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

  • News

    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 ...

  • ryan john cutout
    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.

  • H&M
    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

  • Estelle and Dita Von Teese are among a list of celebrities to have designed T-Shirts for H&M
    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 ...

  • shields amy cutout
    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.

  • HM square
    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.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    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).

  • Time to negotiate: a
    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.

  • News

    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.

  • Magnus Olsen
    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.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    H&M's May sales soar

    2008-06-18T08:56:49Z

    Swedish fashion group H&M achieved 25 per cent sales growth in May, with like-for-likes up 14 per cent on last year.