H&M links affordable clothing, fair wages

H&M proves it can do blockbuster holiday ads with the best of them, upping the ante with Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett. Johan Renck (who helmed last year's Alice in Wonderland Christmas spot for Marks & Spencer) directed the ad, which moves seamlessly 

H&M (those fiery red slashing letters hover over every storefront) was founded in Sweden in 1947, but didn't open its first U.S. location, on New York's Fifth Avenue, until the turn of the century. Since then, the company has opened 356 locations

Persson's grandfather Erling Persson founded H&M as a women's clothing store in Sweden in 1947. Today the company has 3,400 stores in 55 markets and employs about 100,000 people. It is known for its bargain-basement prices and attention to trends.

Is H&M turning a blind eye to land grabs in Ethiopia? TV4 does an investigation into H&M's cotton sourcing from Ethiopia and discovers the disturbing truth. The corrupt businessman Sheik Mohammed Al Amoudi the second 

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett have teamed up once again for the clothing store's new holiday ad campaign dubbed “H&M Magical Holidays,” which has them singing “It Don't Mean A Thing (If I Ain't Got That Swing)” from their