Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) Presents at Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference Transcript

Great. So good morning, everybody, and thank you for joining us. I'm Adrienne Yih, Barclays Specialty Retail Apparel and Footwear analyst at Barclays. And it's my pleasure to welcome Frank Conforti, Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of URBN; Tricia Smith, Global Chief Executive Officer of Anthropologie Group; and Melanie Marein-Efron, CFO. So I always like to give a tiny little bio for those who are new to the story. Frank, you joined URBN in March of 2007 as Director of Finance and you just moved your way up through the career ranks throughout your career there. You were CFO before Melanie and in 2020 was appointed Chief Operating Officer. Tricia, you joined in Anthropologie or URBN in April of 2021 as the Global Chief Executive Officer of Anthropologie Group. And prior to that, you had been at Tillys. And before that, merchandising and many different functions at 25 years at Nordstrom. And then Mel, you had joined in 2013 and were promoted at the simultaneously to CFO in 2020 when Frank was promoted to COO. So the past 5 years, 6 years since you both had changed jobs and since you came on board have been tremendous successes in terms of the overall business. The business is so different today -- and I think I've covered the stock there, I say 20-some-odd years. I know you... Well, I was looking at Tricia's face when you said 25