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QUICK TIPS: How to Achieve More Sustainable Returns This Peak Season

September 7, 2021

How can returns be handled more sustainably this peak season? In a recent poll, we asked what would be the biggest challenge brands would face this peak. With the second most popular answer, 31% of respondents answered that handling returns sustainably would be the greatest challenge. To learn...

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5 Returns Predictions for Peak Season 2021

August 16, 2021

With e-commerce still dominating the retail sphere throughout the pandemic, peak season 2021 is sure to be as busy a time as ever for brands selling online. The prominence of e-commerce channels is growing every day and they’re set to account for over 20% of global retail sales by 2023 .With...

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Whitepaper: Consumer returns during and after COVID-19

July 19, 2021

Drawing conclusions from the results of our global market study into how consumers around the world have preferred to return during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how they plan to afterward. Featuring insights into customer returns preferences with regards to topics such as first-mile transport,...

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Tackling the Issue of Serial Returners

July 13, 2021

Serial returning can be a major drain on your profit margins. So, it’s important to understand why this happens and what can be done to reduce how often it occurs. Doing so will help your business to retain the value of original sales and make your returns process less costly. Multiple returns...

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3 Ways the Return Process Can Help Reduce the Environmental Footprint of Commerce

June 21, 2021

The production and sale of newly produced consumer items is not a sustainable practice. The manufacturing, transportation and packaging of these goods alone is impactful on the environment. A process that not only requires many materials, but also vast amounts of energy, which often derive from...

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Reducing Lead Times to Optimize your Returns Flow

June 14, 2021

Do you have a returns backlog? Overwhelmed by customer service requests? Looking for support during peak times? These are all issues that retailers commonly face with returns management. Finding solutions to these complaints can save your brand both time and money. That’s where Cycleon...

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Engaging with Marketplaces Through Returns

June 7, 2021

Engaging with online marketplaces is a great way to grow your brand and expand in new markets, both faster and with less effort. Selling through marketplaces can widen your consumer base by introducing your products to new audiences through existing and familiar platforms. To secure...

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Product Returns for Slow Fashion Brands

May 20, 2021

Ecommerce continues to boom with no end in sight. The past year has seen online sales increase by almost 50%, largely as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which has introduced new audiences and created new dependencies on ecommerce. Fashion retailers have witnessed this digital transformation...

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Whitepaper: Consumer 'Return Reasons'

May 20, 2021

For retailers, returns are an unavoidable daily occurrence. For purchases made in-stores return rates hover around 9%, rising to 30% for e-commerce orders. That’s 1 in 4 online orders that are likely to end up as a return, and this is costly for brands. Not only operationally and logistically,...

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From Return to Resale: Integrating Reconditioning Activities in Your Returns Flow

May 17, 2021

Returns play a key role in the overall consumer buying process. The average return rate for online shopping is 30%, compared to just 9% from purchases at brick-and-mortar stores. Yet this figure is likely now much higher due to the ecommerce boom of 2020. Largely as a result of the Covid-19...

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