B
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16%
16% -- return rate for US retail sales (2025)
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16%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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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
National Retail Federation
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US retail sales: 16% return rate. Source: National Retail Federation (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/retail-sales-returned-annually-nrf
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