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H&M's beloved European-only brand Cos and its new label & Other Stories may soon make their way to the United States, according to the retailer's US president, Daniel Kulle.

"Everything is in the works and the plans," Kulle told WWD. "& Other Stories has the potential with other H&M brands to come to America. . . We can also take Cos, which has 70 or 80 stores. Cos for sure will be in America. We're looking for an opportunity to open Cos."

The Swedish chain announced on Friday that it has major plans to expand H&M's presence in America. It has some 2,800 stores across the world, but only 269 of those are here in the United States. Forty of the stateside stores were opened last year, and there are currently plans for another 10, including locations in Boston, San Francisco, and Waikiki. It will also bring its home collection to a few stores, including the new Boston location, New York, and New Orleans, this year. Those goods will be available to buy online this Summer, when H&M plans to launch ecommerce in the United States.

Photo: Iselin Steiro photographed by Willy Vanderperre for Cos's Spring 2013 campaign.

Alexander Wang just relaunched his website today, and there are all kinds of goodies for Wang fans. Watch the Spring 2011 ad campaign, or "image piece," as Wang would call it, come to life in this Craig McDean-directed video and shop the new Spring collection (ahem, with free shipping). While you're perusing, peep Wang's mask collaboration with Terence Koh along with photos of his brand-spanking-new flagship store. If you're in NYC, just take a stroll down to SoHo and visit the store, if just for a swing on the black fur-covered hammock.

>> H&M ended 2010 on a high note with its exclusive Lanvin collection, and 2011 seems to be looking just as nice. The Swedish retailer, who has an upcoming collaboration with Swedish Hasbeens, just announced that it will debut e-commerce in the US at the end of 2011: "Good morning is an understatement! H&M has decided to have online shopping in the US at the turn of the year 2011/2012! Stay tuned for more." [@HM]

Currently available only in the UK but soon to roll out into the US, London cult department store Selfridges enters the e-commerce world with a multimillion-pound investment into a brand-new, flash-filled website. The site will carry more than 500 brands throughout the fashion, accessories, beauty, food, and home categories and feature social networking sections like The Wish Room (in which users can build outfits on mannequins and share looks) and Show Scrapbooks straight from the international runways. All very exciting for our British friends . . .

We're officially in love with Robert Duffy and grateful for his new twitter obsession. The president of Marc Jacobs, who started tweeting in anticipation of launching e-commerce for the brand in August, has already asked followers for set ideas for fashion shows happening next week and sent messages from Jacobs, “Marc says hi! He loves that I’m doing this. He thinks I’ll be bored in two days. Let’s see.”

He's also been uploading photos of Marc at work and yesterday told WWD the brand will launch a lingerie collection in 2011. Keep it coming!

Source: @robertcduffy