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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

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This means that it’s not enough for products to be delivered quickly – customers also want to know that if those items aren’t quite what they expected, they can be returned just as quickly and easily. According to Insider , total retail returns were projected to grow 2.2% As it turns out, this is quite an expensive problem to solve.

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4 Ways Ecommerce Returns Will Change in 2022

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Ask any retailer or consumer and they’ll agree on this point: ecommerce returns are a problem — albeit for diametrically opposed reasons. Meanwhile, more than three in four (78%) consumers say they’ve had an inconvenient online returns experience recently, per Pitney Bowes latest BOXpoll survey. consumers love the USPS.

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GoodwillFinds Adds Returns Capability to Better Compete with Other Resale Platforms

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GoodwillFinds — the online ecommerce platform of the 120 -year-old nonprofit Goodwill — has teamed up with return assurance platform Seel to better “compete with other digital resale websites” by offering returns. The return assurance allows them to make a seamless, hassle-free return within seven days.

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2022 Predictions: Shipping Experience Will be the Key to Retail and Ecommerce Success

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The pandemic has brought about long-term changes for both business operations and consumer expectations, and 2021 taught us how far removed we are from ever returning to the old “normal.” Shipping and delivery will continue to play a major role in how retailers, both small and large, perform and provide effective customer experiences.

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DoorDash Debuts Package Pickup Service to Streamline Returns

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DoorDash has introduced Package Pickup, allowing consumers across the country to have the service deliver up to five return items per trip to UPS, FedEx or the USPS. Consumers can attach prepaid shipping labels to their returns or send a shipping QR code directly to their “Dasher” via the DoorDash app. “We

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Serial Returners and Refund Fraudsters: How Brands are Fighting Back With Data Insight

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Online return fraud cost U.S. billion in 2022. For every $100 in returned merchandise accepted, U.S. to return fraud, the NRF has calculated. Serial returners’ are shoppers who deliberately buy several items knowing full well they won’t keep some of them. retailers $22.8 retailers lose $10.40

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ThredUp Tests Consignment Fees, New Return Policies in the Pursuit of Profitability

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Marking a significant shift in ThredUp ’s value proposition to consumers, the resale marketplace testing out a number of new initiatives to improve its margins, including new return policies and fees for its “cleanout kit” consignment services. ThredUp beat expectations for Q4 2022 but still saw revenues decrease 2% year-over-year, to $71.3

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