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#returns

Costco makes it easy to return and get a refund on just about any product, even without a receipt. But this warehouse retailer has its limits. Some items, like electronics, have shorter return windows, and others you can't return at all, like alcohol or tires, even if you used them just once. And when it comes to food returns, some items have extra rules.

'The sad truth is that many of Britain's favourite smaller retailers are very unlikely to see their final profits rise by even 3% and, in fact, their prospects for Black Friday are increasingly dark. Such is the competition and the scale of the discounts offered by major retailers that smaller regional and specialist sellers are finding their profit margins stretched to the limit in order to remain competitive.

Most women will relate to the misery of inconsistent sizing in high-street shops. A pair of jeans could easily be a size 10 by one brand and a size 14 in another, leaving customers confused and disheartened. It has led to a global deluge of returns, costing fashion retailers an estimated 190bn a year as would-be shoppers wonder what size they're meant to buy from which store.

Asylum requests to the European Union, Switzerland and Norway fell by 23 percent in the first six months of 2025, driven by a massive drop in Syrians seeking protection, new EU data showed Monday. Similarly, irregular border crossings detected into the 27-nation bloc were down 20 percent in the same period, according to EU border agency Frontex, with arrivals via the Balkans sharply down.

Consumer advocate Brendan Burgess argues that Prize Bonds are not a suitable long-term investment, emphasizing their poor returns compared to other options, particularly under inflationary pressures.