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URBAN OUTFITTERS is a lifestyle retailer dedicated to inspiring customers through a unique combination of product, creativity and cultural understanding. Founded in 1970 in a small space across the street from the University of Pennsylvania, Urban Outfitters now operates over 200 stores in the United States, Canada and Europe, offering experiential retail environments and a well-curated mix of women’s, men’s, accessories and home product assortments.vv Urban Outfitters is a global retailer with a boutique approach. Urban Outfitters, Inc. operates retail stores and direct response, including a catalog and Web sites. The Company's Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie retail concepts sell fashion apparel, accessories, and household and gift merchandise. Urban also designs and markets young women's casual wear which it provides to the Company's retail operations and sells to retailers worldwide. Urban Outfitters, Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale of general consumer products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Retail and Wholesale. The company operates retail stores under the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain, and BHLDN brands. Its Urban Outfitters stores sell women?s and men?s fashion apparel, footwear, accessories, and gifts, as well as apartment wares, such as rugs and pillows to young adults aged 18 to 28; and Anthropologie stores provide women?s casual apparel and accessories, shoes, gifts, decorative items, and home furnishings to women aged 28 to 45. The company?s Free People stores primarily offer Free People branded merchandise mix of casual women?s apparel, intimates, shoes, accessories, and gifts to young contemporary women aged 25 to 30; Terrain stores provide lifestyle home and garden products, antiques, live plants, flowers, wellness products, and accessories, as well as landscape and design service solutions; and BHLDN store offers a range of wedding collections consisting of wedding gowns, bridesmaid frocks, party dresses, assorted jewelry, headpieces, footwear, lingerie, and decorations. As of January 31, 2013, it operated 215 Urban Outfitters stores, 180 Anthropologie stores, 77 Free People stores, 2 Terrain garden centers, and 1 BHLDN store in North America and Europe. The company also operates a wholesale business under the Free People brand name that distributes young women?s casual wear to other retailers and department stores in the United States. In addition, it markets its brands directly to consumers through its e-commerce Websites, including urbanoutfitters.com, anthropologie.com, freepeople.com, urbanoutfitters.co.uk, urbanoutfitters.de, urbanoutfitters.fr, anthropologie.eu, freepeople.co.uk, shopterrain.com, and bhldn.com, as well as through its Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People catalogs. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Urban Outfitters, Inc. operates retail stores and direct response, including a catalog and Web sites. The Companys Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie retail concepts sell fashion apparel, accessories, and household and gift merchandise. Urban also designs and markets young womens casual wear which it provides to the Companys retail operations and sells to retailers worldwide. Urban Outfitters, Inc in Miami, FL is a private company categorized under Women's Clothing Stores. Apparel & shoes Boys shoes, Girls shoes, Infants shoes, Mens shoes, Womens shoes, Footwear, Domestic Appliances and Supplies and Consumer Electronic Products, Shoes, Overshoes, Boots, Slippers, Sandals, Athletic footwear, Shoe accessories URBN. ©2014 URBAN OUTFITTERS INC. URBN is a portfolio of global consumer brands comprised of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, BHLDN, Terrain and the Vetri Family. We create unique retail experiences with an eye toward creativity and a singular focus on pleasing our customer. We're a passionate, creative, entrepreneurial bunch who think outside the box and are all about providing a unique shopping experience that's inspirational. THE FIRST STORE & MISSION The year was 1970. Dick Hayne was just 23 years old when he and college roommate Scott Belair came up with the idea to open a retail store. Belair was in search of a topic for an entrepreneurial class he was taking at the time. The first store, originally called Free People, was located in a small space across the street from the University of Pennsylv Whether your style is edgy, bohemian, or modern, Urban Outfitters has your outfit. The firm's nearly 250 namesake stores (mainly in the US, but also in Canada and Europe) offer casual clothes, accessories, housewares, and shoes. The retailer's Anthropologie brand courts women in the 28-45 demographic and has approximately 230 shops. It's bohemian-style Free People brand is sold through some 145 retail locations. Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie sell via catalogs and their e-commerce sites as well. The company also operates a bridal brand (Bhldn) and garden center brand (Terrain). The wholesale division makes, sells, and distributes clothing under its Free People, Anthropologie, and Urban Outfitters labels for its own stores as well as 2,300 department and specialty stores worldwide, including Macy's, Nordstrom, and Selfridge's. The company also has a Menus & Venues division that operates about a dozen restaurants in the US. The US generates about 85% of the company's revenue. Try D&B Hoovers Free Whether your style is edgy, bohemian, or modern, Urban Outfitters has your outfit. The firm's nearly 250 namesake stores (mainly in the US, but also in Canada and Europe) offer casual clothes, accessories, housewares, and shoes. The retailer's Anthropologie brand courts women in the 28-45 demographic and has approximately 230 shops. It's bohemian-style Free People brand is sold through some 145 retail locations. Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie sell via catalogs and their e-commerce sites as well. The company also operates a bridal brand (Bhldn) and garden center brand (Terrain). The wholesale division makes, sells, and distributes clothing under its Free People, Anthropologie, and Urban Outfitters labels for its own stores as well as 2,300 department and specialty stores worldwide, including Macy's, Nordstrom, and Selfridge's. The company also has a Menus & Venues division that operates about a dozen restaurants in the US. The US generates about 85% of the company's revenue.

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