In the aftermath, H&M chose a lawyer and company insider, Annie Wu, to lead a new four-person team at its Stockholm headquarters focused on global diversity and inclusiveness. H&M, which added 479 stores last year, now has more than 4,000 stores in dozens of countries. “It’s so easy to avoid this kind of controversy,” said Angel Sinclair, the founder of the advocacy group Models of Diversity. But more shoppers have begun calling on retailers to take a stand on social and political issues, such as sexism and gun control. In North America, H&M is planning to hire a New York-based diversity manager.

Source: New York Times March 29, 2018 15:11 UTC