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LVMH Sees Watch, Jewelry Profits Climb
The luxury goods conglomerate had success with Bulgari and TAG Heuer’s new smartwatch in 2015, though its CEO acknowledged that global economic “uncertainty” remains.
LVMH said Bulgari had an “excellent” year, driven by sales of the Italian’s brands iconic pieces and the new Diva and Lucea collections. A watch from Lucea, a ladies’ line, is pictured here.
Paris-- Luxury goods conglomerate LVMH had success with Bulgari and TAG Heuer’s new smartwatch in 2015, though its CEO acknowledged that global economic “uncertainty” remains.
The company’s watch and jewelry brands, which also include Zenith, Chaumet, Fred and De Beers Diamond Jewellers, recorded an 8 percent increase in sales in organic terms (meaning with comparable structure and exchange rates.)
On a reported basis, sales were up 19 percent.
Bulgari had an “excellent” year, driven in part by the success of its new Diva (jewelry) and Lucea (watches) collections.
TAG Heuer, which is being repositioned under LVMH watch head Jean-Claude Biver, reportedly had “enormous success” with the smartwatch it introduced in November, the Connected.
A month after the watch came out, TAG announced it was pulling the Connected from the Internet because it couldn’t keep up with demand, focusing instead on selling it through brick-and-mortar stores, including its own.
Hublot, meanwhile, recorded “strong growth” and opened a second manufacturing facility in Nyon, Switzerland.
While the wholesale side of LVMH’s watch business seemingly is strong, jewelers who sell its watches remain “cautious” in their purchasing, the luxury conglomerate said; in other words, they are not buying as many watches as they once did.
Watches & Jewelry generated the highest year-over-year increase in profit of any of LVMH’s business group.
Profit from recurring operations for Watches & Jewelry increased from $310.1 million to $473.3 million, a 53 percent jump that was steeper than the increases recorded by the company’s handbag, perfume, and wines and spirits brands.
Total sales for LVMH were up 6 percent on an organic basis and 16 percent in reported terms, increasing from $33.58 billion in 2014 to $39.1 billion in 2015. The United States was among the countries where sales were strong.
Profit from recurring operations rose 16 percent-year-over-year.
Despite the company’s relatively strong 2015 performance, Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault said in a news release that both the economic and geopolitical climates remain “uncertain.”
He also told reporters during a news conference Tuesday at company headquarters in Paris that it is “probably certain” there will be another global economic crisis, Women’s Wear Daily reported.
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