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The company’s CEO Helena Helmersson said H&M upped sales in multiple markets even as customers reduced their spending behavior. On Thursday, popular fashion retailer H&M saw its shares reach a 16-month high as its Q2 profits exceeded expectations. The multinational clothing company gained 16.74% to reach its highest level since February 2022. At a time when people are spending more on food to survive the increasing cost of living, the retailer managed to surge as it targets...

Swedish multinational clothing-retail company H&M has appointed a new CEO. As a part of a complete board reshuffle, former chief executive Karl-Johan Persson stepped down. The new CEO is Helena Helmersson, who was previously the head of operations. Notably, Helmersson is the first female chief executive officer of the fast-fashion pioneer.Now Karl-Johan Persson will succeed his father, Stefan Persson, as chairman of the supervisory board. The change came after his father Stefan said he...

Swedish fintech firm Klarna has become the undisputed champion in the fintech space. Sources indicate that the gains made his year alone has put the firm light years ahead of its peers and competitors. The e-payments firm has indicated that about 60,000 merchants have been added to its network and that it has created linkages with about 190,000 retail partners in addition to 16 million new users of the service as well.Moreover, it has emerged that the fintech firm is now worth about $5.5...