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After years of speculation over when their ecommerce sites would launch, Zara has announced that it will unveil its estore on September 2 in the UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal, and Swedish fast-fashion retailer H&M—the third-largest clothing retailer in the world—announced it will launch online shopping on September 26—in Europe, H&M will sell women's, men's, children's, and its new line of home products on the web.
· Fashion chains H&M and Zara launch online operations [Guardian]