Clothing Company Definitions — United States clothing company definitions from Apparel Search
This index lists United States clothing company definitions for companies whose names begin with the letter U. The two names are Under Armour, the athletic apparel company founded in 1996, and Urban Outfitters, whose fuller company profile is linked from this index. Each name links to its definition or profile.
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The U index is short, but the two names it holds sit at opposite ends of American fashion retail. Under Armour, founded in 1996 by Kevin Plank, is a performance company: form-fitting, moisture-wicking apparel designed to be worn under sportswear, grown from a football player's complaint about sweat-soaked T-shirts into footwear, team sponsorships and a public company listed on the NYSE as UA. Urban Outfitters, linked from this index to its fuller profile, is a fashion retailer whose appeal runs on trend-led clothing and lifestyle merchandising rather than technical performance. Together they show how much ground a single letter can cover: one company sells to athletes, the other to fashion shoppers, and both built national businesses from a single idea.
The letter index itself exists so that a visitor who knows a company's first letter can reach its definition without searching. The U page links onward to the definition directory for every other letter, and to the fashion company profiles in the names directory, where companies with deeper records carry longer profiles. For U, that means the Under Armour definition here plus the Urban Outfitters profile, with the directory covering the rest of the alphabet.
The Under Armour definition itself shows why letter indexes are worth keeping current. The company began in 1996 with one product idea - apparel that wicks sweat instead of soaking it up - and the definition follows it into footwear in 2006, stadium-style retail stores in 2007 and 2008, professional kit sponsorships in Germany and Wales, and a sole-outfitter contract covering all 27 varsity sports at the University of Maryland. A definition that tracks a company from a single fabric idea to team contracts across three sports continents is the standard the U index points to.
The U list covers Under Armour, the moisture-wicking performance apparel company, and Urban Outfitters, linked to its fashion company profile in the names directory.
Each definition describes the company itself: what it makes or sells, when and where it was founded, the brands and lines it owns, and the notable events in its history, in a short standardised profile format.
Use the United States clothing company definition directory to reach the index page for every letter from A to Z. Fuller company profiles are also available in the Apparel Search fashion company profiles in the names directory.