H&M Locations Near You

The company is known worldwide, but many people will still be unaware of these five little facts about this powerhouse value retailing chain:

1. It started selling women’s clothing under the name Hennes (which translates to ‘hers’ in English).
2. Employees sometimes perform a choreographed dance at the opening of a new store as part of a tradition.
3. Customers can donate second-hand clothing in a scheme to help the environment. They can receive a discount on a purchase for doing so.
4. The retailer has stores in 77 different countries.
5. Astonishingly, it has close to 125,000 employees all over the world.

The company predominantly sells clothes and footwear for women, men, and children of all ages and is known for the quality of its products, considering the budget price. Initially, the store focused only on women’s clothing, but that soon changed, allowing it to expand further into the clothing market.

All clothes—from jeans, T-shirts, jackets, shirts, blouses, trousers, jumpers, and underwear—can be found on the store’s shelves. At the same time, they also have a good range of footwear available for purchase. While they make most of their money from their land-based establishments, they also sell their products online to customers in numerous countries worldwide.

In 1947, Erling Persson founded his first shop in Sweden, and trim would he have known then just how big an empire his small business would become. Primarily selling women’s clothing and called Hennes, it wasn’t until 1968, when he bought out a Stockholm hunting store named Mauritz Widforss, that the unisex clothing store Hennes & Mauritz was born.

Over the years, the company expanded all over Europe as its growth boomed. The first store outside of Scandinavia was actually in London. Still, almost every European country now has several branches. America, Asia, and the Middle East are just some regions the retailer has expanded to in recent years.