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forever21.com
general, casual men, womenAge 13-18, 19-25, 26-45
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About the Business

Forever 21 is a prominent U.S.-based fast fashion retailer, founded in 1984 by Do Won Chang and Jin Sook Chang in Los Angeles. Originally a women's clothing store, it now offers a diverse range of apparel and accessories. The brand remains influential in the industry, adapting to changing market dynamics and focusing on online growth.


forever21.com
+1 888-494-3837
USA
Forever 21 is part of Simon Property Group and Authentic Brands Group
Founded in 1984
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Business Highlights

General

Parent Company: Simon Property Group and Authentic Brands Group
Year Founded: 1984
Target Gender: men, women

Shipping

Shipping Cost: $6.95
Free Shipping: sometimes
Free Shipping Detail: for orders over $50

Returns

Return Policy: not free
Return Instructions: all returned or exchanged items must be unwashed, unworn, and undamaged, with all tags attached.
Return Cost: $5.99 fee

Sustainability

Sustainability Score: Not Good Enough
Recycling Program: no

Product

Style: general, casual
Body Fit: regular, plus size
Available Sizes: Men's (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL), Women's (2XS, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, 0X, 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X)

Customer Service

Support Channels: chat, phone
Support Phone: +1 888-494-3837

Payment Options

Payment Methods: card payments, PayPal, financing, Venmo, Amazon Pay
Buy Now Pay Later: Klarna

Membership Programs

Rewards Program: TopCashback, Active Junky, Rakuten, Mr. Rebates

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Reviews Summary

Forever 21 has a rating of 1.8 stars from 971 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Forever 21 most frequently mention customer service, store credit and return policy. Forever 21 ranks 372nd among General Apparel sites.

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returns
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138
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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My package was never delivered, i called forever 21 over 5 times, sent 4 emails which I never got a response from, chatted with their representative and I was unable to get it resolve. They have horrible customer service!

Date of experience: April 9, 2019
California
39 reviews
261 helpful votes
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I love forever 21 and the prices but I hate the long lines, lipstick on the clothes, and struggling to find my size. Now that their online store has free shipping with anything over 50 dollars I no longer see a reason to endure the torture of their retail stores. Definitely check out this site!

Date of experience: November 29, 2010
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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NOT HELPFUL AT ALL
January 3, 2017

I got the wrong product. Promptly shipped it back, as per instructions I included a shipping receipt so that they can reimburse me. This was months ago. I sent them a message weeks ago, no response. Sent one today. Doubt I'll hear back. I'm now down $30 with nothing to show for it. I want my shoes and I want the $13 I spent in an attempt to get my shoes.

Their site says they respond in 24 hours. Ha.

Date of experience: January 3, 2017
Colorado
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I've never had an online ordering experience go so horrible in my life. To begin, I live in a small town and noted to either send to my po box if usps or FedEx if physical address. Forever 21 send it via FedEx and didn't include my entire address, so it went to the postal service (which doesn't deliver in my town). I've been dealing with both fedex and usps all week trying to find my package and forever 21 has done nothing to accommodate this. It finally went back to forever 21 and they are asking for me to repay shipping and they said its not guaranteed to ship any particular way. So they said "put your physical address and hope it works out. We don't take responsibility for lost packages"
Total bull $#*!. Had they gotten my address right in the first place I would've have to deal with their horrendous customer service and sorry excuse for a return policy. Will never shop here again!

Date of experience: March 10, 2016
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst customer service!
December 6, 2018

I bought several items from the store and I wanted to exchange a couple of things but apparently this was not possible because they don't exchange or return items on sale. This was not written on the receipt or even told during my purchase! How should someone know that without it being clear. I even send my complaint via their website and their response was "sorry we can't do anything because these are our guidelines". Yeah guidelines that you know because you work in the place but you have to declare these policies! Really dissatisfied with the service!

Date of experience: December 6, 2018
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Unfortunate, forever 21 failed to deliver items on time. The 5-7 days shipping days became more like 20 days.
After waiting 30 min to talk to someone in the call center and asked for refund, was told I would have to wait until item was delivered to store and, only then, could ask for refund.
Unacceptable level of customer service and Terrible customer experience. Will not do business with the company again.

Date of experience: December 17, 2016
Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst customer service ever
September 27, 2019

I have tried to pay off my forever 21 card and when I do they tell me it "makes it there" East coast times minutes after the deadline even though it has cleared from my bank on the west coast by the due date - they keep doing this and charging me a fee - a card that has been paid in full on the due date will literally take 2 months and over $50 in bs fees to pay off and close! I will never shop there again- when you call the customer service department is useless and unintelligible with their answers and explanations. I would not be surprised if this company goes out of business with the way they treat their customers!

Date of experience: September 27, 2019
Washington
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I've never been disappointed with my orders from forever21. Fast shipping, good online selection, and cute clothes. Just be aware that a lot of their clothes are made out of pretty thin material, so the quality isn't incredible, but for the prices it's a pretty good deal.

