Does it make sense that only a minority of repeat returners are driving up the high rates of online returns? Do the findings from the NPR/Marist poll do more to justify free shipping policies or bans of abusive returners?
Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments:
As the saying goes, “it’s the price of doing business” whether online or in-store. This will create, and in fact already has created, new businesses such as Optoro that have in effect become a new secondary channel for returned goods. Creative people will always find creative ways to solve these problems. Still, both online and offline retailers will need to find a way to deal with the “bad apples” to some extent or it will spoil the bunch of us who don’t take unfair advantage of the system.
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