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H&M vs Pendleton: similarities and differences

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H&M

Sweden Founded 1947

Trends & youth culture · Sporty & sportswear · Minimal & basics

Pendleton

United States Founded 1863

Outdoor & functional · Polished & dressy · Decoration & playfulness

Similarities and differences

Shared traits

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Different traits

  • Outdoor & functional

    Pendleton shows a stronger emphasis

  • Trends & youth culture

    H&M shows a stronger emphasis

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Trait comparison

  • H&M (solid line, circles)
  • Pendleton (dashed line, squares)
Traits of H&M and Pendleton, shown relative to each brand.
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Traits farther from the centre are more prominent within each brand. The chart uses the same relative display as the brand profile. Area does not indicate brand quality or absolute differences between brands.

Traits by category

Bar lengths show how prominent each trait is within each brand.

  • H&M
  • Pendleton
Minimal & basics
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Polished & dressy
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Luxury & heritage
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Avant-garde & designer
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Decoration & playfulness
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Streetwear
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Trends & youth culture
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Sporty & sportswear
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Outdoor & functional
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Basic information

Field
H&M
Pendleton
Country Sweden United States
Founded 1947 1863
Category Clothing Clothing
Other categories Bags Accessories Footwear Fragrance Beauty and cosmetics Lifestyle products Accessories Lifestyle products Textiles and material technology

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Brand profiles

Brand lines

H&M

  • H&M Studio

    Launched in 2013, H&M Studio is a seasonal collection created by an in-house design team in Stockhol...

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  • H&M HOME

    H&M HOME is H&M’s home category, launched in 2009, offering items for living spaces such as textiles...

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  • H&M Move

    H&M Move is a dedicated activewear line launched in August 2022. Based on the concept of “movewear,”...

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  • H&M Beauty

    H&M Beauty is H&M’s beauty division, offering makeup, skincare, fragrance, beauty tools, and more. S...

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  • COS

    COS is a separate brand launched by the H&M Group in 2007, and its name is an abbreviation of “Colle...

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Pendleton

Collaborations

H&M

  • 2025-12-02

    Perfect Moment

    An après-ski/winter capsule suited to “mountain-to-city” wear, featuring star patterns, ski-inspired puffers, Moon Boots, and knit sets.

  • 2025-04-24

    Magda Butrym

    A womenswear and jewelry line scheduled for release in April 2025, centered on the rose motif and imbued with “Slavic romanticism.”

  • 2024-10-10

    ROTATE Birger Christensen

    The second installment (2024) took the rebellious muse of the 1980s as its theme, offering partywear with pronounced shoulders and sequins (15 pieces) in 12 markets.

  • 2024-04-18

    Rokh

    A womenswear, menswear, and accessories collection that proposes a work- and office-oriented wardrobe by “deconstructing/reconstructing” staples such as trench coats.

  • 2024-02-29

    HERON PRESTON

    The first outcome of the circular/educational program “long-term H2 partnership.” It is also planned to expand into seasonal collections and creative advisory.

  • 2023-11-09

    Rabanne

    A large capsule collection encompassing womenswear, menswear, accessories with a metallic or party-inspired feel, and home décor.

H&M collaborations

Pendleton

  • 2025-11-26

    Yohji Yamamoto

    A triple collaboration between Yohji Yamamoto POUR HOMME and PENDLETON, featuring wool check materials and more.

  • 2023-06-20

    FREAK'S STORE

    A project featuring PENDLETON back-print T-shirts made exclusively for FREAK’S STORE. It appears in a record of a repost from an official account, but because the posting date cannot be distinguished from the release date, the posting date was treated as the representative date.

  • 2018-12-22

    sacai

    In December 2018, an SS2019 collaboration featuring Pendleton's Native patterns was presented, with a range of items including jackets and pullovers.

Pendleton collaborations

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