BUSINESS: Financial Safilo Releases Preliminary Top-Line Q4 and FY2015 Sales By Staff Monday, February 1, 2016 12:23 AM PADUA, Italy—Safilo Group S.p.A. [SFL.IM] has released their preliminary sales figures for 2015 in a “flash sales update.” The results indicate that Safilo’s fourth quarter sales increased by 2.6 percent at current exchange rates to €319.2 million. As a result, Safilo’s full year 2015 sales equaled €1279.0 million on a preliminary basis, up 8.5 percent, the company said. Worldwide performance of the group’s going forward portfolio, i.e. excluding all brands that the company has stopped or will stop serving, showed a growth in the fourth quarter of 7.4 percent. For the total year, the organic sales performance was up 13 percent.Net sales by geographical area for North America were reported at €127.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, an increase of 8.9 percent over the same quarter in 2014 at €117.3 million. For the full year 2015, sales were €531.3 million, up 19.4 percent over 2014’s €445.1 million. The figures reported were unaudited and the full year and fourth quarter 2015 results will be approved by the board of directors on March 14, 2016.Safilo plans to continue to give flash sales updates of Q4 and full year sales in future years, the company said.