Multinational fast-fashion and lifestyle retail corporation founded in the United States
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Urban Outfitters store in Lower Manhattan,
New York
Company type
Public
Traded as
Nasdaq: URBN
S&P 600 component
Industry
Retail
Founded
1970; 54 years ago (1970) (as Free People) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Founders
Richard Hayne
Judy Wicks
Scott Belair
Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
,
U.S.
Number of locations
700 (2023)
Area served
United States
India
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Pakistan
Sweden
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
Austria
Poland
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Key people
Richard Hayne (CEO)
Products
Clothing
accessories
cosmetics
footwear
housewares
music
Revenue
US$3.9 billion (2019)[1]
Operating income
US$231 million (2019)[1]
Net income
US$168 million (2019)[1]
Total assets
US$3.3 billion (2019)[1]
Total equity
US$1.4 billion (2019)[1]
Owner
Richard Hayne (19.9%)[2]
Number of employees
24,000[1] (2019)
Subsidiaries
Anthropologie
Free People
Terrain
BHLDN
THE Vetri Family
Website
Commercial website
Corporate website
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) is a multinational fast-fashion company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] Operating in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, select Western European countries, Poland,[4] the United Arab Emirates,
Kuwait, and Qatar, the Urban Outfitters brand targets young adults with a merchandise mix of women's and men's fashion apparel, footwear, beauty and wellness products, accessories, activewear and gear, and housewares, as well as music, primarily vinyl records and cassettes.
The company was founded as the retail store Free People by Richard Hayne, Judy Wicks and Scott Belair in 1970 as a project for an entrepreneurship class at University of Pennsylvania.[5] It was renamed to Urban Outfitters and incorporated in 1976.[5]
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) carries multiple stores within the URBN portfolio of brands, which also includes Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain, BHLDN and the Vetri Family restaurant group. Much of the merchandise is designed and produced by the company's wholesale division on these multiple private labels.[6]
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^"Asian Urban Outfitters Exec: Millennial Staffers Called Me "Mr. Miyagi"". Philadelphia Magazine. April 12, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^Hughes, Huw (May 31, 2019). "Urban Outfitters picks Warsaw for first Central European store". fashionunited.uk. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
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UrbanOutfitters, Inc. (URBN) is a multinational fast-fashion company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operating in the United States, the...
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décor. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, BHLDN is owned by UrbanOutfitters, and is a sister brand to Anthropologie. BHLDN launched its website...
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critics. On March 1, 2012, Cosentino announced her clothing line with UrbanOutfitters, with the clothes going on sale in May. She was the second musician...
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cultural appropriation. In 2007, the American clothing store chain UrbanOutfitters stopped selling keffiyehs after a user on the Jewish blog "Jewschool"...
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clothes were distributed in a variety of stores worldwide, including UrbanOutfitters and Barneys New York. They were also available from a range of online...
modeled for various mainstream magazines, appeared in campaigns for UrbanOutfitters, Macy's and Steve Madden, and was the face of Garnier. After appearing...
Sophomore. She continued to go on to produce work for Levi's, JCrew, UrbanOutfitters, Wrangler, Lissy Trullie, The Raveonettes, Keds, Maiyet, and Sky Ferreira...
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Global Information
US$3.9 billion (2019)[1]
US$231 million (2019)[1]