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Net Income per Common Share - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
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Anti-dilutive common shares exercise price, maximum		$ 46.02urbn_AntiDilutiveCommonShareExercisePriceUpperRangeLimit
Anti-dilutive common shares exercise price	$ 46.02us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfNetIncomePerOutstandingUnitAmount
Performance Stock Units
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic net Income or Loss per outstanding limited partnership unit in the future and that were not included in the computation of diluted net income per limited partnership unit, because to do so would increase net income per unit amounts or decrease loss per unit amounts for the period presented.

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