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Chambray flutter jumpsuit$44.95
Printed babydoll tee$16.95
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Jersey fit & flare dress$29.95
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Solid puffer vest$44.95
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1969 legging jeans$34.95
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Printed babydoll tee$16.95
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T-strap sandals$24.95
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1969 serious stretch floral pull-on legging jeans$39.95
Printed zip hoodie$34.95
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1969 chambray circle skirt$26.95
Biker boots$49.95
1969 denim jacket$39.95
Printed lunch bag$19.95
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Chambray top$26.95
Mini floral pintuck-waist dress$34.95
Floral shirt$26.95
1969 serious stretch destructed super skinny jeans$39.95
T-strap sandals$24.95
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1969 super skinny jeans$34.95
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Dividend
Dividend policy
H&Ms financial goal is to enable the company to continue enjoying good growth and to be prepared to
exploit future business opportunities. It is essential that the companys expansion is able to proceed as in
the past with continued high degree of financial strength and continued freedom of action. Based on this
policy, the Board of Directors has determined that the dividend should equal around half of the profit after
taxes. In addition, the Board may propose the distribution of any surplus liquidity.
Dividend
The Annual General Meeting on April 29 2015, decided according to the Boards and CEOs proposal a
dividend of SEK 9.75 per share to be paid for 2015.
May 4, 2015 was decided as record date. With this record day, Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to pay
the dividend on 7 May 2015.
To be guaranteed dividend payment, the H&M shares must have been purchased no later than 29 April
2015. Ex-dividend day is 30 April 2015.
Global expansion
We are growing with quality, sustainability and high profitability. H&M offers a wide
range of inspiring fashion for everyone, and is growing with new stores the world
over and online. There is room for further expansion for the Group in existing
markets as well as in new countries.
Sustainable growth
Years of success and solid growth have resulted in a strong financial position. This allows us to make the
most of each business opportunity and create potential for continued expansion with focus on quality,
sustainability and continued high profitability.
Before we move into a new country or city an assessment is made of the markets potential. Factors such
as demographic structure, purchasing power, economic growth, infrastructure, political risk, human rights
and environmental sustainability are analysed.
Our stores
Our stores should always be in the best locations for business. By leasing store premises instead of
owning them we remain flexible in a constantly evolving retail landscape, and can make sure we are
represented in the most attractive streets and shopping centres in all our markets.
H&M stores are run by H&M, with the exception of some markets where we collaborate with franchising
partners. Franchising is not part of the general expansion strategy.*
Sustainability is key to the company business and we are working actively to make both existing and new
stores sustainable in the long term. This includes recycling waste, changing to more energy and water
efficient systems and selecting the more environmentally responsible materials, such as certified wood or
recycled materials.
Online expansion
To meet the rapid development of the online market, in particular shopping via smart phones and tablets,
our investments into distance selling continues.
H&Ms shop online is available in 21 markets, including the US. The easily navigated digital store is fully
mobile-adapted and very popular with our customers. Roll-out of shop online to other markets of the H&M
Group will follow.
COS, Monki, Weekday and Cheap Monday offer sales online in 19 markets and COS also offers shopping
online in the US, while & Other Stories is available online in 12 markets.
* Regarding franchise enquiries, please note that franchising is not part of the general expansion strategy of H&M. H&M
stores are run by H&M directly, with the exception of some few markets where we for regulatory reasons collaborate with
franchising partners. We are therefore unfortunately not able to answer any franchise enquiries.
COMPETITORS
The SM Store is a founding retail center where various brands of fashion, footwear, bags,
accessories, toys, gadgets and other types of products can be found.
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Responsible marketing
H&M communicates its business idea of 'fashion and quality at the best price'
through the various advertising campaigns we produce each year throughout the
world. H&Ms marketing has a major impact and it is essential for us to convey a
positive image. H&Ms advertising images do not aim to communicate any specific
ideal, but rather a range of styles and attitudes.
H&Ms advertising campaigns are produced internally at our Head Office in Stockholm, Sweden by the
marketing department in co-operation with creative professionals located in the major fashion hubs of the
world. The campaigns are designed to be clear and simple and aim to inform our customers of what is
new at H&M.
All of the campaigns show the seasons designs and the price of the clothes pictured. The advertisements
that we produce are largely identical in all of our markets, but the media strategy is adapted to local
requirements and conditions.
Each season we strive to feature models with different looks, styles and cultural backgrounds to advertise
our concepts for women, men, teenagers and children.
Models are selected in collaboration between internationally recognised agencies and our own
representatives. As outlined in our advertising policy, the models depicted must portray the current
fashion in a positive and healthy manner. We deliberately take distances from drug and alcohol abuse,
and do not use models that are not portraying H&M in a way that is in accordance with that policy.
the screen prompts them that they have unlocked an achievement. The inapp rewards are powered by Session M.
