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...Vandevelde, 73, is presently a director at the company and will replace chief executive Fabien Simon at the start of April on an interim basis and lead a search for a new CEO....
...H&M has appointed Daniel Ervér as new chief executive of the group, succeeding Helena Helmersson. Ervér has been with H&M for 18 years, most recently as the head of the H&M brand....
...H&M’s operating margin was 3.9 per cent in the first quarter, more than double what it was a year earlier....
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...Daniel is a competent, experienced and respected leader and has the qualities needed to continue to develop the H&M group,” said Karl-Johan Persson, H&M’s chair and a former chief executive....
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...The S&P 500 rose 1 per cent as US stocks and Treasuries rallied after US Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell said it was unlikely the Federal Reserve’s next policy move would be an interest rate increase....
...Over the same period shares in fast fashion rival H&M, which previously reported a drop in December and January sales, are up less than 6 per cent....
...H&M, which trades on a forward price earnings multiple of 15.9 times compared to Inditex on 22.1 times, is slower than rivals to respond to trends....
...The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both closed down 0.3 per cent....
...The S&P 500 ended 1.6 per cent lower on Tuesday for its biggest one-day drop since the end of January, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 2 per cent....
...H&M blamed unusually hot weather in September for poor sales as the Swedish fast-fashion retailer reported a big increase in profits....
...But their reaction on Wednesday to the Fed’s announcement was far from disappointment, with a sharp rise in equities feeding a rally that has added 27 per cent to the S&P 500 since October....
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...The time is most widely remembered for the gruesome religious riots of 2002, in which more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in what has been called a pogrom....
...Bickerstaffe joined M&S as a non-executive director in 2018 and moved into an executive role in 2020 before becoming co-chief operating officer in 2021. She is the first female boss in M&S’s history....
...The announcement comes after more than 9,200 M&S employees were told last month they were set to receive bumper share payouts, thanks to a share save scheme, as the retailer’s turnaround continued....
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