Christian Dior, Nike and Zara’s parent company Inditex have emerged as top three in Forbes’ Global 2000 List for Apparel Companies – 2017. These companies have been measured on the basis of composite score of revenues, profits, assets, and market value.
A total of 28 companies like Hermes, Prada, and Burberry, alongside legacy players like Coach, Macy’s and Nordstrom were chosen for the top list. Beating its contenders, Christian Dior made it to the top with US $ 43.6 billion in sales, US $ 1.95 billion in profit and US $ 68.3 billion in assets.
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Christian Dior also continues to bring in revenue courtesy of affiliated upscale, luxury brands through LVMH including Dom Pérignon, Veuve Clicquot, Givenchy and De Beers.
With sales of US $ 33.8 billion and profit of US $ 4 billion Nike ranked Number 2 in the list while Inditex grabbed third ranking in the list. It reported sales of US $ 25.7 billion and profit of US $ 3 billion, and assets of US $ 21 billion in 2017.
