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Urban Outfitters

urbanoutfitters.com
casual, general, vintage & retro men, womenAge 26-45
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About the Business

Urban Outfitters is a leading American lifestyle retail corporation founded in 1970 and headquartered in Philadelphia. It operates three main brands—Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People—offering a diverse range of fashion, accessories, and home decor, while emphasizing sustainability and unique collaborations.


urbanoutfitters.com
+1 800-282-2200
USA
Urban Outfitters is part of URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Founded in 1970
Clothing item from Urban OutfittersFashion apparel by Urban OutfittersMerchandise from Urban Outfitters clothing lineUrban Outfitters fashion product

Business Highlights

General

Parent Company: URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Year Founded: 1970
Target Gender: men, women

Shipping

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

Returns

Return Policy: not free
Return Instructions: the items must either be unused or defective merchandise
Return Cost: $5 restocking fee

Sustainability

Sustainability Score: Not Good Enough
Recycling Program: no

Product

Style: casual, general, vintage & retro
Body Fit: regular
Available Sizes: Men's (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL), Women's (XS, S, M, L, XL)

Customer Service

Support Channels: chat, phone
Support Phone: +1 800-282-2200

Payment Options

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

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Reviews Summary

Urban Outfitters has a rating of 1.5 stars from 485 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Urban Outfitters most frequently mention customer service, credit card and order online. Urban Outfitters ranks 373rd among General Apparel sites.

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69
Brazil
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Great store
January 7, 2013

Great store. They don't have such a great options as Nastygal or ASOS for example, but still lots of good items.

I'm a client since 05/25/2012 and I've had 12 orders in this period.

Once they sent me an item in a wrong color (a pair of glasses). I emailed them about and they quickly solved the problem giving me a full refund with no need to return the item because its value was under $50.00.

Problems happen but me, personally think the most important is the behavior of the store under a problem. So we can see the real store.

Date of experience: January 6, 2013
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Shame on UO~
June 7, 2018

I would give 0 star... My parcel stole by someone, and the person returned my order in store for a giftcard...? Excuse me? I read Urban Outfitters return policy, the order within 30 days will be refunded to its original payment... Why did they refund for a physical giftcard? The customer service agent said they could not assist me because it was returned... i lost my parcel and lost my money... They betrayed they return policy, and they just want the customer to undertake the loss. Refund for a giftcard sounds more profitable than a credit card refund for them because they still hold that amount of money! They don't care about customer but profits.

Date of experience: June 7, 2018
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I chose to write an email, only because of my online experience. (In store staff, and availability is always great)

(All my praise goes to in store employees, especially located in Millenia mall, sweetest genuine people who really do help and don't make checking out feel like just a transacation)

On a different note, my experience with customer support (over the phone) was so unprofessional that I almost just wanted a refund. I don't recommend online shopping here whatsoever just in case of any mishaps.

Date of experience: December 26, 2018
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am pretty shocked at the delivery/customer service of Urban Outfitters. I ordered five items during the weekend of Black Friday and only two arrived (two weeks apart). I am still waiting for three items. I have been charged for ALL items and yet have been given NO UPDATES on missing orders. I have checked the tracking app, emailed, and have called. The customer service rep admitted he too could not figure out where my package was. It has now been OVER THREE WEEKS WITHOUT RECEIPT OF ORDER. I really can't understand and when I think of my experiences with Anthro and Free People, I have had nothing but success. I strongly recommend URBAN OUTFITTERS CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT ORDER ONLINE. This is genuinely the worst service ever; Pony Express followed by Morse Code would be better.

Date of experience: December 12, 2023
Texas
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Bad Business
December 13, 2019

This was by far, the worst customer experience ever. Tried x3 to reach customer service but couldn't wait more then 20 minutes. Today I decided I'd have to wait for however long it took as Christmas is quickly approaching... waited 30 minutes and asked for a supervisor immediately. All this for a gift card. Never again.

Date of experience: December 13, 2019
Denmark
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible
March 4, 2015

Their ordering system is terrible. I have twice tried to order and both times been extremely disappointed. NB the second time I was trying to use the discount code I got from the disaster the first order was.

In both cases the customer service department has not given 'a $#*!' and just apologized and hoped I would not make a deal of it.

Nothing has been pleasant and I recommend Urban Outfitters to no one.

Date of experience: March 4, 2015
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I placed an order in November 2017. Two holds for total amount were placed on my card, and then the actual charge - so the money was taken out of my bank account a total of 3 times! Then later refunded twice. And then out of nowhere in February 2018, months after I paid for and received my order, I received a new charge. I could not figure it out and customer service told me it was for this November order. They stopped returning emails and everyone says call this other number (back and forth). Had to go to bank and report for fraudulent charge and cancel my debit card.

Date of experience: March 7, 2018
New Hampshire
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Holiday packaging
November 5, 2021

I ordered a gift for my daughter for Christmas. It arrived today in packaging with Urban Outfitters written all over it. I get the need to advertise your brand but during the holidays? Could they be a little discreet? Sephora did the same thing last year and I am happy to say they listened to customers and changed their packaging. I contacted UO to mention that they should change their packaging during the holiday season. I was nice (though pissed) and they were somewhat dismissive. I wasn't looking for anything but acknowledgement. Like maybe they understood and will put it in the notes. Nope. Nothing. Just an ok. Customer service is useless. This is what she asked for however, I will be returning my daughter's gift and I will get her something else. I do not plan to shop with UO again.

