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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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value
145
shipping
144
returns
126
quality
138
New York
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Cheap with a dark twist
October 10, 2015

So I've bought some pretty neat cheap clothes from F21, but I had a bad experience recently. I spent almost $60 in-store and ended up wanting to return my items. That's when they told me only exchanges and store credit are given to customers who buy items in-store. Otherwise, only ordering online and paying for your own shipping will land you a refund. I decided I will no longer do business with a company that acts so greedily. Besides, their men's section isn't half as extensive as women's anyway.

Date of experience: October 10, 2015
Connecticut
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I order on their website and after seven business days I did not get my items. Ulta customer service who was rude and unprofessional, they told me that my address is as wring. But when they send me the confirmation number, my address was correct. They said it's not their fault that my shipping has been sent to a different state. And they will not be refunding me. Honestly the way they handled the situation was rudely unprofessional and I will never order with them again.

Date of experience: August 23, 2021
Virginia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Please save yourself some frustration and avoid ordering from Forever21. First, the shipping is terribly slow. I ordered items on August 3rd and they still have not arrived. It was stuck at "in transit" status for over a week. Second, customer service is rude. One nasty young lady hung up on me while I was asking about my order. Then, she had the audacity to hang up again when I called back. Look folks, spend your money in stores that value customers enough to hire competent and professional customer service staff. In closing, Forever21 should train customer service agents on how to provide courteous support (or fire them) and this company should invest in empowering customer service agents to offer customers some sort of good will gesture when orders do not arrive within two weeks.

Date of experience: August 19, 2019
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Waste of time and money. Sent it to the wrong place which I haven't even lived at for over four years and somehow that's my fault even though there site prefilled it. Now they refuse to send another package or give me a refund. They lack basic customer service skills. Can't wait til they finally go out of business because everyone finally realizes what junk they are.

Date of experience: July 30, 2018
Washington
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Honestly, the quality of the merchandise at Forever 21 is the worse. I would not recommend buying on ANY one of their stores. Hear me up, this store is mass producing and quality is not acceptable. It's embarrassing walking out and being seen wearing one of their horrible damaged sweaters after a couple times of wearing it. Not to mention, their return policy is one of the worse because they don't have one, just like in any foreign country. You buy a piece of their worthless pieces and you lost your money for ever; they won't give you your money back, they will give you a merchandise credit ONLY on garbage that's full price. So, if you buy something on sale, you have already trashed your money. PLEASE, do yourself and your parents a favor, DO NOT even look at forever 21 stores. They are here to trash the planet with their disposable clothing.

Date of experience: November 19, 2015
Texas
4 reviews
27 helpful votes
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Won't order again online
November 27, 2020

I will not be ordering again online. One is because they use fed ex smartpost. Its a horrible service. Hopefully I will get the before Christmas because seeing as my packages went to every little in town in texas then was supposedly sent it the post office where you can't keep track of your package anymore. I really dislike companies that use cheap methods for shipping. I will stick with going to their stores. At least I will see the clothes immediately instead of waiting for 3 weeks and counting

Date of experience: November 27, 2020
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Forever 21 has the worst customer service department I've ever dealt with. Everytime I call them I hear a bunch of extraneous noise and talking as if I interrupted a party and I am met with a helpless employee who doesn't have the authority to complete any complex request. There are no procedures implemented to ease the customers frustrations when the fault lies with the company. The customer is forced to accept the circumstance even if it was Forever 21's fault and responsibility to resolve. Thank you for wasting two months telling me that you were going to resend the package you failed to deliver in the first place and then simply refunding my money. This was exactly the opposite of what we agreed to. Forever 21 lost a customer today, though I doubt they mind.

Date of experience: November 16, 2015
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Tried to cancel two order I had placed. Was told by both employees it was cancelled. Items still got charged & shipped. Only send one prepaid shipping label because apparently I didnt respond properly. Told me I could return in store for a credit or pay for another label, as if I wanted the item. Never felt more disgusted with the facts I got blamed for he employees mess up. Highly recommended not shopping here, return policy is the worst and they dont care about the shoppers at all. Used to the love the store but guess when people only care about making money.

Date of experience: April 25, 2018
India
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Our inner wear shapes are visible due to thin fabric, earlier it wasn't such.
Soft fabrics in cotton, georgette will do but not hosiery or synthetic ones which are not sweat absorbent.
Forever 21 was my one of the favourite brands all these years before lockdown, since then the production has totally changed due to cost cutting policy. See it to and I'm sure you will capture the market of teenagers in the entire industry.
New and pleasant shades are highly appreciated with a basic or a new style. Thankyou!

