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Nature of Business	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2017
Nature of Business	1. Nature of Business Urban Outfitters, Inc. (the “Company” or “Urban Outfitters”), which was founded in 1970, was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1976. The principal business activity of the Company is the operation of a general consumer product retail and wholesale business selling to customers through various channels including retail stores, websites, catalogs and mobile applications. As of January 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company operated 606 and 572 stores, respectively. Stores located in the United States totaled 515 as of January 31, 2017 and 485 as of January 31, 2016. Operations in Europe and Canada included 54 stores and 37 stores as of January 31, 2017, respectively, and 52 stores and 35 stores as of January 31, 2016, respectively. In addition, the Company’s Wholesale segment sold and distributed apparel to approximately 1,900 better department and specialty retailers worldwide, third-party websites and to the Company’s retail stores.

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The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, major products or services, principal markets including location, and the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination, including but not limited to, assets, revenues, or earnings. For an entity that has not commenced principal operations, disclosures about the risks and uncertainties related to the activities in which the entity is currently engaged and an understanding of what those activities are being directed toward.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64851502&loc=d3e6003-108592

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64851502&loc=SL51803626-108592

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