An Ethnography of a Trendy Clothing Store The fieldwork that I present here took place in and around an H&M store‚ which is a clothing retailer of what is known as “fast fashion”: clothing styles that move directly to the store from the catwalks‚ presenting the trendiest clothes right when they are in fashion. H&M is one of the largest chain of clothing stores in America‚ and also among the most popular‚ especially with younger age groups. My ethnography begins across the street from the store
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Sensitivity and International Human Resource Management Team project Chanel vs H&M Instructor: Tom Chan Submitted by: Avis Jiao & Jay Liang Submitted on: Dec 14th‚ 2012 Chanel vs H&M Chanel and H&M are both famous global companies. They share different market as fashion industrial competitors. Chanel is all about extravagant‚ classic and high class. But when we talk about H&M‚ we would say it’s affordable‚ stylish‚ and middle class. It is so nice to have this
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Background of the Brand H&M Hennes & Mauritz‚ better known as H&M‚ is a worldwide apparel company‚ which sells clothing for women‚ men and children as well as cosmetics and home furnishings. H&M is continually working toward the goal of "giving the customer unbeatable value through the combination of fashion‚ quality and price" and it is no surprise that the corporation is homed in Sweden‚ which is the home of all things affordably trendy or trendily affordable such as IKEA‚ Ericsson
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H&M collaboration for high-fashion experiment-Moira Abstract: Key words: H&M market expansion‚ innovation management‚ strategic alliance‚ branding strategy‚ intellectual property History& Backgrounds H&M is a one of the world’s largest fashion companies which founded by Erling Persson in 1947 in Sweden. The original name of the company is Hennes (in Swedish: for her)‚ selling only woman clothes. After the later acquisition of Mauritz Widforss‚ the Swedish retailer which used to sell men clothes‚
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that H&M employees have. H&M believes that people who are allowed to be themselves do a better job‚ which is why H&M welcomes diversity and personal style. H&M believes in theirs people‚ and always encourage new ideas and initiatives. Over the last five years‚H&M growth created a net job contribution of accumulated 24‚019 full-time equivalent jobs globally. This amounts to an average net creation of more than 4‚800 jobs or 10% per year. Training: In 2010 H&M introduced
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Marketing Plan of H&M 12-11-7 下午2:37 Marketing Plan of H&M H & M CLOTHING INDUSTRY H&M or Hennes and Mauritz AB a very popular retail company located in Sweden this company is highly known to provide stylish clothing for men and women including children and teen- agers. Their success brought them to expand at least in 40 countries located all over the world and as of today they have already employed at least 87‚000 employees around the world. All the designs came from various countries
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Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)‚ AN HRM CASE STUDY (Source: http://ideasthoughts.erruppackal.com/2009/09/hennes-mauritz-hm-an-hrm-casestudy/) This is a case study on H&M‚ from a Strategic Human Resource Management perspective‚ based on publicly available details of H&M‚ which has been analyzed and presented within the context of the perspective. This case study was prepared to meet the requirements of an academic exercise. Contents: INTRODUCTION & COMPANY STRATEGY: HUMAN RESOURCE
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Objectives and Theme Development Report SWOT Analysis of H&M Strengths: • Low priced trendy clothing. • Fast fashion all year round. • Clothing options for the whole family. • 3‚300 stores in 55 countries. ("H&M Worldwide‚" n.d.) • Multiple retail channels such as H&M stores‚ an app and online stores. • Strong marketing skills. • Catchy advertisements. • Collaborations with well-known designers. Weakness: • Lower quality of clothing materials. • H&M does not oversee the production of their garments
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Opportunities H&M contributes to numerous causes that make them a socially conscious company. The clothing producing business has become very environmentally conscious and most importantly‚ price conscious. H&M has committed to having a corporate responsibility to social and economic issues‚ which was the cause of them creating a meticulous sustainability policy. Sustainability describes practices and policies that reduce environmental pollution and do not exploit people or natural resources
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buyers 8 D. Threat of substitute products/services 9 E. Intensity of rivalry among competitor 10 III. Company analysis 11 A. H&M 11 1. H&M Vision‚ Values‚ Goal and Strategy 11 2. H&M’s internationalization process 11 3. H&M’s organizational structure 12 4. H&M’s Global Role 13 B. SWOT Analysis 14 1. H&M in Japan 14 2. ZARA in Japan 17 C. Value Chain Analysis 19 1. Logistics. 19 2. Operation. 20 3. Marketing & sales. 21
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