Urban Outfitters Inc. - URBN- Profile

Urban Outfitters Inc. The Group's principal activity is to operate a lifestyle merchandising retailing segment and a wholesale apparel business. The retailing segment consists of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People stores. The products offered through Urban Outfitters include women's and men's fashion apparel, footwear and accessories and apartment wares and gifts. The apartment wares range from rugs, pillows and shower curtains to books, candles and novelties. Anthropologie offers women's casual apparel and accessories, home furnishings and a diverse array of gifts and decorative items. The Free People division designs, develops and markets young women's casual apparel. In addition to retail stores, it offers merchandise through direct-to-consumer operations, which consist of a catalog and web site for each of these brands. As on 31-Jul-2006 the Group operates 98 Urban Outfitters and 83 Anthropologie Retail stores. It has foreign operations in Europe and Canada. Retail Operations accounted for 95% of 2006 gross revenues and Wholesale Operations, 5%