スペインでは0.4％ダウンして、H＆Mの売上高は、消費の落ち込みによる圧迫
H&M reduce sus ventas en España un 0,4% lastrado por la caída del consumo
El descenso de la facturación se agravó en el cuarto trimestre con un recorte del 5,7%
Pese a los resultados de la filial española, el grupo gana un 6,6% más en 2012
Ultima su desembarco en Sudamérica en la primera mitad de 2013
EP ESTOCOLMO 30 ENE 2013 - 10:18 CET
H & M sales down 0.4% in Spain weighed down by the fall in consumption
The decline in turnover worsened in the fourth quarter with a cut of 5.7%
Despite the results of the Spanish subsidiary, the group earns 6.6% more in 2012
Last landing in South America in the first half of 2013
STOCKHOLM EP 30 ENE 2013 - 10:18 CET
The textile company Swedish Hennes & Mauritz (H & M) posted a net profit of 16.867 million Swedish kronor (1,963 million euros) at the end of fiscal 2012, which ended Nov. 30, which represents an increase of 6, 6% on the previous year, the company said. However, when comparing quarterly earnings fell by 1.3% to 5.287 million kronor (615 million euros). With these results, the group exceeds the bad situation facing the southern European countries like Spain, where sales fell over the past year.
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The Swedish textile company Inditex chief rival sales in Spain fell by 0.4% in the full year 2012 compared to 2011, with 675 million euros. In addition, we also saw the rate of decline accelerated in the fourth quarter tended to be worse in the Spanish economy and, in particular, consumption and trade. In this period, its turnover reached 168 million euros, 5.7% below the figure for the same period last year. At the close of its fiscal year 2012, the Swedish multinational had a total of 146 stores in Spain, having opened 16 new stores and closed two.
For the rest of the world, opening the last group in Santiago de Chile in the first half of 2013 will be its first store in Latin America. During the past fiscal year, H & M opened a total of 339 stores and closed 35, bringing the total stores worldwide group 2,776 outlets. Most of the new openings of the Group took place in China and the U.S. as well as in Russia, Italy, Poland, France, Spain and the UK.
More than 100,000 workers
During the year 2012, the Swedish company landed in five new markets and generated more than 10,000 new jobs, bringing the worldwide staff of H & M over 100,000 workers. The turnover of the second largest European airline sector after the Spanish Inditex, reached 140.948 million Swiss francs (16.389 million euros), up 9.4%, while in comparable terms increased 1%.
"The strong rate of growth is maintained in 2013 with the planned opening of 325 net new stores, which is in fact the opening of a virtual store every day," said the CEO of H & M, Karl-Johan Persson, who said the main focus of the company's expansion will again be China and the U.S., while the company will land in five new countries: Chile, Estonia, Lithuania, Serbia and Indonesia.
In fact, the opening of a store in Santiago de Chile, scheduled for the first half of fiscal 2013, will the entry of H & M in the South American market.
