BRITS are solely simply realising what H&M stands for – and it’s blowing their minds.
The Swedish retailer has been a staple of UK excessive streets since opening its doorways in Britain in 1976.
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Nonetheless, practically 50 years later Brits have been left scratching their heads at its identify.
When H&M was first based in Sweden in 1947 the store solely offered ladies’s clothes.
Due to this, the store was initially known as Hennes, which is Swedish for “hers”.
It wasn’t till 1968 when the enterprise took over a searching store known as Mauritz Widforss and began promoting menswear.
It was then that they determined to vary the identify to Hennes and Mauritz, or H&M for brief.
Twitter customers instructed of their shock after studying what the letters stand for.
One wrote: “I used to be in the present day years outdated after I discovered H&M stands for Hennes and Mauritz.”
One other added: “Additionally H&M stands for Hennes och Mauritz and ‘hennes’ means ‘hers’.
“Lastly my Swedish has turn out to be useful.”
A 3rd stated: “Why does H&M electronic mail me from “Hennes and Mauritz”?
“I do know that’s their identify however I all the time get so confused after I see that in my inbox.”
