Luxottica Group S.p.A. saw consolidated fourth quarter sales increase 18.0% to 1.12 billion. Retail sales increased 15.3% to 849.6 million, while comparable store sales increased 4.9%. Total wholesale sales increased 28.5% to 331.3 million. Consolidated operating income increased 39.2% to 145.5 million with an operating margin of 13.0%, which lead to a 43.2% net income jump to 85.6 million. Earnings per share came in at 0.19.
For the full year, consolidated net sales increased 34.3% to 4.3 billion. Retail sales increased 40.5% to 3.30 billion with comparable store sales increasing 5.5%. Wholesale sales increased 19.7% to 1.31 billion. Consolidated net income increased 19.3% to 342.3 million for the year with EPS of 0.76.
