We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Creating and applying a returns policy helps businesses that sell products to ...

As of November, thousands of REI members may no longer have access to one of the retailer’s best perks: a 365-day return window. In fact, they won’t be able to make any returns at all. The company ...

Return policies are the rules retail merchants establish to manage the process by which customers return or exchange unwanted or defective merchandise that they have purchased previously. Return ...

Even the most thoughtful gift-giver can't get it right all the time. According to a 2015 report from the Retail Equation, 10 percent of holiday sales are returned, and one-third of gift recipients ...

Though we’re well into the age of digital media, GameStop is still the king when it comes to the physical video game retail market. Both in-person and online, the retailer carries games, consoles, and ...

The holiday shopping season is in full swing. As you're buying holiday gifts and checking off your shopping list, you should also keep in mind retailers' return policies. There's a good chance that ...

Now that all the presents are unwrapped, the real fun begins deciding which gifts are keepers compared to others that are getting returned. Shoppers are starting to flood stores to get a head start on ...

Most holiday shopping is behind us but now many Americans are headed to stores for another reason -- to make returns. The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimated that 17% of items purchased for the ...

The ongoing pandemic has introduced fresh changes in our lives. Who wondered to work from home where one used to leave for their livelihood at sharp 7am on cold to moderately breezy mornings? The kids ...