C
Evidence Grade C
Graded
under review
Use with Hedging
Dated
30%
30% -- product return rate for Online retailers on Black Friday (2018)
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Value
30%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2018
Entity
Evidence Quality
C
Moderate quality evidence
Useful directional data with some methodological gaps. Treat as indicative rather than definitive -- corroborate before citing in formal research.
Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
30
Freshness
95
Sources (4)
Easysize / Forbes.com
Primary
Tier C
https://www.easysize.me/blog/back-to-the-burner-black-friday-is-national-throw-away-day ↗
Source Article
Back To The Burner: Black Friday Is National Throw-Away Day
Team Easysize
This post was originally published on Forbes.com.
‘Tis the season for flash sales which creates high proportions of returned clothes that often end up being incinerated. To the detriment of the online clothing stores' economy and the climate.
Online clothing stores struggle with averag…
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Original Research
Easysize / Forbes.com
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Online retailers on Black Friday: 30% product return rate. Source: Easysize / Forbes.com (2018). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/black-friday-return-rate-30
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