Users can then tap the message to redeem their points, which prompts a
pop-up sponsored message from H&M to load.
By watching a video, consumers can unlock an additional 20 mPoints, which
is Session Ms currency.
Users can then watch H&Ms Super Bowl spot from this year that features
David Beckham and is directed by Guy Ritchie. The video is one minute and
30 seconds long.
Once the video finishes, a users account is credited and they can view their
points in the Session M reward store.
Alternatively, users can click through on the video to be directed to a
campaign-specific landing page on H&Ms mobile site where they can view
the David Beckham items for themselves.
Mobile retail
This is not the first time that H&M has used mobile to promote its David
Beckham collection.
Last year, the brand ran location-based mobile ads that used Instagram for a
scavenger hunt that encouraged consumers to find statues of David
Beckham in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles and ultimately drive
in-store traffic (see story).
H&M also recently used a mobile app sponsorship to connect with
consumers.
H&M was the launch advertiser on the DailyCandy Scout mobile app.
The app challenged consumers to upload a picture of their best fashion pose.
The winner received a $500 H&M shopping trip.
Additionally, the brand ran in-app banner ads (see story).
In this case, H&M is showing that it is thinking outside the box on mobile.
In-app gaming has been gaining traction for a while now as a tactic for
marketers to reach a group of highly engaged users.
There will be an increase in mobile loyalty and reward programs in the near
term, Mr. Timpson said.
How well these types of programs do will depend a lot on the business
itself, he said.
Loyalty reward programs can be quite effective, but only if the company
presenting these programs becomes sophisticated at customer-centric
marketing. The better the consumer information,and the more tailored the
offers are the more rewards programs will improve the customers desire to
frequent a business. Mobile rewards is another just arrow in marketings
quiver.
December 3, 2013
H&M is pulling double duty in building up both its email and SMS databases
with a new in-store initiative that doles out instant coupons in exchange for
signing up for alerts from the retailer.
The retailer is taking advantage of the increase in foot traffic during the
holidays by placing mobile calls-to-action on print collateral. While most
retailers leverage mobile for either email or SMS initiatives, what is
interesting about H&Ms use of mobile is that it is being used for both.
All in-store collateral should align to a business goal, with a purpose and
context that are both clear and mutually beneficial to the customer and the
marketer, said Tim Miller, CEO of Sumotext, Little Rock, AR.
H&Ms tactic to use SMS to simultaneously collect an email and mobile optin is not only clever and efficient, but actually hits on eight of the top 10
attributes of a successful SMS campaign, he said.
Mr. Miller is not affiliated with H&M. He commented based on his expertise
on the subject.
H&M did not respond to press inquiries.
Mobile sign-ups
H&M is passing out big pieces of marketing collateral in-store that encourage
consumers to sign up for the retailers email newsletters via SMS.
Copy on the ad reads, Text HM to 40679 to redeem a coupon for ten
percent off.
When consumers text in the keyword to the short code, they are sent a
bounce-back message that encourages consumers to reply back with their
email address. This opts consumers into H&Ms email and SMS program.
Opted-in consumers will also receive up to four messages per month.
After the email address is confirmed, consumers are then sent a coupon for
20 percent off.
Limiting the offer to a day is a smart way for H&M to drive quick traffic to a
store with an incentive.
Additionally, leveraging mobile to build both an email and SMS database
points to the growing need for retailers to leverage the medium to marry up
the in-store and online shopping experiences.
The backside of H&Ms collateral explains that H&Ms SMS and email
programs in more detail.
Furthermore, there is a clear call-to-action that prompts consumers to text
in the keyword STOP to 40679 to opt-out of H&Ms SMS program.
For example, Best Buy recently launched a holiday SMS program that keeps
consumers aware of promotions throughout Dec. 31 (see story).
Additionally, Tanger Outlets launched an SMS sweepstakes to give
consumers a chance to win a shopping spree (see story).
Although newer tactics such as push notifications are growing in importance
for marketers, SMS remains to be the channel with the widest reach, which
can be used effectively in reaching consumers with time-specific promotions
and messages.
As more retailers look to build stronger one-on-one relationships with
shoppers, there is a growing focus around leveraging mobile for loyalty
programs in addition to driving sales.
The Yankee Group says that 47 percent of mobile users are interested in
being in a mobile loyalty club, said Jeff Hasen, chief marketing officer
of Mobivity, Phoenix.
Mr. Hasen is not affiliated with H&M. He commented based on his expertise
on the subject.
