Jan 20, 2026 | 10:30 am
Early 2000s indie sleaze fashions may be returning to runways, but the store that brought hipster style to the masses is exiting San Antonio. After a 16-year run, Urban Outfitters will close its Shops at La Cantera outpost on Thursday, January 22.
Fans of the brand were given little explanation for the shutter, which was announced via signage on the shop’s doors. According to industry tracker The Robin Report, parent company URBN is closing underperforming stores while focusing on its growing Free People, FP Movement, and Nuuly rental brand. The corporation is set to debut a new FP Movement store at La Cantera later in 2026.
Richard Hayne, Judy Wicks, and Scott Belair started the brand in 1970 as part of a University of Philadelphia entrepreneurship course, initially calling it Free People. When the business grew to two storefronts, they created the Urban Outfitters name. Eventually, the two labels would diverge on style, although each capitalized on American counterculture…