Essays about: "Driving forces of consumer returns"

Found 2 essays containing the words Driving forces of consumer returns.

  1. 1. Take-Make-Destroy: Exploring Unsustainable Production-Consumption Systems and Policies to Address Product Destruction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Hedda Roberts; [2022]
    Keywords : retail; sustainable consumption and production; circular economy; e-commerce; policy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The practice of product destruction, whereby retailers or manufacturers dispose of viable consumer products such as unsold goods or consumer returns, is an extreme expression of the linearity of our current production-consumption system. This qualitative exploratory study aims to uncover why companies engage in this highly unsustainable and resource-inefficient behaviour, and to explore the potential policy interventions required to effectively address the issue. READ MORE

  3. 2. Return management systems within leisurewear at Strålfors : A multiple case study about third-part logistics and e-commerce

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

    Author : Martin Hansson; Sören Rätzer; Xiaoran Lin; [2014]
    Keywords : Supply chain; Reverse logistics; 3rd-party logistics provider; E-commerce; Returns; B2C; Avoidance; Gatekeeping; Strategic aspects of return management; Lead time; Value- Adding; Costs; Driving forces of consumer returns; Third-party logistics 3PL ; Quality management.;

    Abstract : While varies of supply chains are working on moving products towardsthe end consumers, there is also an increasing amount of productsbeing sent back. This has meant an increasing importance of the returnmanagement process. READ MORE