B
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30%
30% -- return rate for Stores with lenient return policies (2026)
Lenient return policies can spike return rates to 30%+.
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Value
30%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Forthroute
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Tier B
https://forthroute.io/blog/authors/hylke-reitsma ↗
Source Article
Hylke Reitsma — Forthroute Blog
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Hylke Reitsma
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Forthroute
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Methodology
'30%+' stated as lower bound on return-rate spike.
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Industrymarketing
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Stores with lenient return policies: 30% return rate. Source: Forthroute (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/lenient-policies-spike-return-rates-30
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