More important, about the same amount say that they choose to do
business with a merchant by factoring in whether there is a mobile club in
place, he said.
Swedish clothing company H&M launched a mobile marketing campaign on its home turf to promote
its latest collection.
The campaign includes SMS coupons, mobile banner ads placed on major carrier portals and media
sites including Tele2, Telenor and TV4, and a mobile site with click-through slideshows and animated
GIF images of the retailer's latest garments. For the campaign, H&M tapped mobile marketing agency
Mobiento and its sister company Adiento, an ad network, which use mobile ad network MADS'
technology platform.
"We see that the advertising industry is highly localized," said Ashu Mathura, founder/CEO of MADS,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands. "Brands set budgets per region, which are then allocated per country
and then spend by the local country organization within the local media channels.
"Often local agencies provide adaption of global campaigns, or new local campaigns are created," he
said. "What we offer are campaigns that span multiple countries, multiple languages, multiple cultures
and sometimes not even the same brand name.
"Dealing with this landscape and converging is a big challenge for all players."
While H&M's latest mobile marketing campaign was limited to Sweden, Mobiento's reach extends to 27
countries.
Brands such as British Airways and automaker Mini, known for its Mini Cooper, have tapped Mobiento
for similar mobile campaigns.
Hennes & Mauritz AB, operating asH&M, is a Swedish clothing company known for its "fast fashion"
clothes and apparel for women, men, teenagers and children.
H&M has more than 1,600 stores in 34 different countries, including the U.S.
H&M launched its first mobile banner campaign in 2006, becoming one of the first major brands to do
serious mobile marketing. The retailer has continued to use the mobile channel ever since.
The goals of H&M's mobile campaigns are to illustrate and promote its latest seasonal collection of
apparel and to drive membership in the H&M Club, a loyalty rewards program.
Consumers can sign up by entering their mobile number on the site to get SMS alerts and mobile
coupons with special offers driving them into physical retail locations.
For example, a text message might read "Show this coupon in store to get 20 percent off your
purchase." These offers are available only for a limited time, usually for 3 or 4 hours after the
consumer receives the message.
One competition lets consumers pick their favorite H&M outfit. They have to say why they want to win
it, giving the campaign an interactive component.
The mobile campaign was designed to enhance its viral effects by letting consumers send links with
information and images of specific pieces of clothing to friends and family.
The mobile site lets consumers find specific clothes that they like.
The primary target group for H&M's latest mobile campaign is women ages 20 to 40, which fits with
the retailer's general demographic.
There is a separate portal for men, as well. Consumers choose their gender when they enter the
mobile site so they are able to browse the appropriate collection of apparel.
"Ad agency Mobiento has a good number of customers in Scandinavia, and they use our platform, on
behalf of their clients such as Adidas and H&M, to log in to get real-time reports on a campaign's
performance," Mr. Mathura said.
"Customers have ad decks, so the campaign is placed on their site," he said. "Our platform powers a
whole ecosystem around it."
More than 150 of Europe's largest new media publishing houses, including Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy),
Telegraaf Media Group (Netherlands), TV4 (Sweden) and Aftenposten (Norway), are now using the
MADS mobile advertising platform to ad-enable their mobile sites and monetize their traffic.
MADS claims that it gives advertisers and brands the ability to reach more than 60 million European
mobile consumers by using a single international campaign order in the MADS campaign manager.
The MADS mobile advertising network offers inventory that lets advertisers target consumers who visit
the sites and pages of publishers across 16 European countries.
These are Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Turkey,
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Poland, Belgium and Britain.
MADS' technology enables publishers, carriers and advertisers to deploy personalized display or text
ad campaigns across multiple mobile channels with more than 15 different demographic targeting
variables.
These targeting variables include gender, country, city, ZIP code, region, birthday/age, language,
consumer group, customer type, subscription type, subscriber status, phone brand, phone type and
MMS-activated handsets.
While most publisher sites in MADS' network only offer banner, click-to-call and click-to-mobile-site
ads, some have already started offering SMS ads.
"We expect a big growth in those who offer SMS as a further advertising channel in 2009," Mr.
Mathura said.
"We see those already, primarily within one country, because of difficulties with short codes, etcetera,"
Mr. Mathura said. "What we see are campaigns with short codes on billboards, send an SMS and
receive a WAP push link with a microsite about the product -- same with TV ads.
"We also see mobile banners [linked to] campaign sites," he said. "For example, [for our automotive
clients], fourteen days after the user visits the campaign site we send them an SMS for a test drive at
the nearest dealer location.
MADS claims that its platform delivers higher CTR and up to 10 times the ROI compared to traditional
online advertising.
