H&M in the world’s second-largest clothing retailer, It has 2,500 stores worldwide, operating in 44 countries. It sells about 550 million item of clothing per year.
Between 2006 and 2012, H&M share price has increased by more than a third, well ahead of the local Stockholm market index.
Sales to have increased by third and total operating profits after tax in this period has been nearly SEK98billion (€11 billion). H&M’s return on capital employed for year-end 2011 is 47.1 percent.