
Today, shoppers got used to order a certain amount of products that usually exceeds their financial possibilities and original expectations motivated by generous free-return policies or the popularity of ex post payment methods. The return-anything culture: order – receive – try on– decide (buy or return) has been established as a daily routine. As a consequence, retailers’ storages and warehouses are collapsing and the losses become a real headache. And then, some questions arise: What to do with such amount of undamaged items? How can return rates be reduced, and how can retailers take advantage of returns?