Urban Outfitters is the world's top vinyl seller

Urban Outfitters is the world's top vinyl seller
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Vinyl records are on the rise — but it's not just thanks to your local used record store. At a meeting with analysts Wednesday, Calvin Hollinger, Urban Outfitters' chief administrative officer, said that the chain is the world's top vinyl seller.

"Music is very, very important to the Urban customer... in fact, we are the world's number one vinyl seller," Hollinger said at the meeting. Hollinger explained that Urban has a unique business model for selling records — rather than having a variety of albums online, the company "has a system in place that lets it seamlessly offer inventory from roughly 100 vendors without actually owning that inventory," BuzzFeed reports.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.