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The value of retail returns last year rose 53% from 2015 to $400 billion and 27% of apparel sales are now online; the growth of e-commerce is stoking that, according to returns and overstock supply company B-Stock. Returns of brick-and-mortar purchases tend to hover at 8%, while e-commerce returns can reach as high as 15% to 30%, according to CBRE, which says that likely value of online holiday returns is $32 billion, up from 2016’s estimated $28 billion.
Every January hands retailers the same reckoning: a wave of returns and unsold seasonal stock landing in the warehouse all at once. Warehouse capacity tightens, capital gets tied up, and traditional resale channels face more supply than they can absorb. …
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