Just keep it
Marketplace All-in-One
Marketplace
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Over half of major retailers now have a “return-less” refund policy — aka, they’ll pay you to keep not-quite-right items — according to a goTRG report. Returns cost retailers a lot, so why take stuff back? In this episode, big-box stores are adopting this practice (but not necessarily advertising it). Plus, the “endless shrimp” offer tanks Red Lobster profit, farmers try to monetize carbon-trapping agricultural methods and the manufacturing sector shrinks.
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