Urban Outfitters and Forever 21 are not strangers to lawsuits claiming they’ve stolen designs or elements of designs from others in order to make sales: from textile designs to ornaments. Now, the two retailers are facing a lawsuit together, after a celebrity photographer claimed the companies illegally used photographs he took of Tupac Shakur on T-shirts. [More]
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Shipping Company Ditches Forever 21 Because Business Is Too Slow To Be Profitable
By 6.28.16
In a sign of the sad state of retail these days, a company that delivered clothing to Forever 21’s stores is canceling its contract with the chain, saying business has slowed down to the point where it just isn’t profitable anymore. [More]
Nine States Expand Probe Into On-Call Scheduling, 15 More Retailers In The Hot Seat
By 4.13.16
With the help of seven other states and the District of Columbia, New York is expanding the probe into on-call scheduling in the retail world, sending letters to 15 more retailers asking them about their use of the practice. [More]
Forever 21 Customers Saying “No” To Men’s “Don’t Say Maybe If You Want To Say No” Shirt
By 3.14.16
UPDATE: About an hour and 15 minutes after our initial post, a public relations representative for Forever 21 told Consumerist that the chain has pulled the shirt in question. [More]
Adobe Accuses Forever 21 Of Pirating Design Software
By 1.30.15
Wait a minute…Forever 21 is in legal trouble over an intellectual property issue that doesn’t involve accusations that it ripped off another fashion company’s design? Yes, the fast-fashion superstore is being sued by three software companies that accuse it of pirating their expensive software. The lead plaintiff is Adobe, maker of professional software and a company that would definitely notice if an entire company were using unlicensed versions. [More]
Forever 21: Decision To Cut Staffers’ Hours Was Made “Independent Of Affordable Care Act”
By 8.20.13
Forever 21 is facing a bit of social media blowback after a memo reportedly leaked online, detailing its plans to reduce “a number of full-time non management positions” like stock associates and sales associates to 29.5 hours or fewer starting this week. Some critics are accusing the company of doing so to avoid providing health care coverage to full-time employees under the impending Affordable Care Act mandate. [More]
Designer Shocked To Find Her Pendant Reborn As Forever 21 Necklace
By 8.12.13 — Updated: 8.13.13
UPDATE: A day after we posted the below story about Forever 21 selling a necklace very similar to an independent designer (which it had been doing since at least June), it appears the link has been taken down by the retailer. Forever 21 has still not returned our request for comment, but at least the necklace isn’t for sale anymore, or at least it seems that way. We’re still here, Forever 21, just in case you feel like responding publicly….
Move Over Santa: Consumer Reports Issues List Of Naughty & Nice Companies
By 11.21.12
They’re making a list and checking it twice, and you’re about to find out who’s naughty and nice. Get it? Because Consumer Reports is coming to town? Or rather, it’s issued its annual list of the companies it considers to be bad little boys and girls and those who are to be held up as examples to the rest of’em. Let’s get to it [cue gleeful rubbing together of hands]! [More]
Forever 21’s Vicious Rivets Attacked My Car’s Seats
By 10.4.12
Sam thought he would try shopping at discount clothing emporium Forever 21. He found this nice pair of pants. Well, he thought they were nice, but they turned out to be vicious. He tells Consumerist that the back rivets were so sharp, they scratched up the leather in his car interior. Imagine the horror if he owned a leather couch or recliner, too. [More]
WTForever21 Blogger Not Giving In To Forever 21
By 6.13.11
After Forever 21 got all huffy over her satire blog, WTForever21, Rachel Kane told readers she’d be shutting her site down. But she’s had a change of heart, and has announced that she’ll soldier on in the face of a copyright infringement suit. [More]
Forever 21 Doesn't Want To Be Made Fun Of, Sues Satire Blog
By 6.6.11
Sticks and stones aren’t what is upsetting Forever 21 these days, instead words are totally hurting them, as they’re getting upset at a satire blog WTForever21 for making fun, and have gone ahead and sued the blogger behind it, she says. [More]
What Do You Think Of The Stores-Within-Stores Trend?
By 1.26.11
These days, more and more big box and department store chains are taking a cue from shopping malls by renting out floor space to retailers to create smaller stores within stores. It’s a model that has helped some businesses to stay afloat in these tough times, but does it benefit you? [More]
Forever 21 Issues Statement About Choke Hold Video
By 8.13.10
Forever 21, the store responsible for the security force that put a choke hold on an apparently deaf shoplifting suspect has issued a statement about the incident. [More]
VIDEO: Forever 21 Security Puts Choke Hold On Deaf Customer
By 8.12.10
Clothing store Forever 21 is under fire today over a YouTube video showing a security guard for the store’s Hollywood Blvd. outlet wrestling a deaf customer to the ground and putting him into a choke hold on the sidewalk. [More]
Why Am I Punished For A Forever 21 Cashier's Mistake?
By 6.4.10
Kat tells Consumerist that she had an odd experience while shopping at Forever 21. The store accidentally charged her twice for an item that was on clearance–no returns. In most retail establishments, this isn’t a problem. But at Forever 21, based on Kat’s experience, all the chain can offer you is store credit instead of a refund of the overcharge. Kat wanted the money returned to her account. [More]
98,930 Affected In Forever 21 Data Breach
By 9.15.08
Forever21 announced Friday that the Secret Service told it criminals had jacked 98,930 credit and debit card numbers from its computers. Based on their forensic analysis, your digits could be in the hands of unsavory individuals if you shopped there on…
Forever 21: No, You Can't Bring Your Kid Into The Dressing Room
By 2.16.08
Forever 21 won’t let more than one person into a dressing room, a policy that extends to Aldys and her eight-year-old son. We remember being young, climbing things and looking to run away with strangers, so we were surprised that Forever 21 ordered Aldys to leave her child unattended while she tried on clothes. When she refused and brought her son into the dressing room, a manager called security and told Aldys she had thirty seconds to scram. She calls it as “the most embarrassing and humiliating moment of my life.”
Gwen Stefani Sues Forever 21 For Trademark Infringement
By 7.18.07
Gwen Stefani doesn’t like it when Forever 21 does knock-offs of her designer clothes, according to MSNBC. Gwen’s reps claim that Forever 21 is “marketing, promoting, and selling products featuring a design ‘virtually indistinguishable’ from Harajuku’s signature heart/box logo”
