s continued efforts in developing distinctive
capabilities and adopting innovative organizational solutions, throughout the entire value
chain.
During 2012 the wholesale division continued its focus on research for “simple and
fast” operational procedures.
Brazil and Asia-Pacific have been, in particular, two areas subject to major organizational
development projects. In Brazil, through the integration of the Tecnol group,
Luxottica is poised to take advantage of its local manufacturing, sales and distribution
platforms in this significant market for the division.
As for Asia-Pacific, organizational investments focused on establishing a shared service
center in Singapore that would support local markets and on strengthening
the sales organizations in relevant countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia,
Thailand and Vietnam that already today offer unique growth opportunities.
WHOLESALE
64%
10%
25%<1%
<1%
58%
21%
6%
1%
14%
2012 employees by business area
Retail 45,036
Wholesale 7,344
Operations 17,588
Corporate 339
Total 70,307
2012 employees by geographic area
Europe 9,707
North America 40,667
Asia-Pacific 14,640
Latin America 4,422
Africa & Middle East 532
Corporate 339
Total 70,307