Oakley, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of optics products. Its products include sunglasses, prescription eyewear, goggles, and electronically enabled eyewear. The company provides ophthalmic frame collections for men and women, as well as offers corrective sun lenses and optical laboratory services; goggles for use by snow, motor sports, and water sports enthusiasts, as well as for protective football face shields and hockey visors; and electronically enabled eyewear that incorporates digital music playback capability and Bluetooth wireless technology. It offers its eyewear products primarily under ‘Oakley’ brand, as well as under ‘Dragon’, ‘Eye Safety Systems’, ‘Fox’, ‘Mosley Tribes’, ‘Oliver Peoples’, and ‘Paul Smith Spectacles’ brands. In addition, the company offers men’s and women’s apparel, including styles designed for surf, snow golf, outdoor, motor sport, mountain bike, and other athletic lifestyles; a line of premium watches; and footwear and accessories products primarily under the ‘Oakley’ brand. It sells its products through independent distributors and licensees in more than 100 countries, as well as through Internet. The company also markets its products through retail locations, including optical stores, sunglass retailers, department stores, sporting goods stores, and specialty sports stores in the United States, as well as through subsidiaries in Australia, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. As of December 31, 2006, it operated 223 Oakley, Sunglass Icon, Oliver Peoples, and OSA retail stores. Oakley, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California. As of November 14, 2007, Oakley Inc. is a subsidiary of Luxottica Group SpA (CM:LUX).