H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) (HM_B) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome everyone to H&M Group's conference call, three-month report for 2025. For the first part of this call, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. The speaker presentation and afterwards there will be a question and answer session. If you wish to ask a question, please register via the link in the confirmation email and then dial in and press star 1 on your telephone keypad. Please be advised that today's conference call is being recorded. Today I'm pleased to present Joseph Alberg, Head of Investor Relations. I'll now hand over to our speakers. Please begin. Good morning and warm welcome, everyone. Today, we present the first quarter results for 2025 for the H&M Group. I am Josef Ahlberg, and I'm head of investor relations. Before I hand over to our CEO, Daniel Riviere, I'd like to share this morning's setup. Daniel will share a short summary of our results. give you a run-through of selected highlights from the quarter as well as a brief outlook. We then continue with a Q&A session where Daniel, our CFO Adam Karlsson and myself are available to answer your questions. So, here is his summary of H&M Group's first quarter. Please welcome Daniel. Thank you Jose, and good morning everyone. It's great to get the chance to speak to you again. During the first quarter, we have had full focus on implementing our plan for long-term profitable and sustainable growth. Our main strategic priority is to drive organic growth by focusing on the H&M brand. To achieve this, we have set three key areas where we continue to raise the bar. First, an elevated price offering. Secondly, a more inspiring shopping experience. And thirdly, a strengthened brand. We see positive effects in the areas where we have put our focus, particularly in women's wear and onli...