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87% -- share of retailers offering free returns for top 100 online retailers in Germany (2023)
In 2023, 87% of the top 100 online retailers in Germany offered free product returns.
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87%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023
Entity
Sample Size
100
Geography
DE
Evidence Quality
B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
parcelLab and Salesupply
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Tier A
https://www.salesupply.co.uk/blog/study-cost-pressure-impacts-post-purchase-service-of-ecommerce-top… ↗
Source Article
Study: Cost pressure impacts Post-Purchase service of ecommerce top 100 in Germany - Salesupply
– Unconditional free shipping is nearly extinct:
- 50% charges shipping cost under a minimum order value, 45% always charges cost
- Shipping cost between €4.00 to €5.99 are common
– Nearly 90% of top 100 etailers in Germany still offer free ecommerce returns
– Average delivery time in Germany is 2.7…
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parcelLab and Salesupply
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Methodology
Post-purchase benchmark study
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IndustryRetail
Company SizeEnterprise
RegionDE
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top 100 online retailers in Germany: 87% share of retailers offering free returns. Source: parcelLab and Salesupply (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/germany-free-returns-2023
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