Faster delivery is becoming an expensive promise to keep. It became a default expectation, but rising delivery costs, high return volumes, and tariff
Faster delivery is becoming an expensive promise to keep. It became a default expectation, but rising delivery costs, high return volumes, and tariff uncertainty are reshaping inventory plans. The National Retail Federation’s latest estimate puts holiday returns at about 17 percent of sales, on top of nearly $850 billion in merchandise returned industry-wide annually. Growing […]
