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Getty Images This story is part of a group of stories called At a Cost Plus World Market in Oakland, California, masked shoppers are filing in with their holiday near-misses. They’re not just bringing back Ikat dinnerware and burlap wall art that didn’t quite hit the gifting mark, however. The Happy Returns “bar” within accepts unwanted items from digitally native brands like Eloquii, Everlane, and Rothy’s, which it refunds with a scan of a QR code. Similar bars in malls, college campuses, and inside stores like World Market across the country are doing an equally brisk trade....

2020 Year in Review: Retail Upended, Reset Continues December 31, 2020 As 2020 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect back on a wild and crazy year in retail, to paraphrase the Festrunk brothers from Saturday Night Live. COVID-19 came in like a wrecking ball in February and March, causing widespread shutdowns that hit retail especially hard, leading to hockey-stick growth in ecommerce as consumers everywhere hunkered down to stay safe and purchased tons of essential goods from their devices. Entire subsets of the population that had been avoiding online buying for various reasons suddenly s...

NEW YORK – A huge surge in online shopping has been a savior for retailers during the pandemic, but it comes at a price. Shoppers are likely to return twice as many items as they did during last year's holiday period, costing companies roughly $1.1 billion, according to Narvar, a software and technology company that manages online returns for hundreds of brands. Retailers don't want the returns, but they do want shoppers who may not feel safe going to stores to be comfortable buying things they haven't seen or tried on in person. People have been doing so much online buying since March that...

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, announced on Monday a new product-return program that’s intended to alleviate a particular pain point in the...

Shoppers are expected to return twice as many items as they did during last year’s holiday period, costing companies roughly $1.1 billion.