H&M

Swedish multinational clothing-retail company
Organization clothing_store_chain Q188326
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H&M

Summary

H&M is a clothing store chain[1]. H&M ranks in the top 5% of clothing_store_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,072 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • H&M received the Grand Seigneur[3].
  • H&M received the BigBrotherAwards[4].
  • H&M was a member of Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh[5].
  • H&M was a member of Better Cotton Initiative[6].
  • H&M was a member of Ethical Trading Initiative[7].
  • H&M was a member of Partnership for Sustainable Textiles[8].
  • H&M is in the country of Sweden[9].
  • H&M's image is recorded as Harlem - H&M.jpg[10].
  • H&M's instance of is recorded as clothing store chain[11].
  • H&M's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar[12].
  • H&M's instance of is recorded as fashion label[13].
  • H&M's instance of is recorded as business[14].
  • H&M's instance of is recorded as public company[15].
  • H&M's founder is recorded as Erling Persson[16].
  • H&M's owned by is recorded as Ramsbury Invest[17].
  • H&M's owned by is recorded as Ramsbury Invest[18].
  • H&M's logo image is recorded as H&M-Logo.svg[19].
  • H&M's headquarters location is recorded as Stockholm[20].
  • H&M's chief executive officer is recorded as Karl-Johan Persson[21].
  • H&M's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123314684[22].
  • H&M's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143528118[23].
  • H&M's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2002109254[24].
  • H&M's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 155480594[25].
  • H&M's IdRef ID is recorded as 16867727X[26].
  • H&M's child organization or unit is recorded as H & M Hennes & Mauritz GBC[27].

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Founding

H&M's founder is recorded as Erling Persson[16]. +1947-10-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of H&M[28]. H&M's location of formation is recorded as Västerås[29].

Identity

H&M's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB'}[30].

Leadership

H&M's chief executive officer is recorded as Karl-Johan Persson[21]. H&M's director / manager is recorded as Karl-Johan Persson[31].

Operations

H&M's headquarters location is recorded as Stockholm[20]. H&M's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ramsbury Invest[32]. Subsidiaries include H & M Hennes & Mauritz GBC[27], a business[33], in Sweden[34], headquartered in Stockholm[35]; Fabric Scandinavien[36], a business[37], in Sweden[38]; H & M Hennes & Mauritz CZ[39], a business[40], in Czech Republic[41], founded in 2003[42], headquartered in Prague[43]; & Other Stories[44], a clothing store chain[45], in Sweden[46], founded in 2010[47], headquartered in Stockholm[48]; Collection of Style[49], a clothing store chain[50], founded in 2007[51]; and Arket[52], an enterprise[53], in Sweden[54], founded in 2017[55], headquartered in Stockholm[56].

Industry

Industries include retail[57] and fast fashion[58].

Ownership

Owners include Ramsbury Invest[17], a business[59], in Sweden[60], headquartered in Stockholm[61]. H&M's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq Stockholm AB[62]. H&M's product or material produced is recorded as clothing[63].

Recognition

Awards received include Grand Seigneur[3], a fashion award[64], in Netherlands[65], founded in 1984[66] and BigBrotherAwards[4].

Why It Matters

H&M ranks in the top 5% of clothing_store_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,072 views/month).[2] H&M has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] H&M is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]

FAQs

What awards did H&M receive?

Honors received include Grand Seigneur[3] and BigBrotherAwards[4].

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