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All About Urban Outfitters

Posted by bberg on Monday November 16th, 2009  •  Discussion (64)  • 

Urban Outfitters is an American apparel producer and distributor focusing on trendy, vintage and fashion forward clothing. It began as The Free People's Store in 1970 in Philadelphia. The name was changed shortly after, and the company began to grow. Urban Outfitters is the owner of five publicly traded companies; Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Leifsdotter, and Terrain.

Urban Outfitters is very popular among the teenage and early twenty crowd. It has produced very well received collaborations with many up and coming designers, musicians and bloggers. The personal style of the brand focuses on bohemian, trendy and vintage infused clothing. They also sell furniture, novelty items, gifts, art work, and shoes. Their merchandise has been subject to controversy for merchandise touching on religion, stereotypes and race.

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UO is known for creative merchandising.
UO is known for creative merchandising.