B
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17% -- return rate for global eCommerce (2024)
Nearly 17 out of every 100 products sold globally were returned in 2024.
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17%
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2024
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95
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
90
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
76
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Unicommerce
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Tier A
https://blog.shipway.com/courier-aggregation-for-returns-management/ ↗
Source Article
Return Management With Courier Aggregation Software
Returns are unavoidable. But most eCommerce brands are making them far more expensive than they need to be not because of the returns themselves, but because of how they’re managed.
Nearly 17 out of every 100 products sold globally came back in 2024. In India, that’s 10.4% of total orders up from 9.…
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Unicommerce
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Unicommerce India Ecommerce Index Report
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global eCommerce: 17% return rate. Source: Unicommerce (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-return-rate-2024
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