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Affirm Expands into Post-Purchase with $300M Acquisition of Returnly

Retail TouchPoints

Flexible payment provider Affirm is expanding its range of services to include the post-purchase experience with the acquisition of online returns solution Returnly for approximately $300 million. Returnly currently facilitates returns and replacements for online orders for more than 1,800 merchants.

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Kohl’s Expands Return Services for Additional Brands and Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

Kohl’s has added brands including Carhartt, Hanes and Levi’s to its newly christened in-store returns service, The Return Drop @ Kohl’s. The retailer has partnered with Inmar Post-Purchase Solutions and Narvar to provide shoppers with package-free, label-free returns in its 1,100+ stores nationwide.

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Preparing for the Rise in Online Retail Returns

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In 2021, returns cost retailers a whopping $761 billion , or almost 17% of total U.S. This year the powerful combination of the special sale dates in Q4 (like Target, Amazon and Walmart holding October Black Friday events) and an increase in ecommerce holiday shopping means that this upward trend for returns will continue.

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Treat Returns as a Competitive Advantage that Increases Customer Lifetime Value

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Ecommerce returns are the new reality for retailers, but their rapid rise doesn’t have to crush conversion rates and profitability. Consider how returns are central to the customer experience and can create a competitive advantage, differentiate a brand and increase customer lifetime value. Turn Returns Upside Down.

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Toys ‘R’ Us Continues Comeback with Digital (for now) Return to the UK

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Toys ‘R’ Us ANZ relaunched the brand’s website in Australia in 2019. A brick-and-mortar return to the UK could be next for Toys ‘R’ Us, if WHP follows a similar pattern to its U.S. A brick-and-mortar return to the UK could be next for Toys ‘R’ Us, if WHP follows a similar pattern to its U.S. billion (approximately $4.1

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Why the return of overseas tourists won’t help retail bounce back – yet

Inside Retail

The lack of international tourists over the last two years has cost the retail industry an estimated $90 billion – given tourists spent around $45 billion between July 2018 and 2019, according to data from Tourism Research Australia. This has been a long time coming after more than 700 days of being cut off from the rest of the world.

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UPS Forecasts 23% Increase in Returns Compared to Peak 2020 Period

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million returns during the week of Jan. 4, 2021, a 23% rise from the highest volume return period in the 2019 peak-season cycle, according to Freight Waves. UPS expects return volumes to be distributed evenly throughout the week rather than concentrated on one or two days. UPS expects to handle 8.75 An estimated 1.75

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