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Returns and Fraud are on the Rise — Happy Returns Wants to Help

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Geekplus robots are now in use at all three of Happy Returns’ Hubs. Those boxes will then be shipped back to the retailers where the products originated, in the never-ending ebb and flow of goods sold-shipped-returned-resold that is commerce today. They resemble Roombas with a skinny highboy table on top.

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Sensing, Not Seeing, with Vision AI as Retail’s Crystal Ball for the Future

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Additionally, this reduces cloud costs and improves ad traction and purchases, while also taking privacy factors into account. They need the ability to install and have optimally running tech solutions that require minimal maintenance, which deploying at the edge can support. Likewise, very few in these centers are technology experts.

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Walmart Offers Free At-Home Pickups for Online Product Returns

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Seeking to minimize customers’ return complexities, Walmart has partnered with FedEx for at-home pickup of unwanted gifts or ill-fitting apparel. Customers can schedule returns via the new Carrier Pickup by FedEx service for products that have been shipped and sold by Walmart.com, using either the website or the Walmart app.

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Treat Returns as a Competitive Advantage that Increases Customer Lifetime Value

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The popularity of online shopping has created enormous opportunities to reach new customers, but this has come at a cost. Just last year, total returns accounted for $761 billion in lost sales for U.S. Instead, offer the ability to scan a code on their phone at the shipping location and drop off returns as-is.

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Six Things the Consumer of 2021 Really Wants

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With so much change happening so quickly and so unpredictably, we at Pitney Bowes decided that returning to an 8 th edition of our annual consumer research study wasn’t going to cut it, so instead we moved to a weekly poll of consumer sentiment in Q4 called BOXpoll. One-third think seven-day free shipping is ‘acceptable.’ on average.

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The Secret Behind Quick-Turn Merch: A Strong Partner

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How do these brands turn around these drops so quickly? While you may not be shipping products worldwide, the benefit of an international company is its extensive network of suppliers, sourcing and tools. Additionally, a proven track record of successful products (especially with a quick-turn drop) is essential.

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Supre, YD, Midas rank top for overall online store experience

Inside Retail

Moreover, customers compliment Supres wide range of payment and flexible shipping options and authority to leave deliveries. However, Osthus said that Humii found an inconsistency as the company advertises free shipping on first orders over $30, its checkout requires spending at least $50.