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$5 -- fraud cost per dollar of fraud for US e-commerce merchants (2025)
Merchants in the United States incur an average cost of $4.61 for every $1 of fraud.
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$5
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2025
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95
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LexisNexis
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https://blog.housewares.org/2025/04/30/u-s-retail-intelligence-may-4/ ↗
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U.S. Retail Intelligence – May - International Housewares Association
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LexisNexis E-commerce and Retail Report, U.S. and Canada Edition
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US e-commerce merchants: $5 fraud cost per dollar of fraud. Source: LexisNexis (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-fraud-cost-per-dollar-2025
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