B
Evidence Grade B
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8%
8% -- fraudulent share of return dollars for North American retailers (2026)
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8%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
The Retail Equation
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Tier C
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The Retail Equation
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Methodology
Cited industry studies on retail return fraud; aggregator publication
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Industrymarketing
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North American retailers: 8% fraudulent share of return dollars. Source: The Retail Equation (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/retail-fraudulent-return-dollars-8pct
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