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Does Urban Outfitters, Inc. support Israel?
Yes — Urban Outfitters, Inc. has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Fashion & apparel brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
Social media posts periodically ask whether Urban Outfitters (or its Anthropologie and Free People brands) 'supports Israel.' The documented record is commercial and now closed: in September 2017 URBN signed franchise agreements with Israel's largest fashion retailer, Fox Group, which opened a handful of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People stores in Israel from 2018. The venture underperformed, and URBN's fiscal-2021 annual report states the company agreed with its Israeli franchise partner to end franchise store operations in Israel; the stores closed and URBN's filings have not mentioned Israel since. No corporate donations, statements, foundation grants or PAC activity related to Israel were found — URBN has no corporate foundation and no political action committee.
SEC 10-K FY2021 (URBN) Times of Israel
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership | 2017-09 | — | Fox Group (Fox-Wizel Ltd.), Israel URBN signed three 10-year franchise agreements with Israeli fashion retailer Fox Group (Fox-Wizel Ltd.) to open and operate Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People stores in Israel, at a reported cost to Fox of about NIS 40 million over the first four years. Ended: in fiscal 2021 URBN and Fox agreed to close the Israeli franchise operation (see operations entry). | |
| Operations in Israel | 2018-03 | — | Israeli retail market (stores operated by franchisee Fox Group) The first Urban Outfitters store in Israel opened in March 2018 at the Big Fashion mall in Ashdod, and Anthropologie's first Israeli store opened at Tel Aviv's TLV Fashion Mall in March 2019 — all franchisee-owned and operated by Fox Group, not by URBN directly; URBN's SEC filings for fiscal 2019-2021 disclose that Urban Outfitters and Free People merchandise was sold 'through franchisee-owned stores in Israel.' Ended: URBN's fiscal-2021 annual report states the company agreed with its Israeli franchise partner to end franchise store operations in Israel; the four Urban Outfitters franchisee-owned stores closed during fiscal 2021, and URBN filings from fiscal 2022 onward no longer mention Israel. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Urban Outfitters, Inc. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Urban Outfitters, Inc. has documented support of other kinds (Partnership, Operations in Israel). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 6 distinct sources are cited for Urban Outfitters, Inc.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-28
- Jerusalem Post jpost.com
- Globes (English) en.globes.co.il
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Times of Israel (liveblog) timesofisrael.com
- CTech (Calcalist) calcalistech.com
- SEC 10-K FY2021 (URBN) sec.gov