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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Helena Helmersson CEO of H&M Group

In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Norges Bank Investment Management

In Good Company, Business, Norges Bank, Nicolai Tangen

4.8186 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Nicolai Tangen talks to Helena Helmersson, CEO of H&M Group, the second largest fashion retailer in the world. Do you know that we only wear our clothes seven times on average? Check this conversation learn more about the fashion industry!


The production team on this episode were PLAN-B’s Martin Oftedal and Olav Haraldsen Roen. Background research were done by Sigurd Brekke with additional input from our portfolio manager Anthony Sleeman.


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0:00.0

Helena, you are one of the most powerful women in the global fashion industry.

0:13.0

You sell billions of products to millions of people.

0:17.0

So if we were to just start with the very basics, what do you wear?

0:22.1

So today I'm wearing an H&M blazer together with an archette polo shirt underneath.

0:31.6

How do you choose your clothes?

0:33.9

So usually, I mean, if you would see my wardrobe, it's obviously a mix of brands, mostly from H&M Group.

0:43.9

I mix what to wear more from my personal style, I guess.

0:48.2

So right now I buy a lot from, I think H&M ladies has done a fabulous job.

0:54.8

And also COS has, with such great confidence, also refined both the brand, but also their

1:01.6

collection to be more, more edgy. So I've bought a lot of that collection.

1:07.4

What are the global trends now in fashion? Well, it's still, after the pandemic, of course, there's some kind of counterreactions

1:16.6

when it comes to more colour. People need colour.

1:20.6

The party will be, you know, true party with a lot of glitter and dresses and so forth, which will be fun. It seems like

1:30.0

people really want to meet, socialize and have fun again. The tailor trend is more relaxed still.

1:38.5

So if you would think blazers, for example, without lining, if you would see trousers,

1:43.4

could, for example, be with drawstring see trousers could for example be with

1:44.7

draw string these type of details but we have a lot of colors together with

1:50.2

neutrals such as pink and green and these kind of stronger colors okay so

1:56.6

we are we are celebrating the end of COVID basically well I think we're

2:00.0

celebrating coming together again.

2:01.6

Yeah.

2:02.6

Well, sounds like I need to visit my wardrobe a bit here.

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