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Forever 21 is going belly up

Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:40 pm
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10140 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:40 pm
They were already in trouble, but now say there's no way to save their stores. They specifically blame ultra-cheap Chinese shops for their extinction.

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Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in six years on Sunday and blamed fast-fashion e-tailers Shein and Temu for its demise. The retailer’s operating company is expected to cease all operations in the U.S. and has already begun liquidation sales at its more than 350 locations, but it’s still open for bids if a buyer is willing to take on its inventory and keep running its stores, court filings show.


No buyers have emerged, so, buh bye.

CNBC

Posted by HeadCall
Member since Feb 2025
5715 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:41 pm to
Can honestly say that I don’t think anyone gives a frick
Posted by Palomitz
Miami
Member since Oct 2009
2696 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:41 pm to
I guess that they are not Forever then.
Posted by jmcwhrter
Member since Nov 2012
7939 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

Can honestly say that I don’t think anyone gives a frick


I get that sentiment, but this is just another in a long line of U.S. retailers that are being put out of business by Amazon and Shein selling the same Chinese crap at lower prices.

The only thing still propping up the existing mall retail stores are old people who buy brown shoes and dress pants every 5 years.
Posted by dukeg7213
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2023
6913 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

blamed fast-fashion e-tailers Shein and Temu for its demise


they sell the same exact cheap shite. shein and temu just do it for a fraction of the cost. sucks to suck
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20789 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:44 pm to
This is strategic IMO. Their parent company went through a merger earlier this year.

If it wasn’t posted here I may never have known it ever existed much less closed up.
This post was edited on 3/17/25 at 1:46 pm
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40794 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:44 pm to
Posted by HeadCall
Member since Feb 2025
5715 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

get that sentiment, but this is just another in a long line of U.S. retailers that are being put out of business by Amazon and Shein selling the same Chinese crap at lower prices.


Pretty sure all these retailers were selling Chinese crap all along, you just had to drive to a store to buy it instead of getting it delivered to your front door.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
35371 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:47 pm to
Forever (chapter) 13
Posted by CatsGoneWild
Pigeon forge, Tennessee
Member since Jan 2008
15073 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:48 pm to
They used to be a business that had a Christian faith. As soon as they turned woke and started putting rainbow flags on their windows, they started struggling
Posted by Motownsix
NOLA
Member since Oct 2022
3262 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:55 pm to
It’s because Canada slapped a huge tariff on midriffs.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8648 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:03 pm to
are those mannequins wearing covid masks? if so, i'm glad they're going out of business.
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
Member since Oct 2012
26652 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:09 pm to
Forever Chapter 11
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
Member since Oct 2012
26652 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:17 pm to
Hard to believe Chinese online stores are the real reason
This post was edited on 3/17/25 at 2:18 pm
Posted by secfballfan
Member since Feb 2016
3561 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:30 pm to
Damn, used to hang out there for hours.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
18832 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:35 pm to
yeah I am pretty sure THAT is what caused it.....
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
75923 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:36 pm to
chicks finally figured out they couldn't actually stay 21 forever?
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25564 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:51 pm to
Sorry baw. Haven’t been in a mall in about 8 years
Posted by Texastiger43
Houston
Member since Oct 2015
557 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:59 pm to
Guess I just dont care much about this one.
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14673 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 3:10 pm to
They are/ were just a brick and mortar version of shein. Nether of which are good for the us economy. But at least forever 21 hires actual people in the US and lease commercial space in the US.
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