All H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) articles – Page 5
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Gallery
In pictures: New stores that brought the wow factor in lockdown year
2020 may be more synonymous with shuttered stores but it did bring us some eye-catching new shops. Retail Week rounds up some of the best to whet your appetite
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News
H&M sales slide as second wave hinders recovery
H&M has reported a decline in sales in the fourth quarter as a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic impeded its recovery.
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Retail Voice
Three retailers winning in discovery commerce
Creating demand through discovery is the only way to cut through the noise and win customer spend in an increasingly crowded ecommerce market.
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Analysis
Digital Fashion 40: The retailers fashioning an online future
The Digital Fashion 40, a new benchmark produced by Retail Week and data analytics specialist The Smart Cube, analysed every aspect of UK fashion retailers’ online performance, including their digital capabilities, website traffic, customer experience and brand sentiment.
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Opinion
‘Alibaba’s $3.6bn splurge cements value of stores in retail’s future’
Alibaba, one of the world’s largest ecommerce players, this week splashed $3.6bn on its latest big-money acquisition.
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Analysis
Recovery 2021: How retailers can emerge stronger in the year ahead
As we race towards the end of the year and strategies for 2021 start to take shape, we take a look at how retailers can make easy wins and face the year ahead with confidence – themes that are central to RWRC’s Recovery 2021 masterclass
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Opinion
‘Whisper it for now, but retail is on the road to recovery’
One would be forgiven for thinking retail was on its proverbial deathbed given some of the media coverage of the past few days.
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News
H&M returns to profit as it looks to emerge ‘stronger’ post-Covid
H&M has reported a profit in its third quarter, as chief executive Helena Helmersson believes “the worst is behind us”.
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News
H&M posts ‘better than expected’ recovery
H&M has announced it expects a return to profit this year, as its finances begin to recover post-Covid.
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News
& Other Stories launches cosmetics vending machine
H&M Group chain & Other Stories has debuted a vending machine in its Paris branch in a bid to drive contactless cosmetics sales.
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Analysis
Black Lives Matter: How retailers including M&S and H&M are targeting diversity
It’s been three months since the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement hit the headlines following George Floyd’s death. With the hashtags now fading, Retail Week looks at what retailers are doing to continue the momentum.
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Analysis
Analysis: Forget fast fashion, is slow fashion the future?
As modern slavery allegations blight the world of fast fashion and the world pauses to think about the impact of consumerism in lockdown, is this the turning point to change the fashion industry for the better?
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News
H&M to shut 170 stores globally this year
H&M will close 170 stores across its stable of brands by the end of this year in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic and its knock-on effect of fashion sales.
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News
H&M sales slip but retailer predicts imminent recovery
H&M reported that its sales slumped during the first half of the year as the effects of the pandemic bit, but predicted that a recovery was on the horizon.
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Analysis
Deep dive: Store closures, DTC and the death of the suit – what next for fashion retail?
No retail category has been hit worse by the coronavirus outbreak than fashion. The pandemic has not only upended supply chains – it has obliterated consumer demand. Retail Week looks at the future for this embattled retail sector.
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News
H&M sales halved during lockdown as retailer eyes reopening recovery
H&M’s sales collapsed by more than a half in the three months to May 31, but they have started to improve during the first two weeks of June as more of its international store estate reopens.
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News
H&M sales plummet between March and May
H&M’s global sales for the second quarter of this year have plummeted amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Analysis
Analysis: H&M’s China sales trend offers fashion retailers coronavirus hope
With almost 4,000 of its 5,065 stores closed worldwide, H&M has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak affecting sales in its 54 markets.
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News
H&M threatens to walk away from leases without post-coronavirus sales revival
Swedish fashion giant H&M has threatened landlords with walking away from store leases if they do not see a return in turnovers to pre-coronavirus levels once the pandemic passes.
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News
Coronavirus: H&M lines up supply chain to produce protective medical equipment
Fast-fashion giant H&M has ramped up its supply chain to produce protective personal equipment for frontline medical staff battling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.