Ailing H&M's CEO plans store closures, markdowns, new format in revamp
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HENNES & Mauritz AB (H&M) is embarking on one of its biggest store-closure programmes as chief executive officer Karl-Johan Persson steps up efforts to right the ailing Swedish clothing chain.
The company plans to shut 170 stores this year, even as it adds a new format called Afound to sell marked-down merchandise.
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