Marshall Wace is no longer a public short seller in the apparel company H&M after reducing its short position to below 0.5 percent of the share capital.
There is now only one public short seller in the company. However, a total of 5.33 percent of H&M's capital remains shorted. The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) requires positions exceeding 0.1 percent to be reported, while short positions above 0.5 percent must be made public.
Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) specializes in designing and distributing clothes, accessories and cosmetics for men, women and children. The products are sold primarily under the H&M, H&M Home, COS, Monki, Weekday, Afound, & Other Stories and ARKET brands. Products are manufactured by subcontractors.
At the end of November 2025, products are marketed through a network of 4,101 points of sale located mainly in Sweden (128), the United States (506), Germany (401), the United Kingdom (221), France (188), Italy (150) and the Netherlands (93).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Sweden (3.9%), Germany (15.7%), the United States (12.7%), the United Kingdom (7.2%), France (4.9%), Poland (3.8%), the Netherlands (3.5%), Italy (3.1%), Switzerland (3%), Canada (2.7%) and other (39.5%).
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