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...H&M will close more stores than it opens this year, he added....
...Helmersson referred to the “geopolitical challenges” H&M faced in both China and Russia, where it has shut its business after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine....
...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....
...H&M blamed unusually hot weather in September for poor sales as the Swedish fast-fashion retailer reported a big increase in profits....
...Simon Trott, a veteran at Rio who runs its iron ore business, and Peter Cunningham, the company’s chief financial officer, are seen as other contenders for the top job....
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...And resources are indeed scarce, with Nick Cunningham of Agency Partners estimating net debt of $38.9bn....
...High stock levels have long been a problem for H&M, which targets 12-14 per cent of sales for inventory, as it leads to fewer full-price sales....
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...“The duopoly is working”, says Nick Cunningham at Agency Partners a consultancy in London....
...H&M, which lags behind Inditex — the Spanish owner of Zara — in both sales and profitability, launched a SKr2bn cost-cutting programme last year that included 1,500 job losses....
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