Date of experience: March 5, 2011
Ohio
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Merry Xmas :(
December 20, 2018

Placed 3 orders within a week. The second order was missing two items and after paying for overnight shipping for the third, it has not arrived. When calling customer service, there was a 30 minute hold! In order to receive my 5-7 day refund, I have to print, complete and return and entire page affidavit! Before processing my refund for returning my overnight shipping charge, I also must wait for the package to arrive! Horrible company, Terrible customer service! Probably faster to dispute it with my bank then wait for service that will probably not even occur! Zero stars- never shopping here again

Date of experience: December 20, 2018
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Love it.
September 20, 2018

I always check this site before I order anything off a clothing website I am unfamiliar with. I'm shocked to see such bad reviews for Forever 21? I've been ordering off this website for YEARS. I have never had any issues. I actually ordered a pair of pants and a top but didn't like it on (sadly I had already removed the tags.) I went to the Forever 21 in Winnipeg and they let me exchange it for something I liked more in the store! The workers are so sweet. The quality of the clothing is good - considering how reasonably pricing this store is. I give it a 5 star. Don't let the bad reviews scare you away - I think Forever 21 is great. ALSO. My package ALWAYS arrives within 4-5 days which I love.

Date of experience: September 20, 2018
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Wrong shipping
November 3, 2017

They made it so difficult with all the glitches on their site to put in my address for an order. Then they end up shipping my item to the WRONG address where i used to live. When i called them to see if they could correct it I basically got told that it was my problem now and i had to pay an extra $20 after an hour on the phone with usps to fix a problem from Forever 21. I will never shop here again. The phone rep was so very rude and cut me off 3 times during the phone call. Cant believe this. Wont even get my dress for the wedding i was going to now.

Date of experience: November 3, 2017
Canada
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I LOVE forever21!
August 5, 2011

I LOVE forever21! I work 18 hour days at my factory job so I literally never visit malls. So online shopping is my passion. This site has proven time and time again to be a success for me. Never late with products, always receive what i expect. Plus the LOW LOW prices are my favorite part. Not many online site stores have such low prices on comfortable fashionable clothes! I love it! Also their accessories are the best thing about the store products!

Date of experience: August 5, 2011
Illinois
13 reviews
45 helpful votes
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I love their clothes, so I typically just shop in a physical store now. When I ordered online in the past, the shipping was sometimes more than the total of my order, which is absurd. Especially when I wanted to buy a simple plain skirt (priced at $4) for Halloween, and then the shipping was $7, uh no! Shipping can take a weirdly long time, I ordered one small pair of earrings for my mom once, and it took almost 3 1/2 weeks!

Date of experience: November 12, 2015
Massachusetts
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Never again
June 12, 2021

I hate this store. Customer service both in-store and online is horrible: they just lie to you and give you the run around because they don't care enough to help their customers. And I'm speaking after having contacted multiple agents over the course of a month. Never again am I going to shop at this terrible outfit.

Date of experience: June 12, 2021
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Poor customer service
October 24, 2017

I have an APO address. They have on their website they will ship APO yet when I put the address in, it does nothing. I sent an email with no response. I then called and she kept telling me that they needed something else. Really? I've been over in Germany for 14 years and have never had a problem. I emailed AGAIN and AGAIN got no response. Terrible! You won't be in business much longer Forever21 with all these negative reviews. You lost a potential customer here.

Date of experience: October 24, 2017
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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My daughter order three pairs of jeans with the distressed jeans and two of them tore right through on first wearing. It was hot where we live so she worn them over the weekend but was told they had to be damaged within 30 days and sent back. We were 4 days past the 30 days and they said no not even for a exchange that she should have worn them right away. Bottom line not good customer service and they do not stand behind their product.

Date of experience: September 22, 2014
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible customer service
December 20, 2017

"Today, the fast-fashion retailer brings in roughly $4.4 billion in sales from over 600 stores, and the Changs have an estimated net worth of $6.1 billion, according to Forbes." Yet they are too cheap to provide you with a pre-paid return shipping label... cool. I guess I'll lose money on your cheap as $#*! clothing item because you require me to return it online and can't spare $5 from your 4 billion to send me a pre-paid label.

Date of experience: December 20, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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No returns!
May 19, 2020

Do not buy from this company. I bought a few items on their website and would like to return half of them (do not
Fit) but nobody answers the phone nor do they answer emails. There is no information on their website ref returns, nothing. Steer clear of these people.

Date of experience: May 19, 2020
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Forever 21 really need to get themselves together their policies are not fair and you spend a lot of money in that store if you pick up an outfit and you can't fit it they'll tell you it's your problem I've never heard anything so ludicrous in a mall store

Date of experience: July 24, 2019
Canada
17 reviews
73 helpful votes
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Forever 21 has cheap clothes and not always so cheap prices, clothes are made average they are certainly not excellent quality, site is easy to use and had no problems online or with shipping.

Like the jewelry, its pretty and reasonable cost, but some of the tops are awful, too short and made of rayon, now it fits my cat! (Barely)

Clothes were better made ten yrs ago.

Date of experience: March 20, 2017