STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 15, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (Other OTC:HMRZF) (Stockholm:HMb) has signed leases for the first stores in Poland and the Czech Republic. One store in Poland and two in the Czech Republic will open in the spring of 2003.
H&M is planning to open further stores in Poland and the Czech Republic later in the year.
Contact persons: Carl-Henric Enhorning 08-796 54 10 Leif Persson, 08-796 13 00 H&M switchboard 08-796 55 00
Background information about H&M and press photos are available at www.hm.com
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