Anthropologie
Global lifestyle and apparel brand · 256+ locations · US, Canada, Europe, Middle East
Anthropologie's stores read like one-off emporiums, but the brand is one of three banners inside Nasdaq-listed Urban Outfitters, Inc. Richard Hayne created it in 1992, still runs the parent as chairman and CEO, and holds 20% of the stock.
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Anthropologie is unusual among chains this size in that its founder is still its parent company's chief executive and single largest shareholder. That closeness has not reached the supply chain: URBN publishes no factory list and no emissions figures, and is not among the 305 signatories to the binding garment-safety accord adopted after Rana Plaza. Two wage-and-hour actions covering hourly store staff are unresolved, and the brand answers to URBN's public shareholders.
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Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a Philadelphia lifestyle retailer trading on Nasdaq, operating Anthropologie, Free People and Urban Outfitters alongside the Nuuly rental subscription, across 793 stores worldwide. Co-founder Richard A. Hayne, who opened the first Urban Outfitters near the University of Pennsylvania in 1970, is still chairman and chief executive and beneficially owns 20.0% of the stock; his spouse Margaret A. Hayne is co-president and chief creative officer and holds a further 6.5%, with all directors and executive officers together at 32.1%. There is a single class of common shares, so no family control block sits above the public float.
Annual revenue: $6.17B (FY2026)
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Company data last updated September 2026
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