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55% -- return intention rate for consumers in UK & Ireland (2023)
55% of consumers in the UK and Ireland expected to return unwanted items after Christmas.
- Reflects post-Christmas return expectations rather than year-round return rates
- Based on self-reported consumer intentions
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Value
55%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023
Entity
Sample Size
3,000
Geography
EMEA
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
InternetRetailing
Primary
Tier B
https://internetretailing.net/guest-comment-fraud-as-a-service-the-underground-network-causing-havoc… ↗
Source Article
GUEST COMMENT Fraud-as-a-service: the underground network causing havoc with retailers’ return policies - InternetRetailing
According to research, on average, retailers receive around 16% of items purchased back as a return. The NRF (National Retail Federation) says retailers are losing around 10% of the price of returned items to fraud. It’s costing retailers billions globally.
Networks of fraudsters are using the dark …
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InternetRetailing
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According to our own research
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IndustryRetail
RegionEMEA
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consumers in UK & Ireland: 55% return intention rate. Source: InternetRetailing (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/post-christmas-return-intention
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