David McCreight promoted as President of URBN

Urban Outfitters (URBN) has announced promotion of David McCreight to President of the company. McCreight is already serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Anthropologie Group. In addition to his current responsibilities, he will now oversee strategic international development and global direct-to-consumer initiatives for URBN.

"I'm very pleased to announce that David has accepted these new responsibilities in addition to maintaining his role as CEO of the Anthropologie Group," said Richard A. Hayne, Chief Executive Officer, adding, "I'm confident that with his leadership, both of these critical functions will succeed and help to drive growth at URBN.”

"URBN has some of the most aspirational and admired global lifestyle brands in the industry. I am grateful to Dick and URBN leadership for this incredible opportunity and look forward to working with the talented teams across URBN to reach our potential," said David McCreight, President, URBN.