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    Optical Center CEO investigated for massive money laundering

    2023-10-30T08:08:00Z

    According to an investigation by Mediapart, a French online news service, Laurent Lévy, CEO and owner of Optical Center, is suspected by the country’s tax authorities of having embezzled approximately €275 million from the group between 2018 and 2022. The executive has reportedly built up a system through which companies ...

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    Luxottica facing €125m penalty from French competition watchdog

    2021-07-23T09:12:00Z

    L’Autorité de la concurrence , the French market competition regulator, sanctioned Luxottica yesterday with a €125 million penalty for anti-competitive behaviors in France between 2005 and 2014. EssilorLuxottica immediately announced that it would appeal the decision, highlighting that the group had always conducted its business according to the ...

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    Optic 2000 supplants Krys in French retailer ranking

    2021-05-18T00:39:00Z

    The results are in for the 12th edition of a ranking called “France’s Favorite Retail Brands” (Enseignes Préférées des Français), based on a survey by e-marketing.fr and EYParthenon of 8,000 French consumers over 18 years of age. Leroy Merlin , a chain of big-box hardware stores, reigns supreme ...