H&M all set for India play; to file application soon

Budget fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz said on Tuesday it was preparing to apply to enter India, which last year fully opened up single-brand retail to foreign firms.

FP Archives|Dec 20, 2014, 17:03:47 IST

Budget fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz said on Tuesday it was preparing to apply to enter India, after government last year fully opened up single-brand retail to foreign firms.

H&M spokeswoman Kristina Stenvinkel said Chief Executive Karl-Johan Persson was in India and would on Tuesday meet Trade Minister Anand Sharma.

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"We have, as we have said before, looked at India for a while, but there have been certain limitations," Stenvinkel said.

"We will now present H&M and our plans for India. We are interested in opening stores there. What we are doing now is preparing to apply to start a wholly-owned subsidiary."

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