Date of experience: June 26, 2019
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stole $300 no explanation
November 5, 2021

Contacted customer service for over a month and a half when my package never arrived. On trac(shipping) confirmed there was an report in delivery and package was no delivered or scanned in delivery zone. Forever 21 denied claim every time refusing refund saying it isn't their fault. Over $300 and hours of emailing, chatting and calling f21 and ontrac to basically be told the other is responsible. Going to look into my legal options as this is a huge corporation

Date of experience: November 5, 2021
Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolute WORST company you can buy from! Shipping is supposedly within 24 hours (according to their website, their words) but it took more than 9 days to process my order. Then, they defaulted to an old shipping address on file from 2 years ago! I called them to correct the problem before it actually shipped, and got a busy line 6 times when calling. Finally got through to the automated line and was given an option to hold for 40 minutes or get a call back. I left my number for a call back and no one ever called. Waited 30 minutes on hold, and line was dropped. Waited another 45 minutes on hold only to be told that they were not liable for any shipping errors and could not help at all. I will never shop from them again. Everyone who reads this: be warned! You can expect 2-3 weeks of shipping delays on all orders, and the absolute worst customer service of any retail store period. F21, you lost a customer today. Get your act together and stop making lame excuses for being inadequate.

Date of experience: December 12, 2019
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They would not let me return a couple Items because my daughter took off price tags.
And the guy in the cerritos mall was trying to treat me like if I didn't know what I was saying.
I should of knock his a** out.
I will never spend another dollar there!

Date of experience: July 10, 2017
Rhode Island
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I placed an order two weeks ago and still have not received it. I tracked the package and found that it had been delivered two days ago (even though I was home all day), and after going back and forth trying to verify the delivery with my local post office we concluded that it had been stolen. I decided to call F21 and when I finally got through to an actual human being, he was of absolutely no help. He told me that I can not be refunded OR sent another order until next month. Apparently I have to wait two full weeks from the alleged delivery date to make a claim that my package has been stolen. Who knows what they'll do to compensate after. Terrible Customer Service!

Date of experience: November 27, 2015
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I tried to return an online order at the store but was unable to because the system was down. Store clerk told me tshe had no idea when the system would be back up again. She informed me that company will make an exception and allow free return for up to 90 days and advised me to contact customer service to get a free return label. To my utter disappointment, Customer Service declined my request and told me that store gave me wrong information. I am very disappointed.

Date of experience: May 14, 2023
Iowa
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Forever21 does not have the best looking items. Most items are not too expensive and affordable but very unattractive. They have very disrespectful employees that are harsh and rude. Their return policy is unreasonable. I used to think Forever21 was a great place to shop. If you'd like to shop at Forever21 make sure whatever you purchase, you really like or make sure you can return the item within 30 days because they have a strict and unreasonable return policy. They need to have more attractive clothes that are appropriate. Forever21, overall, is a bad place. Out of five stars, I would give them a 1.

Date of experience: July 30, 2019
Virginia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Horrible customer service. Liars, and they took my money and could care less. Conversations after being on hold for 1 hr first time and 25 min the second time and they all but tell you they cant help you. Cant return item, cant take it to store, cant exchange it and were not refunding your money... too bad for you, have a great night, bye!

Date of experience: December 27, 2017
California
11 reviews
82 helpful votes
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I love clothes from forever21! What's nice is if you order online, you can still take it to the store and return things just in case they don't fit! The online store just has all the options you might not find in-store. However, go to the store for sales! There's usually more selection!

Date of experience: June 18, 2011
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Amazing
August 25, 2017

Forever 21 is the one store that never fails me. Ive ordered from there a bunch of times and the longest its ever taken me to get a package is 2 days. The most recent order i made (which was a lot of stuff) came the next day. Everyone needs to keep in mind that people dont really write reviews until they have a bad experience and wanna rant about it online. Forever 21 has always been great to me. Definetly trustworthy.

Date of experience: August 25, 2017
VG
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I usual order from this site but my last ordered came yesterday and I think they changed manufactures in China. The clothes that came looked extremely cheap, the material quality was very poor. I am so disappointed with this order. The extra small is BIGGER than the small and all the clothing were big.
Their clothing is so different from the last few times I bought. Be very careful when purchasing online at this store.

Date of experience: July 2, 2014
Illinois
11 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Love the prices and the styles! You get for what you pay. It wont last forever, but it works. Only thing I wish was different was their return policy. They should refund the amount back and not just offer store credit!

Date of experience: September 30, 2012