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Charlotte Russe

charlotterusse.com
casual, chic womenAge 13-18, 19-25, 26-45
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About the Business

Charlotte Russe is a U.S.-based fashion retail chain founded in 1975, specializing in women's clothing and accessories. Initially targeting teens and young adults, it now offers a broader range of styles. After facing financial challenges and being acquired by YM Inc. in 2020, the company aims to revitalize its brand and provide trendy, affordable fashion.


charlotterusse.com
+1 866-717-7008
USA
Charlotte Russe is part of YM, Inc.
Founded in 1975
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Business Highlights

General

Parent Company: YM, Inc.
Year Founded: 1975
Target Gender: women

Shipping

Shipping Cost: $6.95
Free Shipping: sometimes
Free Shipping Detail: for orders over $100

Returns

Return Policy: not free
Return Instructions: items must be returned unwashed, unworn, undamaged and with tags attached, accompanied by the invoice.
Return Cost: shipping fee

Sustainability

Sustainability Score: We avoid
Recycling Program: no

Product

Style: casual, chic
Body Fit: regular
Available Sizes: Women's (2XS, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL)

Customer Service

Support Channels: phone, email
Support Phone: +1 866-717-7008
Support Email: cs@charlotterusse.com

Payment Options

Payment Methods: card payments, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, financing
Buy Now Pay Later: Klarna, Afterpay

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Reviews Summary

Charlotte Russe has a rating of 2 stars from 294 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Charlotte Russe most frequently mention customer service, tracking number and store credit. Charlotte Russe ranks 85th among Discount Clothing sites.

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Oklahoma
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Always enjoy buying great clothes and accessories there have great selection. Unfortunately they have the rudest, $#*!tiest employees. They are to say the least friendly, sighing and rolling their eyes as if you are inconveniencing them. I wish I had noticed the girls name but her cashier number on receipt is ******* in the Midland, Texas mall store. Hopefully she can get a class on customer service 101... she clearly needs it!

Date of experience: May 12, 2017
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I loved shopping with Charlotte Russe, especially buying my jeans from them because I never had to try them on and knew it would fit. So when they went bankrupt I was understandably upset, because if I shopped anywhere for jeans I would have to try them on and the idea of having to try on jeans was never something I enjoyed. Once they reopened I was beyond excited and decided to purchase some items online, after placing my order I did a little research and saw the horrible reviews of the "new" Charlotte Russe. It was then that I was afraid because at that point it had already been 2 weeks and my items had yet to arrive. But when they arrived I was happy, everything fit and the quality was exactly how I hoped it would be. I may no longer purchase online because of the long shipping but I would definitely continue to shop with Charlotte Russe.

Date of experience: January 12, 2021
New York
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Lost package
October 7, 2016

My order was supposed to come in multiple packages but the only problem is one one my packages never came in! I tracked it online and it said it was delivered. So I emailed them everyday for 5 days about it. No response. Then I called their customer service and they told me to get in touch with fedex, do of course I called for them to tell me I need to call ups. Yet again I made another phone call for ups to tell me they can't give me any shipping information unless I am the business that's sending it out and that I have to get in touch with them. So again I called Charlotte Russe and they told me I have to call fedex again! I had told them I already did that and they said that there was nothing they can do! How is there nothing anyone can do? My package that I spent my money on is lost and no ones going to take their part and so right for their customers? This is the worst experience I've ever had with online shopping.

Date of experience: October 7, 2016
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Untrue to Size
April 10, 2016

I ordered a pair of "skinny" dress pants, size XS. Apparently the model in the picture is wearing a size small. When I got them they were the size of parachutes, still reading size XS. Have no idea how that model is wearing size small and it not falling off of her body. To the sewing machine I go. Super annoyed.

