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Cos plans return to NYFW for AW24 show

H&M-owned Cos is set to make its return to the New York Fashion Week (NYFW) runway where it will unveil its autumn/winter 2024 mainline and Atelier collections. Set to take place September 1, the show continues on from the brand’s initial participation in NYFW in 2022, when it debuted as part of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s...

Business

Ellen MacArthur Foundation and leading brands start The Fashion ReModel to pursue a circular approach

How to make money in fashion without making new clothes? That is ultimately the question that needs to be solved by the industry in view of the current take-make-waste models that churn out 100 billion (!) pieces of new clothing each year only to be discarded after a few wears. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has announced a new initiative called...

Fashion

Cos to show SS24 collection in Rome

London-based fashion brand Cos will present its spring/summer 2024 collections with a catwalk show in Rome, Italy, later this month. The showcase will take place on March 26 at 3pm CET, with Cos adding that it will focus on “craftsmanship and enduring design,” and include the brand’s latest Atelier capsule and mainline collection. Cos didn’t...

Fashion |In Pictures

Cos teams up with Nativa on regenerative wool capsule

Premium high street retailer Cos has partnered with Merino wool specialist Nativa on a limited-edition capsule collection championing regenerative farming practices “that aim to nurture positive change”. In a statement, Cos said that the 8-piece regenerative wool capsule is part of its ongoing commitment to “traceability and transparency” and...

Business

Cos partners with Visa and United Repair Centre on circular initiative

Fashion retailer Cos has become one of the first partners of Visa’s new Recommerce Behavioural Insights Lab, an initiative running experiments to understand how consumers can be helped in engaging with a more circular economy. The financial services firm hopes to partner with leading brands on the cause in order to aid in bridging the gap...

Business

H&M reports flat Q2 sales

Net sales at H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB increased by 6 percent to 57,616 million Swedish krona in the second quarter, compared with the corresponding period last year. In local currencies, the company said in a release, net sales were flattish compared with last year. The company added that sales in the second quarter were affected by...

Business

H&M posts sales increase of 12 percent

Net sales at H&M Group increased by 12 percent to 54,872 million Swedish krona in the first quarter, compared with the corresponding period last year. In local currencies, the company said, net sales increased by 3 percent. Excluding Russia, Belarus and Ukraine the increase was 16 percent in Swedish krona and 7 percent in local currencies. The...

Fashion |In Pictures

Cos unveils collaboration with Reece Yeboah

Cos is teaming up with London-based emerging designer Reece Yeboah to launch a limited-edition capsule collection on February 1. Entitled ‘Metamorphosis,’ the collection represents the evolution of his namesake brand Yeboah, experiences from his formative years spent in Ghana, and the drive to make his mark on the world. The result is more than...

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H&M sales rise exceeds analysts' expectations

Swedish fashion giant H&M beat analysts’ sales expectations in the fourth quarter of the year. Net sales in the three months to November 30 increased 10 percent to 62.4 billion Swedish Krona (5.7 billion euros). That growth was slightly higher than the 9.5 percent sales increase analysts had expected, according to analysts polled by Refinitiv....

Retail

Cos to enter Mexico with first flagship

Cos is set to make its entry into Mexico as it prepares to open its first flagship store in the country during summer 2023. The H&M-owned brand will be opening the store in Mexico City as part of a wider expansion strategy to scale the business globally and attract customers in new markets, the company said in a release. The 486 square metre...

Retail

Cos opens Stockholm flagship, its first new concept store in Europe

London-based brand Cos has opened the first store in Europe to feature its new “more sustainable” concept design. Located in Biblioteksgatan, Stockholm, the two-story store spans 566 square metres and features 66 percent more recycled material than the original Cos store design, the brand said. Lloyd Goldby, the global head of growth at Cos,...

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H&M's Q3 results hit by Russia exit

The H&M group’s net sales in the third quarter increased by 3 percent to 57,450 million Swedish krona and in local currencies, net sales decreased by 4 percent. In the current quarter, the company said in a statement, the autumn collections have been well received and sales increased by 7 percent in local currencies in the period. The company...