Company Earnings UpdateH&M (STO: HM-B) Monthly Sales Update: Lower-Than-Expected Growth in December Coresight Research January 17, 2017 Executive Summary H&M reported a 6% year-over-year increase in total sales in local currencies in December 2016. This compares to sales growth of 9% in November. The total number of stores grew by 10.7% year over year to 4,379, as of December 31. Sales growth lagged store growth by 466 basis points (bps) in December, expanding from the 188 bps difference in November. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Canada Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025: Store Openings Edge Past Closures as Costco, Sephora and Uniqlo ExpandRetail Shrink and ORC: Cargo Theft Hits Record Levels in the US, Retail Crime Costs Soar in the UKAI Insights: Instacart CEO Fidji Simo To Join OpenAI as CEO of ApplicationsSentiment Declines After Weeks of Gains; Plus, Beauty Shopping in Focus: US Consumer Survey Insights