Sweden's Equality Ombudsman , a government agency, said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into fashion retailer H&M following a media report accusing H&M of racism in Swedish stores.
The Aftonbladet daily published a report in November that included footage from a hidden camera depicting what the paper said showed a woman with a foreign background being denied an exchange of purchased items without a receipt, while a Swedish-born reporter from the daily was allowed to do so.H&M's policy allows the exchange of items without a receipt as long as the style is still in the store, the retailer said in the report.
"DO has decided to initiate an inspection of the company H&M. The background is the media information that claims that the company treats people with an ethnic affiliation other than Swedish and disadvantages them, among other things, by demanding a receipt when changing goods in violation of the company's policy," DO said.
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