Date of experience: April 10, 2016
Louisiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Quality
June 7, 2016

I used to shop at Charlotte Russe because I love their clothes. The shirts are really cute and I love their shoes but recently I bought two shirts and dress from there. I wore them out and washed them but hung them up to dry. As soon as I pulled it out the washer it had shrunk, one of my shirts looked like a seven year could wear it... it was tiny! From my experience I will never shop there again!

Date of experience: June 7, 2016
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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In store return
June 29, 2016

I order two dresses online. One dress was a two piece that was tight and the sleeves were way too long. The next dress material was way too thin, you could see the outline of my panties and bra although it was white like the dress. So I returned them to the store to get my money back. One dress I paid 29.53$ and the other was 26.20$ I was giving back 44.93$. They did not give me money back for the shipping cost or the sale taxes from both dresses.

Date of experience: June 29, 2016
Oregon
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Unbeatable prices
December 8, 2014

Unbeatable prices. I only had one pair of leggings because they're over $10-25 a piece (I wear them under my pants for snowy days on mount Hood so layering leggings is awesome!) I ordered some leggings and some scarves. My order came in two weeks and was just what I asked for! I was super worried because all the bad reviews. I have ordered a second time and crossing my fingers the first time wasn't just beginners luck!
Only reason they're not five stars is because I'm a size 0 in pants and the xs leggings are 00-1, size 2pants are huge on me so I got xs. They are as tight as can be while still being wearable I think I popped a few stitches the first time I tried them on lol they're very stretched looking on me which is unfortunate because I love them other than that. Also, the customer service guy I talked to was super nice but unfortunately couldn't add the one more scarf I wanted (to avoid paying the shipping on another whole order)

Date of experience: December 8, 2014
North Carolina
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I have been waiting for 12 days to get my order, it should have been here by now, they said it will be here Saturday, and now I check again and track it the package now says the 11th so that's an additional 3 days. Plus they chose Smart Post which means the package will be delivered to some random place for me to have to go pick up instead of being delivered. It has taken me months to find the perfect dress for my sons's wedding next week and now I have nothing. I will never shop here again or step foot in their store, It's a shame because I like their store.

Date of experience: December 6, 2018
Connecticut
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Poor customer service
April 25, 2015

Order delivered to the wrong addressed. Same street wrong town. They told me to file a police report. Still won't credit my account until they recieve case number at their fax number. Customer service is the worst!
Hoping company goes UNDER!
Sorry to employee's, but it is what it is. Demand better customer service at next job!

Date of experience: April 25, 2015
Hawaii
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Never again!
June 20, 2016

When I purchased my merchandise online, it gave me a price that I would pay. When sent my confirmation the price increased by $16 for shipping. I feel that the shipping should have been included on my initial payment, not when the email confirmation when through. When I tried to cancel my order right after I saw this, it would not let me. I clicked it multiple times and nothing happened. Customer service and products are not worth it. I would never buy products from them again. Thank you for wasting Charlotte Russe for wasting my time and money.

Date of experience: June 20, 2016
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered 2 pairs of shoes Friday at 6pm paid for expedited 2 day shipping, called on tuesday to see where order was and they told me just because its expedited it could still take 4-5 days to process, and they are not open on weekends to process? Later on Tuesday I received an email stating that one of the pairs was out of stock, called again and they said it's in limbo so basically because my order wasn't processed more people could have ordered after me and received the shoe also the rep said it looks like we have one pair left when I asked to have that one she said she couldn't process the order... not happy with customer service or online, however I've never had problems at the actual store

Date of experience: February 7, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE
February 28, 2017

I ordered 4 thing from charlotte russe. All we're in stock when I bought them. I checked my order today to see if it had shipped and it said the shoes i ordered were $0.00 so i got confused. I checked my email and it said they were out of stock and i have been "refunded" my order total was $41 and the shoes cost me $25. My new order total after the shoes were removed is $36. I will never buy anything else from them again.

