Urban Outfitters sales fall 8.4% in two-month period; CEO Donnelly to leave
Urban Outfitters reported total net sales declines of 8.4% for the two months ended December 31, 2020 and 14.3% for the eleven months, and said fourth-quarter gross margin is expected to deleverage by several hundred basis points. Trish Donnelly, CEO of the Urban Outfitters Group, will leave on January 31, 2021, and Sheila Harrington was promoted to that role effective January 12, 2021.
- Two months ended December 31, 2020: total net sales down 8.4%; Comparable Retail segment down 9%; Wholesale segment down 1%.
- Eleven months ended December 31, 2020: total net sales down 14.3%; Comparable Retail segment down 12%; Wholesale segment down 42%.
- Company expects fourth-quarter gross profit margins to deleverage by several hundred basis points, citing delivery and logistics costs and store occupancy expense.
- Trish Donnelly resigns as CEO of the Urban Outfitters Group effective January 31, 2021; Sheila Harrington promoted to CEO effective January 12, 2021.