MADS has strategic partnerships with more than 100 publishers and carriers.
In addition to H&M, Adidas, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, Mini, British Airways, Nivea, EA Games, CocaCola, M&Ms, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and MasterCard are among the global brands currently
using MADS technology to reach mobile consumers.
"We've conducted several mobile advertising campaigns with Adiento and MADS this year with
tremendous results," said Cecilia Juhlin, Nordic digital marketing manager at Adidas Sweden, in a
written statement. "Mobile advertising is an innovative and exciting new channel that fits well with our
target communication group.
"Mobile is a great complement to other media and we're able to achieve a high level of engagement
around our brand," she said.
MADS' suite of products includes MADS for Operators, to create, manage and monetize mobile
inventory; MADS for Agencies, to plan, book and optimize campaigns; and MADS for Advertisers, to
track real-time campaign performance analytics and reports.
MADS' goal is to unlock advertising opportunities for brands and create new revenue streams for
carriers and publishers across all mobile channels, including the mobile Internet, SMS push/insert,
MMS push/insert, mobile video, mobile games and applications, idle screen and ring-back tones.
MADS is currently processing more than 300 million ad requests per month and is the mobile
advertising platform for more than 100 operators and publishers across 15 countries.
MADS ad-enabled carriers include Vodafone Romania, Vodafone Hungary, Vodafone New Zealand and
KPN Netherlands.
As for ad agencies, in addition to Mobiento, the HyperFactory uses the MADS platform.
"We're a closed platform, and we want to be the DoubleClick of mobile," Mr. Mathura said. "There are
a number of specific media agencies and ad agencies that work with publishers and carriers to sell
their inventory to advertisers.
"We're now seeing the first examples of mobile campaigns that span multiple countries," he said. "We
support targeting based on the country and language settings of handsets, so clients can upload
banners in different languages and push to microsites in the local language.
"We are contacted quite often because we have a good footprint -- we get lots of requests from
publishers to use our platform."
Hennes & Mauritz (HMB:SS), whose 2,900 H&M clothing stores have helped
make it Europes No. 2 fashion apparel chain, suffered a public-relations black
eye in 2010 when some of its unsold inventory was shredded and left for trash on
a New York City street. These days, H&M executives figure theyve found a way to
use clothing waste to burnish the retailers reputation. A program started in
February encourages consumers to recycle their castoff garments by offering
discounts on yet more clothing purchased at its stores. It will be rolled out at all
H&M stores by year-end and could attract shoppers as the chain struggles to
increase revenue.
By potentially alleviating tight cotton supplies and reducing the piles of old
garments choking landfills, the recycling push may also bolster the companys
image in the wake of factory safety incidents in Bangladesh, where H&M
produces garments. This is a good thing for getting people into their stores, says
Bryan Roberts, an analyst at researcher Kantar Retail. Its often the case that
green initiatives go hand in hand with commercial objectives.
The Stockholm-based retailer collects clothing of any brand and in any condition
in white-and-green boxes in stores. Switzerlands I:Collect buys the garments
and, depending on quality, either resells them or gives them new life in things
such as cleaning cloths and stuffed toys. We dont want clothes to become waste;
we want them to become a resource instead, says H&M sustainability manager
Henrik Lampa. We want to make new commercial fibers out of this, to make
new clothes and textiles.
STORY: H&M Pledges to Make Bangladeshi Factories Safer
For every plastic bag of clothing collected in Sweden, H&M gives the donor a
50 kronor ($7.80) discount on purchases of 300 kronor at its shops. Other
retailers have launched similar campaignsMarks & Spencer (MKS:LN) has a
U.K.-only effort called Shwoppingbut H&M says it will be the first fashion
company to collect garments globally. While H&M does make a profit from the
sale and recycling of unwanted clothes, the vouchers help drive footfall into
stores and encourage purchases, boosting sales, says Kate Ormrod, an analyst at
researcher Verdict in London.
Emma Enebog, sustainability strategist at Myrorna, a chain of secondhand stores
affiliated with the Salvation Army, cautioned that the vouchers may make sense
for H&M, but they limit the programs ecological value. There is a risk that the
benefit to the environment will disappear when the reward is tied to further
purchases, she says.
H&M has posted declining margins due to increases in raw-material costs and
wages in Asia, where it makes the bulk of its products. Sales at stores open at
least 12 months dropped 4 percent and net income fell 11 percent, to
$691.4 million in the three months through May, missing analyst estimates. The
price of cotton has been particularly volatile, rising 13 percent this year after
falling 18 percent in 2012. One of the major challenges is the limited resources
on our planet, says H&M Chief Executive Officer Karl-Johan Persson.
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