Hermes

The company’s leather-goods plants are all in France and typically employ about 260 artisans

The plaintiffs’ lawyer said that Hermes’ sales practices amount to “quintessential anticompetitive conduct”

In the Americas region, mainly the US, sales have risen by 12.1%

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The Silky Way exhibition tells the stories behind the French brand’s famous carre designs

The first one, which has Birkin’s JB initials on the flap and, unlike its descendants, has a strap that cannot be removed, was bought by a private Japanese buyer over the phone, Sotheby’s says

Premium-goods consumers – typically professionals in urban centres or younger generations in rising cities – are tightening their belts

The company is keeping a tight grip on output levels with production increases of 6 to 7% each year