Fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB says its third-quarter profit swelled by nearly a quarter thanks to strong sales, particularly in China and Japan, and the popularity of its summer collections.
The Swedish company said Thursday that its net profit in the June to August period was 4.4 billion kronor ($690 million US), 22 per cent higher than the 3.6 billion kronor it made the year before, and it expects earnings to continue to grow. Revenue was 32 billion kronor, up from 28.8 billion kronor a year earlier
H&M's share price was up more than six per cent at 280.30 kronor in early trading on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
CEO Karl-Johan Persson was upbeat about the outlook, describing the August launch of an online store in the U.S. as being "very well received by customers."
He said the company's "offering stands up well in the world's largest online market" and that H&M also had successful openings this year of new stores in Lithuania, Serbia, Chile and Estonia.
During the first three weeks of this month, sales increased eight per cent in local currencies compared with the same period in 2012, the company said. It noted, however, that differences in calendar dates with last year would shave two percentage points off the month's sales growth.
H&M opened 215 new stores worldwide during the past nine months and said it was on target to increase the number of new retail outlets by 10-15 per cent annually, with "continued high profitability."
Founded in 1947, H&M has 2,964 stores worldwide, up from 2,629 a year earlier, including franchises and stores under its other brand names. H&M said it would also continue expanding the groups' other brands — COS, Monki, Weekday, Cheap Monday and Other Stories.
It employs around 100,000 people globally.
H&M was one of several clothing retailers that earlier this year signed onto a plan that would see them fund repairs and safety improvements to the Bangladeshi garment factories that supply their clothes. The pact was prompted by a building collapse at a garment factory that killed more than 1,100 people and focused worldwide attention on hazardous conditions in Bangladesh's garment industry.
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