H&M Group
The Next Step for Retail AI Is Bringing It Into the Store
At NRF’s big show this year, brands and start-ups were looking at ways to translate AI’s powerful analytical capabilities to brick-and-mortar retail.
‘Ethical’ Cotton Is Being Picked by Child Labourers in India, Watchdog Finds
A new report has linked businesses supplying companies including Zara-owner Inditex, H&M Group, Gap Inc. and Amazon to incidents of forced labour and debt bondage on Indian cotton farms.
Creating a Dialogue With Consumers Through Connected Products
Michele Casucci, founder and GM of Certilogo, gathered global executives from the fashion and luxury sectors onsite at BoF VOICES 2024 to discuss how digital product passport technology can support brands in building a dialogue with consumers.
BoF VOICES 2024: Fashion’s Next Moves
Industry insiders including designers Simon Porte Jacquemus and Glenn Martens, H&M CEO Daniel Ervér, e-commerce executives Lauren Santo Domingo and Michael Kliger and more spoke about key challenges and opportunities for their businesses and fashion at large. Meanwhile, McKinsey provided an outlook for 2025.
Exclusive: H&M to Collaborate with Glenn Martens
The buzzy Belgian designer known for his work at Y/Project and Diesel will create a collection for the Swedish fast-fashion giant, CEO Daniel Ervér and Martens revealed at BoF VOICES 2024. The move is part of a wider push to reassert H&M’s fashion credentials.
How to Lower Prices Without Hurting Your Brand
With fashion’s pricing power reaching its limit, brands are grappling with how to cut prices without damaging their reputation or value.
H&M Abandons 2024 Margin Target as Costs Hurt Profit
The retailer said a strong Swedish crown and costs related to shutting down its online fashion outlet Afound hurt profit, and that the cost of markdowns had increased over the quarter.
The Debrief | Fast Fashion Market Disruption With Shein and H&M
BoF Executive Editor Brian Baskin dives into how Shein’s rise has upended the fast fashion industry and explores how H&M is fighting back with BoF correspondents Sarah Kent and Cathleen Chen.
Why H&M and Inditex Are Betting on Lab-Grown Cotton
The fashion giants have invested in Galy, a Boston-based start-up that aims to drastically reduce cotton’s environmental impact.
Mass Retail’s New Favourite Collaborators: Buzzy Men’s Brands
Mass-market retailers and emerging designers connected to streetwear and subcultures around it are teaming up to reach the next generation of menswear consumers.