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The luxury France-based marque Hermes connected Tuesday had a projected people action suit lodged against it.
The suit centered connected nan brand’s coveted Birkin handbags and took rumor pinch really nan institution allegedly goes astir trading them to customers.
Hermes has been trading Birkin bags since nan '80s. The bags, made of existent leather, tin transportation eye-popping value tags upwards of $10,000, according to reports.
A worker holds displays a 129,000 USD crocodile Hermes Birkin Bag for nan property during a backstage opening for nan caller Hermes shop connected Wall Street successful New York 21 June 2007. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
In nan suit, it leveled allegations against Hermes of breaching a national antitrust rule arsenic good arsenic California antitrust and unfair title laws done its purported "unlawful believe of tying nan acquisition of Defendants’ popular Birkin bags to nan acquisition of different Defendant’s luxury clothing and accessory items."
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FOX Business reached retired to a Hermes representative for remark connected nan suit.
The suit asked nan U.S. District Court for nan Northern District of California to certify it arsenic a people action. It besides wants an injunction against Hermes for allegedly engaging successful further "tying," damages and different relief, according to nan filing.
A logo extracurricular a Hermes International SA luxury clothing boutique successful cardinal Paris, France, connected Monday Feb. 5, 2024. Hermes study yearly results connected Feb. 9. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Two plaintiffs, some of whom unrecorded successful California, brought nan title against nan luxury brand. Both claimed to person had experiences successful which they were told they needed to scatter retired connected different Hermes items to perchance get nan chance to get Birkins, per nan lawsuit.
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It alleged Hermes was "able to usage their income associate’s to instrumentality Defendants’ forbidden tying arrangement" done a compensation building that purportedly involves worker commissions connected non-Birkin merchandise.
The suit besides claimed Hermes was "able to efficaciously summation nan value of Birkin handbags and, thus, nan profits that Defendants gain from Birkin handbags" though allegedly tying income of nan bags to different items.
Fashion Week Guest seen wearing a brownish leather coat, brownish boots and Hermes Birkin picnic container extracurricular Hermes show, during nan Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024/2025 arsenic portion of Paris Fashion Week connected March 2, 2024 successful Paris, France. (Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images / Getty Images)
In 2023, Business of Fashion reported Hermes said it "strictly prohibits immoderate income of definite products arsenic a information to nan acquisition of others."
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On apical of Birkin handbags, nan French marque besides sells a slew of different merchandise, specified arsenic clothing, scarves, shoes, jewelry and belts. It has equestrian origins.
Hermes had a marketplace capitalization of 252.72 cardinal euros arsenic of Wednesday afternoon.
