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44.8%

44.8% -- product return rate vs average for Gen Z shoppers (ages 18-28) in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (2024)

2024  · n=440,000,000  · Voyado

Gen Z shoppers (ages 18-28) in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark return products 44.8% more often than the average shopper.

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44.8%
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2024
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Gen Z shoppers (ages 18-28) in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
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440,000,000
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Voyado Primary Tier A
https://voyado.com/resources/blog/the-comeback-of-nordic-physical-retail-led-by-gen-z/ ↗
Confidence: 95/100 Vintage: 2024 Channel: Deep Crawl
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The comeback of Nordic physical retail - led by Gen Z - Voyado
While many believed the pandemic had forever tipped the scales in favor of online shopping, 2024 told a different story. According to the Retail Radar 2025 report—based on a massive dataset of 440 million transactions across Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—in-store shopping is not just back, it’s thrivi…
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Gen Z returns products 44.8% more often than the average shopper; based on 440 million transactions (Retail Radar 2025)

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Gen Z shoppers (ages 18-28) in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark: 44.8% product return rate vs average. Source: Voyado (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gen-z-product-return-rate-increase
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