Free shipping is standard practice for omnichannel retailers looking for a bite out of Amazon’s market share. Now, offering returns at no extra cost has become de riguer, too.
According to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) first-ever Omnichannel Retail Index, a report that examined the strategies of 120 retailers across multiple categories, half of those surveyed offer free return shipping—despite the higher costs that come with doing so.
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