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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 86th among Discount Clothing sites.

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Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Charlotte russe in sunrise mall in bayshore those employees are rude and unprofessional they lying today my experience is brought a clothing kind fit no verbal final sale and there is no final sale on the item and you can return the item the way you brought i did and the employees was rude laughing told me I can t exchange the clothing and iam not allowed to shopping at the store

Date of experience: April 3, 2025
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I bought a pair of pants that didn't fit and was told by the sales associate who made my purchase that they didn't do returns just exchanges and store credit. But these pants are poorly manufactured with the lining in the waist and hip leg area and placement of buttons on the pants. One legs of the pants has more room than the other due to the poor sewing quality. I should have read the store reviews before making a purchase. I'll be donating these pants. Glad they were only $14.

Date of experience: October 30, 2021
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ever since they closed down and re opened, the clothing in there is cheap looking and the poorest of quality. Very non trendy! It's pure house/ Lounge clothing! Please bring back the originals! Please! Look at the ratings! Do you guys even care? If not close down! Let it remain a phantom of our imagination of what was once was!

Date of experience: July 22, 2022
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I purchased 2 pairs of jeans a week ago. Tried them on at home due to fitting rooms still closed to Covid-19 (2 years ago). I took tags off and washed them. After washing them realized one pair had a hole just under the belt loop. The other seems alright still so as I put them on the whole zipper broke off! I went in about a week later (after purchase date) to explain what happened they said they can't return them at all cuz tags were taken off. I normally always buy my Jean from here but I will not be anymore. The lady upfront was rude and didn't even say sorry for the inconvenience just look at me with a blank face till I walked away.

Date of experience: April 2, 2022
Arizona
12 reviews
42 helpful votes
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I visited this store a few times last several months, purchased nothing. Their is nothing in this store worth buying except some cheap Tee shirt. All the cloths are low end quality, no selection, poor inventory, no refunds, dressing room just opened last week. Some how this store survived the Covid pandemic.Mt advice don't waste your time walking in to this store, you cant return unless it's an exchange theirs nothing else to buy, poor inventory choices.

Date of experience: March 22, 2022
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This store has no fitting room to try the dress on. You have to buy it and try somewhere else. You won't be refunded and force you sto get a store credit. The store manager has no experience on how to talk to customers. She is rude! I wont come here.

Date of experience: March 9, 2022
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very rude and Judy
August 18, 2023

Very rude trying to put somthing back on a hanger and being questioned what I'm doing in a rude way and making me feel like I can't try anything on and very rude at the cash register telling me to read stuff correctly thinking I don't have enough money which I did and I had plenty of stuff in my hands and she made me try to put away instead of giving it to her and had a really rude tone. She judged me from the start thinking I don't have enough money.

Date of experience: August 18, 2023
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Not enough people running the store in the Bronx asst manager was very nasty 3/5/23 long line 3 people running the store poor service aguementwith customer. The asst manager need be fired. I would never shop therhere again.

Date of experience: March 5, 2023
New Mexico
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Long handling time.
December 9, 2016

Ordered a few dresses 2 weeks ago. The dresses haven't shipped yet. Can't get replies to my emails from their customer service. Fortunately i paid through paypal so I wont be charged until item ship. If they ever do.

Date of experience: December 9, 2016
California
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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PLUS CUTOFF SHORTS
March 25, 2017

I have ordered from Charlotte Russe online twice now and am pretty pleased with their service. My most recent order was for one pair of plus size, jean, cutoff shorts - Refugee, I think. I ordered them one size up, just in case the shorts ran a little small. I received them today, cute, good fit, a little loose, not to short in length. Four stars due to how long it takes to receive one, in-stock item, that is my only compliant at this point.

Date of experience: March 25, 2017
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I'm in the same boat with everyone who tried to order a package and have it arrive before 12/24. Now it's 2017 and my package was never even brought to Fedex. I've called their customer support over 3 times already, emailed them multiple times, and yet they refuse to cancel and refund my order. So my word of advice is to dispute the charge with your credit card company. This falls under the categories 'merchandise never received' or 'service not as expected'. Never ordering online from here again after this nightmare.

Date of experience: January 3, 2017
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Used to be nice
January 30, 2020

Charlotte Russe used to be nice, but now with the new management, it has fallen to pieces. I spent over $100 and was not made aware of their new return policy. If you buy it online, you must return it via mail. Oh and if the item you purchased is less than $6.95, even if you're sending back $50 worth of product, they won't accept it. The customer service team really does take 2+ days to respond to one email, and they never answer your questions directly so there's always still confusion. Then you email them again and have to wait another 2+ days. I would never recommend shopping here anymore. Half the clothes I ordered were cute and fit well and the other half were terrible.

