Since 1978 Lucchi operates in the Centergross Area, the greatest wholesale shoppping center in Europe...

More than a century has passed since Giovanni Lucchi manufactured his first shoes pair in Piumazzo (MO). This started the ongoing familiar tradition that lasts since today, involving Lucchi's the third generation. The core business shifted, then, from production to retail and the subsequent growth of the family brought the commercial activity in Bologna during '30s.

Thanks to the dedication of Lucchi's second generation, in the '60s came a new expansion in the wholesale market, in these years the Centergross was founded. This is the true entrepreneurial turning point of the activity, in 1973 Lucchi s.r.l. is amongst the first firms involved in the opening of the Centergross, the greatest wholesale shoppping center in Europe.

Firm's footprint, despite the reached size, is tenaciously loyal to the legacy that passed it's first century of life: since 1989 the third generation of Lucchis, embodied by Mrs. Lucchi Maria Cristina, assisted by her husband Caruso Rino, a tight-knitted loving couple that works together in mutual help, took the lead of the firm.

Since 2008 Mrs. Lucchi is in the Centergross' BOD that manages and cohordinates this reality from 30 years.

The commitment and experience of Lucchi's family is yearly confirmed by the great results of the firm that, at the present time, exports more that 50% of it's turnover, focusing on the man/woman fashion field aimed at retailers and dealing exclusively with unbranded "Made in Italy" products.

In Italy there are three active salesmen and nine employees, from which stand out the figures of Caruso Luca and Dott. Caruso Annalisa, sons of Mrs. Lucchi and husband, they are the true future of the firm in the new millennium. Short-run plans are to launch some "ad hoc" lines of products for the Lucchi shops in Italy.

Moreover the promotion activity continues in different fields, from the biggest Italian trade fair in Milan (Micam), to the develop of the "on-line" sales through this web site.

Despite the century passed, firm's secret is the unity and strenght of the family that shaped Lucchi & C. the way is today.