Date of experience: February 28, 2017
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay away
April 16, 2018

Have ordered 6 dresses and have been charged for all 6 only to receive an email saying 4 of the dresses are out of stock

Have emailed 4 or 5 times with no response from the company or customer service

Date of experience: April 16, 2018
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered something about 2 weeks ago and all of a sudden I'm notified that I won't be getting 2 of the items that I ordered... but they refunded my total, so I was like okay. But for my Christmas present, my boyfriend just decided to give me the clothes I wanted so I was excited because Charlotte Russe has the best deals and I love their clothes, turns out that they charged my boyfriend 138 for nothing, because for one, It didn't confirm my order, 2, it constantly told me that I had to validate his card, which I did... TWICE. And its just such a mess. Unless you want to be stressed the f*** out, then I recommend to not use this site.

Date of experience: November 25, 2013
Utah
1 review
3 helpful votes
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This use to be my favorite store because I'm a very small petite woman and it's hard to find xs clothing with my style and Charlotte Russe always has the perfect affordable clothes that fit me. I ordered tons of pants since they changed owners and I literally couldn't be more disappointed. They claim they "fixed" their sizes. For what?! That made it so much worse I literally ordered everything I'm xs or xxs and I get a whole bunch of crap that literally look like a large and will NEVER fit me in sooooo disappointed, if your a small girl and you use to buy from here forget about it their a worthless company now. The photo I posted, the red pants are from Charlotte Russe and claim to be "xxs" next to them are pants in a regular small that actually fit. Please explain to me how this is suppose to fit someone who wears "xs". HORRIBLE

Date of experience: March 18, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
2 helpful votes
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March 16, 2017

I love the quality and beautiful outfits, on the other hand I hate the shipping part it is slow most of the time! Also when there is a sale and then they send you a message saying the clothes is out of stock but then it is still on the website as in stock.

Date of experience: March 16, 2017
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Disappointed
October 17, 2016

I bought a few items from Charlotte Russe and it said it was delivered but I never received the order. I called fedex and contact the usps as well but no one can locate my package. I called Charlotte Russe and explained the situation. The only thing they told me can be done is for me to file a police report since my order was over $50. I told them I did not wanted to do that and they are responsible for my order. Since I don't want to file a police report, I basically lost my money. Charlotte Russe is responsible. This is bad customer service. Thanks for nothing CR.

Date of experience: October 17, 2016
South Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I Ordered 2 pair of shoes from charlotte russe. I received a conformation order that night and then received a tracking ID from FedEx. 2 weeks have gone by and still no shoes. I track the shoes everyday and the shoes are still at the same location. I had to call customer services to see what the problem was. The rep on the phone sad that they are stuck in transit. She said that she can issue me a refund or order the shoes again. I really wanted the shoes so I said lets order the shoes again because I wanted to wear them in my vacation. But they did not have the shoes in my size. I had to get a refund and have to wait up tp 7 days before the money is put back on my card.

Date of experience: March 3, 2017
Indiana
1 review
9 helpful votes
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TOOK MY MONEY
July 21, 2016

If I could I would give them a negative number! I placed in order for only two items. I completed the order and got an order number and all. Of course I took a picture of it for proof and so I know my order number. I even had an account so it would already be there for me. I never received an email to confirm my order and now they say my order does not exist, but they pulled the money from my account. I am beyond pissed and I have tried call customer service but I stay on hold for over 30 mins literally. I will never shop here ever again and I would not recommend anyone else did.

Date of experience: July 21, 2016
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Disappointed.
June 16, 2016

So I usually have no complaints about Charlotte Russe. But the other day I went in the store for a specific pair of shoes. In store they had a "Buy one get one 12.50" sale for shoes. The original price for the shoe was 38 and online it was 25. So when I got to the counter I showed the cashier the page online. I asked her was it possible for me to get the shoe at the price it was showing online. And I flat out got a no. I would understand if I was asking for a price match to a whole different store! But it was a current online ad for them. It just bothered me because I work at a department store and we meet the needs of the customer no matter what

Date of experience: June 16, 2016