---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-001043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "URBN"
cik: "0000912615"
company_name: "URBAN OUTFITTERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T19:08:56.891178+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# URBN reports record holiday sales; Q4 gross margin may deleverage on higher transport costs

## Summary
- Total company net sales +14.6% vs 2019 for two months ended Dec 31; comparable retail net sales +14%.
- By brand: Free People Group comparable sales +47%, Anthropologie Group +15%, Urban Outfitters +3%.
- Wholesale segment net sales -18% due to reduction in promotional wholesale.
- Company now expects Q4 gross margin deleverage due to higher-than-anticipated inbound transportation costs.
- For the eleven months: total net sales +14.4% vs 2019; comparable retail +16%; 56 stores opened, 10 closed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-001043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: URBN
- cik: 0000912615
- company_name: URBAN OUTFITTERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912615/000156459022001043/0001564590-22-001043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912615/000156459022001043/urbn-8k_20220111.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-001043.txt

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