Hermès Opens New Leather Goods Workshop as Sales Approach $15 Billion

CHARLEVILLE MEZIÈRES, France – Hermès opened its twenty-second French leather goods workshop Friday in the Ardennes region bordering Belgium.

The 5,700 square-metre facility is set to employ some 250 artisans trained at the brand’s leather-working school in nearby Charleville Mézières.

In recent years, Hermès has accelerated the pace at which it opens new workshops and training centres in response to robust demand for its leather goods,…