Cross-channel returns (buy online, return in store)

Elements

The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:

• Return lookup across channels
• Return to any location
• Restock or ship-back rule

Catalog items that already cover part of it

• Return restock option RET-0009
• CSV order import from online store DLV-0025

What is not described

linking a web order to an in-store return.

Classification

Status

Present partially

Fit

Core candidate

Suggested module

RET: Returns, Refunds, Voids, Credit & Special Sales

Suggested attributes

Lite and Pro; priority Standard; optional online action. Starting points only.

Cluster

Omnichannel, ecommerce and marketplace

Public excerpts

S16

Archetypes and companies

Big-box, warehouse club and mass merchants; Apparel, department and specialty retail; Consumer electronics and services retail; Home improvement and building-supply retail.

Example companies in these archetypes: Walmart, Costco, Target, Sam's Club, BJ's Wholesale Club, Meijer, TJX, Gap, Nike, Macy's, Ross Stores, Nordstrom. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.

Closest industry pages

• General merchandise and big-box stores
• Grocery and supermarkets
• Apparel and footwear retail
• Specialty retail (books, toys, sporting goods, jewelry, pets, crafts)
• Travel retail and duty-free
• Electronics and appliance retail
• Home improvement and hardware stores
• Furniture and home furnishings

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Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.