All H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) articles – Page 27

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    Opinion

    Croydon: still a good bet… for some

    2009-06-01T09:41:00Z

    Saturday in Croydon, always a busy time and a couple of days ago proved no exception. By 9.30am, the central car parks were almost full and North End, the main pedestrianised drag providing access to the town’s shopping centres, was rammed. And yet many of the shops were not.

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    H&M had successful April trading

    2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

    H&M had a strong April, when like-for-like sales climbed 8 per cent and total sales soared 18 per cent.The performance ended eight months of successive like-for-like falls for the fashion giant. Analysts believe H&M was helped by warm weather in its most important markets, such as Germany.A collaboration with UK ...

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    Opinion

    In praise of visual merchandising

    2009-05-18T10:53:00Z

    Retailers may well have suffered the worst six months in recent memory, but that has merely made the top players raise the visual merchandising bar yet again.

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    News

    H&M celebrates sales turnaround

    2009-05-15T09:33:00Z

    International fashion giant H&M has posted recession-busting like-for-like growth of 8 per cent for April, when total sales climbed 19 per cent.

  • Opinion

    What hope for a swift recovery?

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    The current recession is like no other, says John Richards, retail consultant

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    News

    H&M in tie-up with celebrities to launch t-shirt range for AIDS projects

    2009-05-07T10:06:00Z

    H&M is teaming up with celebrities to design a special range of t-shirts to raise money and awareness of HIV and AIDS.Musicians including Estelle, Katy Perry and Cyndi Lauper are among a raft of well known names collaborating with H&M designers to launch the range at the end of this ...

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    Opinion

    New Look looking to the future

    2009-04-30T13:45:00Z

    New Look last night opened its doors to a baying fashion pack and gave them a taster of where the retailer is headed.

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    News

    H&M has another hit with new Matthew Williamson range

    2009-04-23T16:42:00Z

    H&M has had another strong response to its latest designer collaboration, Matthew Williamson for H&M.

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    H&M sales rise as new Matthew Williamson range readies for launch

    2009-04-15T09:59:00Z

    Sales at Swedish fashion giant H&M rose 6 per cent in March compared with last year as the retailer unveiled details of its latest designer collaboration with UK designer Matthew Williamson.Next Thursday the range will launch in 200 H&M stores worldwide including 11of its UK stores and one of its ...

  • News

    H&M sales beat expectations

    2009-02-16T08:21:02Z

    Fashion group H&M has reported a stronger than expected January, when same-store sales fell 1 per cent.

  • News

    H&M names Persson new chief executive

    2009-02-11T08:40:03Z

    Fashion group H&M has appointed Karl-Johan Persson as successor to chief executive Rolf Eriksen, who will retire this year.

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    H&M takes axe to plans for divided store roll-out

    2009-02-05T13:00:00Z

    Swedish retailer H&M will not expand its standalone Divided fascia because of doubts over whether it works well as a separate concept.

  • News

    H&M profits and sales soar

    2009-01-29T10:14:14Z

    H&M profits soared 11 per cent in the year to November 30 hitting SEK21.19bn ( 1.85bn).

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    News

    Raft of retailers snap up 300 Woolworths stores

    2009-01-16T02:00:00Z

    Grocers, value retailers and fashion players are among those that have agreed deals to take on Woolworths stores.

  • News

    H&M reports like-for-like sales decline

    2008-12-15T09:24:07Z

    Swedish fashion outfit H&M reported a like-for-like sales fall of 4 per cent in November as the downturn continues to hit the high street.

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    Shoppers rush for exclusive H&M designer collection

    2008-11-14T09:30:10Z

    Shoppers queued from 6am yesterday to get their hands on the exclusive Comme Des Gar ons collection at H&M’s flagship London stores.

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    Analysis

    H&M’s Magnus Olsson: Swede success

    2008-10-30T17:36:00Z

    H&M has transformed the UK fashion market. In a rare interview, UK boss Magnus Olsson tells Lisa Berwin the secret of its success and why the downturn could be an opportunity.

  • News

    H&M misses profit expectations

    2008-09-30T10:07:14Z

    H&M has unveiled a lower-than-expected pretax profit and gross margin performance as it is hit by the retail downturn.

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    H&M sales soar

    2008-08-15T09:36:44Z

    Value fashion retailer H&M has posted a year-on-year sales increase of 15 per cent for July.

  • News

    H&M picks finance chief

    2008-08-06T09:51:39Z

    Swedish fashion giant H&M has promoted Jyrki Tervonen to chief financing officer.