by Mike Duff | Feb 3, 2026 | Retail Articles
Annual refund volumes in the global retail sector increased 18.1% in 2025, while refund value rose 12.7% year-over-year, peaking during the holidays, according to the annual ACI Global E-commerce Report. Refund activity peaked sharply during the November to December...
by Mike Duff | Jul 25, 2025 | Retail Articles
Walmart has been expanding and amplifying measures to fend off fraudulent sellers on the Walmart Marketplace. In a blog post, the company noted it is taking action to combat bad actors who seek to mislead and defraud customers in a rapidly changing retail environment...
by Mike Duff | Apr 7, 2025 | Retail Articles
The 15th edition of its annual LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study: E-commerce and Retail Report, U.S. and Canada Edition indicated that the impact of bad actors is a growing challenge, with merchants in the United States incurring an average cost of $4.61 for every...
by Mike Duff | Nov 5, 2024 | Retail Articles
As retail theft remains at elevated levels, a study by market researcher Numerator indicated that about a quarter of shoppers won’t purchase items that are locked up. If they want an item that’s locked up, 62% of shoppers responding to a survey said they would usually...
by Mike Duff | Sep 25, 2024 | Retail Articles
According to Cequence, an API security and bot management firm, freshly mined data revealed a 96% surge in attack traffic targeting retailers occurred during the Labor Day weekend. The data is based on real, anonymized traffic and attack data from the Cequence retail...
