Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft provided preliminary earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2014. For the period, the company reported unit sales increased by more than 9% to over EUR 1.8 million pairs of glasses (previous year: 1.69 million), while consolidated sales rose by 10% to approximately EUR 305 million (previous year: EUR 277.8 million). Profit before tax is expected to improve by 23% to around EUR 58 million (previous year: EUR 47.1 million).