Tis the season for returns, and retailers are feeling a little scroogey about it from Marketplace.

I'm Sabri Benasure in for David Bruncaccio.

Maybe it broke.

Maybe it doesn't fit.

Maybe we realized we don't need a Godzilla-shaped humidifier.

Whatever the reason returns are expensive for retailers, and they are cracking down.

As marketplaces, Nancy Marshall-Genzor reports.

81% of retailers started charging customers for at least one of their return options last

year.

According to Happy Returns, a UPS company, e-marketer says that includes stores like Zara,

J. Crewe, and Abercrombie and Fitch.

They now charge shipping fees for returns of online orders. Retailers say they're losing money

on returns and return fraud, but they have to be careful. E-marketer says almost 90% of consumers

they surveyed said they'd stop shopping at a retailer that quit offering free

returns. Some stores are trying to discourage returns with a lighter touch, offering clearance

items that can't be returned or more accurate product descriptions so consumers buy the right

stuff. There's even an augmented reality try on so you can slip into an outfit

virtually to see if you look as good in it as the model does. I'm Nancy Marshall Ginsburg for

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