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Issuer:     URBAN OUTFITTERS INC (URBN)
CIK:        0000912615
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-22-001043
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912615/000156459022001043/0001564590-22-001043-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912615/000156459022001043/urbn-8k_20220111.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-001043

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