Date of experience: January 30, 2020
North Carolina
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I tried to buy some things on thier site recently only to have my credit card not work. Does not tell you why, just shows red and won't process. I know my card is fine. I tried to call customer service only for the phone number to be disconnected! What? So I email them, and it says will respond in 1 business day, it's been 4 and nothing. I wrote them again and nothing. They obviously do not care about thier customers. No use going to the store either because thier plus size section is literally that, a section. It's a small corner in the back with horrible selection. It's obvious what kind of customers they cater too. I will be going elsewhere from now on.

Date of experience: December 25, 2016
New Mexico
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I have ordered from CR many times over the years as well as shopped there. It was my favorite my store and I've never had a single complaint. WHAT has happened to this company?! I was missing an item from my order so after days of being on hold with customer service their response was literally, "I don't know what to do." how about refund my money?! They said they would email me a form to fill out to get my money refunded OR be charged again for the missing item then be refunded "later on". Seriously. BEWARE. Also, with my order I received a random pair of boots I didn't even order. Sigh.

Date of experience: October 27, 2016
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Abysmal
April 5, 2017

Charlotte Russe takes ages to ship products, the quality is poor, and they refuse to credit returns, inventing policies at will to steal your money. The customer service is useless and claims to have no contact with their shipping or return warehouses - which, perhaps that's the case, but that doesn't improve my overall feeling for how they do business.

Date of experience: April 5, 2017
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Very bad customer service. This girl named Jackie was really rude and unprofessional. That's why she will always work where she works for $10 or less. No good company will tolerate how she talk to customers. They cheated me, they charged me three separate $6.99 shipping for three items that I returned in the same return box. This makes no sense at all. I was told a manager was going to call 24-48 hrs, no one ever called. Charlotte Russe has the worst customer service. I will make sure everybody that I know never shop there.

Date of experience: July 1, 2017
Louisiana
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Charlotte Russe is usually my go to shopping store. Recently, I've ordered 6 dresses and 6 sandals on their buy 1 get 1 $12.50 deal. When I got these items, they didn't give me the right dress and the dress they did give me was very ugly. All except for one of the dresses either was too small or too big and I ordered them all in medium. With the shoes, same situation. I was extremely disappointed with this purchase but I'll still shop at Charlotte Russe because I love their jeans, jackets, and dressy tops. I learned my lesson with ordering dresses online and I recommend that anyone who does order online, make sure you know your size in certain garments

Date of experience: June 9, 2017
Massachusetts
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Avoid this store
August 16, 2017

Charlotte Russe has been my all time favorite store for YEARS. Until now. I have noticed they have changed their styles significantly recently and I am not a fan of their new stuff. I recently placed a very large order online and out of the 14 items I got, I am returning 13 of them! I am not that picky when it comes to clothes, but everything was see-through and fit poorly, despite being my size. The dresses and skirts are WAY too short. I am 5'3" and a size small and every dress and skirt I tried on completely showed my butt if I bent over even slightly. I have been an extremely loyal customer for years and I can tell you that their clothes did not used to be like that. It makes me so mad because I absolutely adored this store and now I can't find a thing that fits right and isn't see-through. I am done shopping at CR for good.

Date of experience: August 16, 2017
Georgia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Do not shop from them ever. I've never experienced such a bad order as I did right now. Ordered two boots from their website, one regular price and one for $8. I was happy with one of them but the other arrived stained and with the right boot completely missing a buckle. I called, expecting to get the return these and get an undamaged pair. Nope. She said I could return these, get back $8, and put in a new order for them at the current price of $45. What on earth? First of all, they send out damaged products and then they dont even attempt to fix them? I'll be returning both pairs as soon as possible (in the store or else I have to pay for shipping for the undamaged ones) and never shopping there ever again. A pity since I always liked their physical stores.

Date of experience: November 6, 2014
Maryland
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Cheated?
July 20, 2017

I ordered the crochet trim off the shoulder dress in white. As you can see the material is soft and silky! When I got this thing it literally had the texture of a plastic bag and was see through as HECK. Will not purchase from here even though prices are low, but they come low with a cost!

Date of experience: July 19, 2017