H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) is a Swedish multinational retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing for men, women, teenagers and children. H&M exists in 43 countries and as of 2011 employed around 94,000 people.[2] It had 2,325 stores at end of 2011 and 2,629 stores at end of August 2012.[3] It is ranked the second largest global clothing retailer, just behind Spain-based Inditex (parent company of ZARA), and leads over third largest global clothing retailer, United States based GAP Inc.
The Global Citizen Festival is an annual music festival bringing top artists and 60,000 change makers together on the Great Lawn of Central Park each September to urge our leaders and fellow citizens to do more to help end extreme poverty. This advocacy concert celebrates the progress already made in fighting extreme poverty, secure financial commitments for tackling extreme poverty and disease, and mobilize thousands of ambassadors for change.