Places where consumers believe returned products end up in the U.S. 2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 24, 2025
In 2022, nearly 45 percent of U.S. online shoppers thought that the majority of products they returned were resold, and 36 percent were unsure of what happened with returned merchandise. On the other hand, 17 percent of respondents believed that the majority of their returned items were discarded.

Main places where consumers believe returned merchandise ends up in the United States in 2022

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Release date

March 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

November 2022

Number of respondents

9,286 respondents

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