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Capstone · Retail, E-Commerce and Circular Fashion Operations

Reduce returns and keep the product in use

One online category shows a return rate well above the rest and a rising share of returns marked 'not as expected'. You own the fix, from product to after-sales.

Who this is for: E-commerce and retail staff, product teams, customer service and sustainability staff.

What you produce: A returns and use plan: the return reason analysis, the product and content fixes, the reverse-logistics decision, and the resale or repair route.

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  1. Task 1

    Analyse the return reasons and state what the data can and cannot tell you.

    What a good answer contains: A good answer distinguishes fit, expectation, quality and delivery causes, and admits that free-text reasons are often unreliable.

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  2. Task 2

    Write the fixes split into product changes and content changes, with the measure that would show each worked.

    What a good answer contains: A good answer treats size guidance, photography and copy as fixable causes of 'not as expected' and gives each change a measure.

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  3. Task 3

    Decide the reverse-logistics route: what is inspected, restocked, repaired or diverted, and the cost of each path.

    What a good answer contains: A good answer sets a grading rule at inspection and costs each path, rather than treating all returns as resaleable stock.

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  4. Task 4

    State the resale, repair or recycling route for what cannot be restocked, and the claim you could honestly make about it.

    What a good answer contains: A good answer keeps the claim inside what it can evidence and avoids implying recovery it cannot verify.

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