Date of experience: November 5, 2021
California
5 reviews
12 helpful votes
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Skip this company
May 12, 2018

I placed an online order, promptly received an email confirming, followed by another email stating that my order was canceled. When I telephoned customer service, I was given the runaround about having bad credit with the company, etc., etc. I had NEVER ordered from this company before. Because my teen really wanted the item, I asked my friend to place the order, and guess what? The same thing happened to him. There are many other stores that offer cool merchandise. Urban Outfitters is worthless.

Date of experience: May 12, 2018
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a pair of jeans from them, they arrived in the mail much later then they said they would. Turns out they didn't fit right, so I returned them and requested to get a pair of shorts instead that were the same exact price as the jeans, this was 7 months ago, and I still haven't received my shorts or money back after emailing and calling this bullsh*t company hundreds of times. Overall terrible service, they just lost yet another customer.

Date of experience: July 26, 2016
Florida
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I recently got a good deal on a pair of shoes. So I purchased 20 of them. They processed my order for 3 days to cancel it for no reason. Their explanation was that the price is too low and they can't sell it to me for that price. They later banned me from purchasing anything on their site with no explanation. Don't waste your time with then they suck!

Date of experience: September 3, 2015
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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My 12 year old daughter and her friend visited the Nottingham store earlier today.

She had £100.00 in cash to spend.

They didn't understand the changing room policy (they are 12 after all) and were abused by the shop assistant.

The shop assistant then decided to exacerbate his obnoxious behaviour by calling my daughter a tramp.

When my wife complained to the store the manageress couldn't have made it clearer she didn't give a dam.

If I could I'd have awarded NO stars.

Urban Outfitters, they're just the worst.

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't shop online.
December 25, 2019

Usually i love urban outfitters, they have a variety of clothes and other items that i'm often drawn to. But this is the first and last time i have ordered from them online. My mom ordered me a few items online for christmas. There was a bed set, which won't make it here until march and a hoodie. The hoodie was a champion one, which i've been wanting for a while now. I typically wear a small and sometimes a medium, depending on the item. I decided to size up with this, so it would be a bit oversized, and picked medium when putting it on my wish list. They sent an extra large. It would be one thing if they sent a small or a large, but an extra large is two sizes up from what i ordered and way too big for me to wear. It just looks stupid on me. As far as i'm concerned, they will do nothing to fix this. They have a no exchange policy (which i was unaware of, before this situation) and take $5 from you when you return an item. I would not recommend shopping from them online, at all.

Date of experience: December 25, 2019
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The shoes I ordered ran half a size too small so the next day after having received them, I mailed them back for an exchange using the pre-paid shipping label included with my order. It has now been 3 weeks and 2 days and no sign of the new shoes. I contacted customer service about two weeks in and was told that I should receive an email once my return is processed and the exchange is shipped. No email. No shoes. I'm leaving for a 3-week trip tomorrow, and if I knew that I would not get the shoes before I left, I just would have asked for a refund. I sent a second email to customer service 3 days ago. No response! This company is terribly UNPROFESSIONAL.

Date of experience: May 22, 2015
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Love it!
August 25, 2015

I ordered my comforter and pillow case set with standard shipping and I received them two days before the minimum expected arrival date! They're in the wash right now and hopefully will soften up a bit, but overall the shipping was great and I hope the product is, too!

Date of experience: August 25, 2015
Canada
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I ordered from the US website instead of Canadian website by mistake and they basically told me too bad when I asked if I can return the items. What company these days don't accept returns? Absolute joke of a company who couldn't care less about their customers. Never will order from them again but I'm sure they don't care.

Date of experience: April 3, 2019
Canada
1 review
16 helpful votes
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There's no way to make ANY adjustments to your order after it was placed and no one will help you. I placed an order and it was confirmed but then hours later they emailed me saying I needed an authorization from my bank? I can't reach my bank because they are busy dealing with many calls during this pandemic. I have no choice but to cancel my order and one of the items I ordered are now out of stock and I can't get it anymore. NEVER shopping here again, they are not flexible or helpful at all.

Date of experience: April 19, 2020
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Appalling
July 29, 2016

I have returned goods and two weeks later haven't received a refund. I have emailed and keep getting the same response of 'our IT system is down'. Unacceptable and frustrating that I can't speak to someone directly - I have to keep emailing. Will never order from them again.
I have given 1 star as this site wouldn't let me submit my comment without rating - given the choice, I would rate them '0'

Date of experience: July 29, 2016
Canada
8 reviews
28 helpful votes
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SO CUTE
April 28, 2020

Confused with all the terrible reviews. I think the good outweighs the bad by far, I just dont think the people that have a positive experience are writing reviews. I bought some cute baggy jeans and hopped on the trend. I ordered them a week ago and it literally came in 7 days. I'm in Canada btw. The jeans fit nice and the quality was great. Nothing to complain about except I wish I would have sized down. The name of the jeans are BDG High-Waisted Baggy Jean - Bleached Light Wash

Date of experience: April 27, 2020
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I had a terrible experience trying to order an Urban Outfitters gift card. Between 11/26/14 and 11/28/14 I tried three times to order a gift card online. Each time I got an email that the order had been cancelled because the product was unavailable. On 11/29/14 I called Customer Service who told me that there was some kind of problem with an order of mine months ago that had carried over to this order. Customer Service promised that someone would call me within the next 5 days to resolve the issue. By December 4 nobody had contacted me. I will not be ordering from UO again.

Date of experience: December 4, 2014