The company is growing partnership opportunities to prevent nearly 8 million pounds of product from landfills, providing a solution-facing circular economy.
Rush ReCommerce, an end-to-end returns solution specifically for the home furnishings industry, is expanding its network of retail partners and will process more than 400,000 returns in 2024, maximizing the return recovery rate up to three times the industry average.
The company is growing partnership opportunities, which will prevent nearly 8 million pounds of product from landfills, providing a solution-facing circular economy.
“We are tapping into the $743 billion of merchandise returns to provide the home furnishings industry an end-to-end solution to process e-commerce returns,” said Doug Nielsen, Rush ReCommerce Co-Founder and CEO. “Returns are routed from the customer to our ReCommerce centers, where we use proprietary software to digitize and resell the products. This results in more than 93% of returns received being resellable in 2024.”
“Rush ReCommerce partners spend less time on returns logistics and optimize their returns to recover profitability.”
According to the National Retail Federation, in 2023, the total returns for the retail industry amounted to $743 billion in merchandise. Rush ReCommerce is forecasting to process more than $76 million in retail value returns for more than 200 home furnishing partners in 2024.
“Our partners experience a higher recovery rate while solving the problem of small parcels and oversized returns,” said Nielsen. “The solution is simple – Rush ReCommerce partners spend less time on returns logistics and optimize their returns to recover profitability.”
For its more than 200 partners, this has created up to an 85% sell-through and three times more recovery than the industry average.
“Before Rush ReCommerce, we didn’t have a full solution for our returns,” said Bill Hall, VP of Sales of Martin Svensson. “Returns would accumulate in our warehouse and then we’d eventually liquidate for pennies on the dollar. Now we don’t have to deal with them – no processing or handling – and the best part is we are getting paid around three times more than liquidating.”
Rush ReCommerce is the leading end-to-end solution for furniture manufacturers and retailers to handle home goods returns. Rush ReCommerce has helped create a sustainable way to shop for open-box furniture online through their network. Most returns, especially bulky items, are disposed of due to high reverse shipping costs or pile up in warehouses only to be liquidated for pennies on the dollar.
With Rush ReCommerce’s software, products are returned directly through Rush’s network, processed, and then renewed for resale. Products are available at The Rush Market, their online open-box marketplace, the Omaha brick-and-mortar store and its Media, Pennsylvania location.
“Home furnishings continue to grow online, partially because retailers have increased consumer confidence with generous return policies. The result is more returns,” said Julie Mahloch, Rush ReCommerce Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer. “Rush Recommerce is a win-win solution; we deliver high recovery on returns for our partners and keep products from ending up in landfills!”
