Leveraging Loop’s Shop Now feature, and embracing an exchange-first strategy, enabled Inherit Clothing Co. to reduce their refunds by 35% and retain thousands of dollars in revenue.
Industry
Apparel
Previous returns solution
Manual
Returns are a regular part of any apparel business. If customers get the wrong size, they’ll want to do a return. For a lot of brands, automating the returns process is enough of a reason to start using a solution like Loop.
Inherit Clothing Co. was one of those brands – happy to save time & money while not worrying about returns. But after 1 year with Loop, our Merchant Success team convinced Operations Director Anthony to implement the Shop Now feature.
With a bit of preparation and a few clicks, Inherit Clothing Co. was on its way to reducing refunds by 35%…and transforming the returns touchpoint into a huge profit center.
Every apparel brand wants to minimize refunds. But no matter how great your products are, refunds will always be a part of the process.
At Loop we’ve learned time and time again that the best way to reduce refunds is to eliminate them entirely. It’s all about building a post-purchase system that guides customers towards choosing an exchange instead of a refund.
For brands that embrace exchanges, there are two keys to success:
We had been working with Inherit Clothing Co. for about a year when they flipped the switch. The results were immediate and profound: in just one month, refunds had dropped by 35%.
Inherit’s Operations Director Anthony Ekren was jumping for joy when he saw how much refunds had dropped with Loop’s Shop Now feature.
But despite the instant success, it took a bit of convincing before they made the switch.
“My wife and I purchased the business in 2018, not knowing anything about retail. I mean literally zero. We took the approach where if we can measure it, let’s do it, if we can’t, don’t do it.”
Us Loopers love a good data-driven approach – game recognize game. After working with Inherit for a few months, our customer success team saw their numbers and knew that Shop Now would be a massive unlock for Anthony’s team.
“We worked with Brittni – her and everyone at Loop – they’ve done a very nice job of saying here’s where you are at, here’s all our features, and here’s the data to show why exchanges and Shop Now would work.”
At Loop we’re guilty of saying this over and over: the returns touchpoint can drive profits. But it’s more than a mantra. It’s a data-backed fact.
It’s hard to argue with results. When Inherit flipped the switch on Shop Now and Instant Exchanges, they saw results straight away. Not only were they reducing refunds, but they were retaining thousands in revenue too.
“As far as benefits go, we had an immediate response from our customers on how much they like the new features. Both the instant exchange and the Shop now feature we enabled. We are loving the reduction in refunds”
Before we touch on the Loop-only features that fueled Inherit’s exchange-first system, it’s worth mentioning that it takes two to tango.
Inherit has done a fantastic job telling their customers exactly what to expect when it comes to exchanges. For starters, they’ve written about it on their website in several places.
Not only does this act as a promotional tool by instilling buyer confidence, but it trains customers on how to approach returns. They’ve planted a seed: why refund when you can exchange?
It doesn’t stop there though. Inherit talks about exchanges all through their post-purchase email flows too. They even tell customers about their approach to exchanges directly during live selling events hosted on social media!
When you think about the results Inherit was able to achieve so quickly, it’s an example of that perfect combination of service, strategy and technology that sealed the deal.
Of course, with Loop you’ll always get a returns automation flow that customers love:
By itself, Loop gives merchants a customizable on-demand returns portal with a lot of power and features in the back-end.
But for Inherit Clothing Co. there were a couple of Loop-only features that drove the exchange-first solution:
Instant exchanges is a Loop feature designed to incentivize exchanges over refunds. The premise is simple: with Instant Exchanges, customers authorize their credit card and their new items are sent out instantly.
Now all the customer needs to do is return their original items within the defined return window. Instant Exchanges are chosen 48% of customers, so they’re loving it. And of course, brands love the retained revenue exchanges bring!
With the Loop-only Shop Now feature, customers can apply the value of their current return order to get whatever they want: a different size of the same items or something completely different.
This feature completely simplifies the exchange process. We dare say it’s even easier than doing an exchange at an actual store!
Once a customer chooses the Shop Now option, the experience feels just like shopping. They are taken to the Inherit site with a floating overlay that shows them how much money they can spend on their exchange order.
And of course, customers can spend more if they want too. Inherit saw customers spending an average of $3 more on exchange orders!
When you talk to Anthony, you can tell he’s a genuine guy. When he says things like “we care about customer experience”, you believe it. It shines through everywhere the Inherit brand lives as well.
So when brands and people like this give us glowing reviews, we really feel the ❤️.
“It’s been great – the service level I’m getting… I mean if I have a problem, I’m getting next day answers… the account managers have been awesome. They’re checking in which is rare with other apps.”
To be fair, Anthony also does next day answers.
Even if you put all the happy thoughts aside & focus on the raw numbers, Loop is helping brands like Inherit Clothing Co. win. That’s why we do what we do. Our quest continues – doing it together with all these awesome brands just makes it a lot more fun.
Join us: Book a demo with our team today. We’d love to show you what Loop can do for your business. Talk soon!
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