B
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25%
25% -- return rate for Online apparel retail (2024-2025)
Online apparel retail return rates ranged from 25% to 35% across 2024 and 2025.
- Reported as a range (25-35%)
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25%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2024-2025
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Overstock Trader
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Tier B
https://overstocktrader.com/blog/excess-inventory-report-2026/ ↗
Source Article
The 2026 Excess Inventory Report: What Every Brand Needs to Know Now
As we look back into last year, excess inventory didn’t just show up more often; it showed up for new reasons and behaved in new ways. Excess inventory was no longer dominated by simple overproduction or safe, seasonal bets that didn’t land. Instead, what we’re seeing across.
We are seeing a more ta…
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Overstock Trader
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Range reported; midpoint used
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Industrymarketing
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Online apparel retail: 25% return rate. Source: Overstock Trader (2024-2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/apparel-ecommerce-return-rate-2024-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/apparel-ecommerce-return-rate-2024-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>25%</strong> -- return rate for Online apparel retail<br><small>Source: Overstock Trader (2024-2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/apparel-ecommerce-return-rate-2024-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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