H&M temporarily closes nearly 100 US stores amid George Floyd protests and looting
Police officers stand in front of the broken glass windows at the looted H&M Man store at the corner of Clarendon Street in Boston on June 1, 2020.H&M said Tuesday that it has temporarily closed 95 of its stores in the US because of protests and lootings following the death of George Floyd.In a statement, the company said it was committed to taking tangible steps to challenge racism and support colleagues, customers, and communities.
On Monday, demonstrators set fire to a strip mall in Los Angeles, looted stores in New York City, and clashed with police in St Louis, Missouri. In a statement, H&M, which has around 600 stores in the United States, said: "The recent killings of more members of the black community in the U.S. leave us devastated and heartbroken. Their lives, and the lives of all black people taken by violence, mattered."
The statement, signed by CEO Helena Helmersson, said H&M was committed to taking tangible steps to challenge racism and support colleagues, customers, and communities. H&M also said it would donate $500,000 to US civil rights and law firm the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, civil rights advocacy group Color of Change, and the American Civil Liberties Union.
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