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The dust is settled after the holiday gifting frenzy, and there's a

chance you've been left with some items that aren't the right fit. Where to next, the store,

or post office, to process a return, probably. Yes, returns. The bane of retailers' existences.

See, while the holiday season marks peak sales for many retailers,

January and February, bring the reality of returns, and that's a burden for those retailers.

In 2022, roughly 16.5 percent of retailers' overall sales went to the cost of processing returns,

according to the National Retail Federation, and returns mark a

careful line for retailers to walk, according to the Wall Street Journal. They want to make the return

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