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9% -- fraudulent returns rate for US retail returns (2025)
According to the NRF and Happy Returns 2025 Retail Returns Landscape report, 9% of all retail returns are fraudulent.
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9%
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2025
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US
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NRF and Happy Returns
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https://relinns.com/blogs/common-business-problems-solved-with-joget-workflows ↗
Source Article
Joget Use Cases: 24 Workflows Across Healthcare, Insurance, Logistics and Retail
Joget Use Cases: 24 Workflows Across Healthcare, Insurance, Logistics and Retail
Date
Aug 10, 26
Reading Time
7 Minutes
Category
Joget Development
TL;DR
- Joget fits processes with three parts: a structured intake form, a multi-step approval or handoff, and a record of who decided what. All three, n…
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NRF and Happy Returns
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Cited from NRF and Happy Returns 2025 Retail Returns Landscape report
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IndustryRetail
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US retail returns: 9% fraudulent returns rate. Source: NRF and Happy Returns (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/retail-fraudulent-returns-rate-2025
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