Urban Outfitters Closes First Quarter With Double-Digit Gains in Sales and Profit

The U.S. company thus maintains the good performance with which it closed the full year in 2024, when it posted record results, although it has already announced some measures to deal with commercial volatility.

The U.S. company's profit reached 108.3 million dollars, almost double that of a year ago.

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10 jun 2025 - 11:18

Urban Outfitters continues to soar. The U.S. group, which operates its namesake brand as well as Anthropologie and Free People, closed the year with double-digit sales and profit at the end of the first quarter. Specifically, the company ended the first three months (ended April 30) with a turnover of 1,329 million dollars, 10.7% more than in the same period a year ago.

The U.S. company's profit reached 108.3 million dollars, almost double that of a year ago, when it stood at 61.8 million dollars. Gross profit, meanwhile, was another 489 million dollars, almost 20% higher than in the first quarter of 2024.

A large part of Urban Outfitters' sales are concentrated in the United States, where the group has accumulated a turnover of 1,172 million dollars, while in international markets it has achieved sales of 157.3 million dollars. Due to the weight of the U.S. market, the company has initiated a plan to face the new commercial scenario in the country, marked by tariff increases.

Urban Outfitters concentrates a large part of its sales in the United States, where it has announced a price increase.

In particular, the company says it is already working on "better terms" in contracts with its suppliers, along with a diversification of its supply chain. "We currently have no country that concentrates a majority of our production," Urban Outfitters explained in the presentation of its first-quarter results.

In addition, the U.S. group has also announced a change in the method of transporting merchandise, prioritizing sea routes over air, and anticipates a "gentle price increase" in those fashion segments that will have the least negative impact on customers.

By business model, Urban Outfitters concentrates a large part of its sales in the retail segment, through which the company has recorded a turnover of 1.13 billion dollars. The subscription model, on the other hand, which the company operates through Nuuly, accounted for sales of 124.3 million dollars, while the wholesale channel's turnover amounted to 74.6 million dollars.