The store is located in shopping center Gold Plaza.

H&M also plans to open a store in Botosani (NE) this spring.

The retailer has seven stores in Bucharest and 14 countrywide.

H&M’s doubled its sales in Romania in the 2012 fiscal year, ended November 30, to SEK635 million (EUR74 million), with the opening of eight new stores.

H&M was founded in Sweden in 1947 and is listed on the Stockholm NASDAQ OMX. The retailer has over 2,600 stores in 47 markets, including franchised units.