Customer Service
CASE
Returns Refunds and Adjustments
The advantage of one retail format or channel relative to another with regard to adjustments, refunds and returns is predicated on the supporting supply chain's agility, efficiency and capacity to respond to rapid changes in demand. It is also predicated on the relative financial contributions of the products sold through one channel over another (Stock, Speh, Shear, 2006). Companies including Amazon.com, Zappos and others have successfully used adjustments, refunds and returns as a means to increase service recovery strategies online, earning a reputation for being very customer-centric and trustworthy as a result (Forbes, 2008). All of these factors determine if one retail format or channel is more effective than others in the use of adjustments, refunds, and returns.
Analysis of Retail Channels: Effects of Adjustments, Refunds and Returns
The entire spectrum of retail sales channels from click & ship, brick-and-mortar, clicks & bricks,...
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