A $100 billion tab lands on retailers every year from merchandise returns, and a new report says most of it isn’t even outright fraud

A cardboard box sits by the front door, already taped shut again. Inside is a dress worn exactly once, tags carefully reattached. The receipt…

Warehouse worker scanning a returned package near a return slip, 100 billion
Society · Hugo Rojas · October 25, 2026
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