Investors

Returns is the last unbuilt layer of post-purchase.

areturnz is building the operator network for what happens after the sale. Owned-and-operated facilities, multi-tenant software, AI grading, and per-parcel economics that scale with the brands we serve.

Why the market matters

Returns is bigger than most realize, and growing.

E-commerce growth has outpaced reverse-logistics innovation by a decade. The result is a multi-hundred-billion-dollar category that brands and 3PLs treat as a back-office line item.

US returns volume
$890B
Annual value of returned merchandise in the US by 2030.
NRF, McKinsey
Return rate
16.5%
Share of all e-commerce sold that is returned.
NRF 2024
Retailer loss
5–8%
Typical share of revenue lost to processing returns.
Industry benchmarks
Annual growth
11%
Compounded returns volume growth tracking e-commerce.
Statista
Why now, why us

Four structural reasons this works.

01

Volume tailwind

Returns grow faster than e-commerce. Every year of category growth widens the gap between brand demand and incumbent infrastructure built for outbound, not reverse.

02

Brand-side demand

Brands no longer accept a black-box 3PL relationship for the last mile of the customer experience. They want first-party data, audit trails, and resale velocity. We sell exactly that.

03

Operations and software, together

Returns competitors split into two camps: warehouses that bolt on bad software, or SaaS that doesn't touch the box. We do both, which is the only configuration that produces auditable first-party data.

04

Network economics

A multi-tenant platform amortizes ops investment across brands and partner operators. Density compounds: more volume per node lowers per-parcel cost and increases resale liquidity for everyone in the network.

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