Hermès opens its 27th leather goods workshop in response to ever-increasing demand

Despite a threatening luxury slowdown impacting major fashion houses in France and beyond, Hermès continues to thrive. With record numbers and impressive sales that have increased by 8.5% to reach €4.1 billion in 2024, the prestigious House has decided to open its 27th leather goods workshop, once again in France, its homeland. A new project expected to be completed by 2028 and located "in Colombelles, with the support of the Caen-la-Mer Urban Community, Normandie Aménagement and the Colombelles Town Hall,” the group says, aligning with the three recent leather goods projects currently being developed by the French House, in L'Isle d'Espagnac (Charente), Loupes (Gironde), and Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes).

After the Walmart Birkin story last January, which did not amuse the French House and somewhat threatened its prestige and reputation, Hermès now appears stronger than ever, both in clothing and handbags, with its leather goods and saddlery sales jumping by 16.4%, reaching €6.46 billion last year. Figures that clearly justify the opening of another leather workshop, once again rigorously based in France, offering high-quality products that are above all certified made-in-France. Products that, of course, do not create themselves, let alone on a production line, but are made by the skilled hands of 260 artisans who will join the ranks of Hermès for this new opening, ultimately creating a significant number of jobs "to support the success of its leather goods and saddlery collections," the House explains.