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Luxury Goods: In conclusion
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Luxury Goods: In conclusion
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Luxury Goods
In conclusion
Industry Overview
1Q26 revenues +3.9% cFX, +70bps improvement QoQ 26 May 2026
All the listed luxury companies in our coverage have now reported 1Q26 results. On a Equity
weighted average basis, luxury sector revenues were +3.9% at constant currency, which Europe
was a 70bps improvement from 4Q25, see Exhibit 1. Looking at it a different way, the Luxury Goods
sector generated an additional €2.2bn of revenues (at cFX), of which >90% can be Ashley Wallace >>
attributed to Richemont alone (Exhibit 2). Excluding Richemont, sector revenues were Research Analyst
~1% cFX. Despite 2.5 years of limited sector revenue growth, the industry 7yr revenue Merrill+61 2 9226Lynch5070(Australia)
CAGR is still at 9.4% (1Q19-1Q26), which is broadly in line with industry growth pre- ashley.d.wallace@bofa.com
COVID. Daria Nasledysheva >>
Research Analyst
MLI (UK)
+44 20 7996 1087Jewellery shines. Soft luxury polarisation remains wide
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From a product perspective, jewellery was the standout category during 1Q26. Strength
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was seen at Richemont (Jewellery Maisons +16% cFX), LVMH (Watch & Jewellery +7%) Research Analyst
and Kering (Jewellery +c.20%). Soft luxury revenues grew 1% in 1Q26, in line with 4Q25. MLI (UK)
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There was a 29% spread between the strongest growing brand (Brunello Cucinelli +20% ioanna.ziarti@bofa.com
for retail) and the weakest (Gucci -9% retail). Thierry Cota >>
Geographic performance BofASE (France)
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Americas: clearly stands out as the primary engine of sector growth in 1Q26, +13% at Research Analyst
cFX and the strongest sequential acceleration QoQ (+5ppt), see Exhibit 8. This reflects a MLI (UK)
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