CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Luxury Goods
World’s Most Productive Companies
Luxury Goods
Luxury Goods companies design and sell premium apparel, leather goods, jewelry, and watches. Productivity rests on brand strength, premium positioning, and tightly controlled, often vertically integrated production and distribution. Scarcity, craftsmanship, and direct-to-consumer retail let the strongest houses sustain high, durable productivity.
2025 was a softer year, with the group near its 2019 baseline. Richemont stood out as a World’s Most Productive Company, reaching 1.11. None of the companies improved on the year, a broad-based decline.
Luxury Goods World's Most Productive Companies
Productivity Snapshot
- Luxury Goods ranks fifth of eight Consumer Products peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 1.01, near its 2019 baseline.
- 0 of 5 companies grew productivity in 2025.
- It is the group’s World’s Most Productive Company: Richemont (1.11).
- The group eased in 2025 but held above its 2019 baseline, with Richemont's hard-luxury portfolio standing out as a World's Most Productive Company.
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