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H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, commonly known by its brand name H&M, is a multinational fashion retailer headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Known for its fast fashion business model, H&M offers affordable [clarification needed] clothing, accessories, and homeware. The company has a significant global presence, operating thousands of stores across ...
Erling Persson (21 January 1917 – 28 October 2002) was the founder of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz). [1] [2] He got the idea following a post-World War II trip to the United States: he was impressed by the country's efficient, high-volume stores.
Expansion continued to Mexico in 1992 and Greece in 1993. In 1994, Inditex opened stores in Belgium and Sweden. [40] By 1997, the company had expanded to Malta, Cyprus, Norway and Israel. [15] In 1998, expansion continued to the UK, Turkey, Argentina, Venezuela, the Middle East and Japan. [15]
The brand is described as "creating contemporary minimalist collections for mid-range prices" [2] for women and men. COS is an abbreviation of “Collection of Style.”
ΕΛ.ΜΕ.ΠΑ.) is a public tertiary education institution in Greece, with headquarters in Heraklion, Crete, and branches in Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos, and Sitia. [ 1 ] The Hellenic Mediterranean University was founded on 25/04/2019. [ 2 ]
Zara was established by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. Their first shop was in central A Coruña, in Galicia, Spain, where the company is still based.They initially called it 'Zorba' after the classic 1964 film Zorba the Greek, but after learning there was a bar with the same name two blocks away, rearranged the letters to read 'Zara'.
The English names Greece and Greek are derived, via the Latin Graecia and Graecus, from the name of the Graeci (Γραικοί, Graikoí; singular Γραικός, Graikós), one of first ancient Greek tribes to settle Magna Graecia in southern Italy.
Bank of Central Greece; Bank of Chios; Bank of Crete (1898) Bank of Crete (1980) Bank of Macedonia-Thrace; Bank Saderat Iran Hellas; Banque de Salonique; Co-operative Bank of Achaia in liquidation, deposits taken over by National Bank of Greece [3] Co-operative Bank of Dodecanese (deposits taken over by Alpha Bank) [4]