Wednesday, June 22, 2016

H&M to Open New Store at Downtown Silver Spring


From our friends at H&M...

H&M at Downtown Silver Spring Gets an Exciting New Look

Grand reopening on Thursday, June 23rd

H&M, Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), one of the world’s largest fashion retailers, known for offering fashion-forward apparel and quality basics in a sustainable way, is excited to announce the grand reopening of its Downtown Silver Spring location on Thursday, June 23rd at noon.

The newly renovated H&M at Downtown Silver Spring will give shoppers in the Silver Spring area access to the latest trends at the best prices. The location will offer collections for ladies, men, young ladies, and young men with separate “store within a store” sections for accessories, lingerie, sport apparel, maternity, and its plus sized line, HM+. The Downtown Silver Spring location will also carry H&M’s children’s collection for newborns to fourteen year olds.

By opening new stores across the country H&M adds jobs to the local economy. The retailer is proud to currently employ approximately 40 people at the store at Downtown Silver Spring. In 2015, H&M was ranked number 21 on Interbrand’s list of 100 Best Global Brands and was selected by Great Place to Work as a top 25 Best Multinational Workplace. For available job opportunities, please visit career.hm.com.

H&M is the first fashion company to roll out a global garment recycling program. Through this initiative, H&M customers at Downtown Silver Spring can help save natural resources and contribute to a reduced environmental impact by donating unwanted pieces of clothing from any brand while in the store. Customers will receive a voucher for 15% off their entire next purchase for each bag of donated clothing.

To kick off the recycling program on reopening day, customers who bring garments to be recycled before the store opens at noon will also have the chance to win H&M gift cards valued between $50 and $250 in addition to receiving the 15% voucher. Since 2013, approximately 68.6 million lbs. of garments have been collected globally. H&M was selected in 2015 as a U.S. EPA Green Power Leadership Award winner and placed 20th on the 2016 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index.

In celebration of the reopening, H&M at Downtown Silver Spring will offer 20% off any purchase of $60 or more from Thursday to Sunday!

H&M was established in Sweden in 1947. Today there are 423 stores in the U.S. and approximately 3,700 H&M stores in 62 markets worldwide.