Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 22, 2023 5:15 PM ET

Company Participants

Oona McCullough - IR

Richard Hayne - CEO

Tricia Smith - Global CEO, Anthropologie Group

Frank Conforti - Co-President & Chief Operating Officer

Melanie Marein-Efron - CFO

Sheila Harrington - Global CEO, Urban Outfitters & Free People Groups

Conference Call Participants

Lorraine Hutchinson - Bank of America

Adrienne Yih - Barclays

Paul Lejuez - Citi

Alex Straton - Morgan Stanley

Matthew Boss - JPMorgan

Marni Shapiro - The Retail Tracker

Janet Kloppenburg - JJK Research Associates

Dana Telsey - Telsey Advisory Group

Mark Altschwager - Baird

Ike Boruchow - Wells Fargo

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Urban Outfitters, Inc. Second Quarter Fiscal '24 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

I would now like to introduce on Oona McCullough, Executive Director of Investor Relations. Ma'am, you may begin.

Oona McCullough

Good afternoon, and welcome to the URBN second quarter fiscal 2024 conference call. Earlier this afternoon, the company issued a press release outlining the financial and operating results for the three and six month period ending July 31, 2023.

The following discussions may include forward-looking statements. Please note that actual results may differ materially from those statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results is contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

On today's call, you will hear from Richard Hayne, Chief Executive Officer, URBN; Tricia Smith, Global CEO, Anthropologie Group; Frank Conforti, Co-President and COO, URBN; and Melanie Marein-Efron, Chief Financial Officer, URBN. Following that, we will be pleased to address your questions.

For more detailed commentary on our quarterly performance and the text of today's conference call, please refer to our Investor Relations website at www.urbn.com.

I will now turn the call over to Dick.

Richard Hayne

Thank you, Oona, and good afternoon, everyone. I'll begin with some brief remarks regarding our second quarter results, and then make a few observations concerning our view of the customer and the macro environment. After that, I'll turn the call over to Tricia Smith, who will provide greater detail about Anthropologie's stellar second quarter results. Then, Frank and Melanie will add to the analysis of our Q2 results, along with thoughts about our future business.