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Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2017 Store Customer Outlet Restaurant Brand Segment | Jan. 31, 2016 Store | Jan. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of reporting segments | Segment | 2 |  |
Number of stores | 606 | 572 |
Number of major customers exceeding ten percentage thresholds | Customer | 0 |  |
Retail Operations |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of brands | Brand | 6 |  |
Percentage of net sales | 91.90% | 92.40% | 93.20%
Number of restaurants | Restaurant | 12 |  |
Retail Operations | Urban Outfitters |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of stores | 242 |  |
Retail Operations | Anthropologie Group |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of stores | 225 |  |
Retail Operations | Free People |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of stores | 127 |  |
Wholesale Operations |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of stores | Outlet | 1,900 |  |

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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