Over the first three months of this year Luxottica reports an increase in sales of 14,9%. Both wholesale and stores did well. Even in Europa the company increased sales with 6%. Emerging markets did better with 36%. Net profit increased with even 27% to 146 million euro for the quarter. Europe is with still 41% of sales the most important market for the Italian optical giant. Emerging markets are already almost as important as North America. Sales of the stores still exceed the sales of the wholesale business but the operating profit of the wholesale increased twice as much as those of the stores in this quarter.
