Consumers returned nearly $900 billion worth of merchandise in 2024. Return fraud is on the rise and retailers are using ...

Veterans from the digital payments pioneer founded Pinch AI and have raised capital for a business that detects fraudulent ...

Fraud is eating into retail profits. A new startup called Pinch AI just launched with $5 million in funding to fight back.

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Nearly half of shoppers in a recent survey admitted to some sort of "return fraud," and one estimate says nearly 1 in every 10 retail items returned for a refund is fraudulent. Josh Sidorowicz is In ...

Return fraud and counterfeit goods surged in 2025, costing retailers billions. From wardrobing to fake products on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shelley E. Kohan covers the retail industry and is based in New York. Happy Returns uses Return Bar locations at over 5,000 UPS ...

“Free returns” aren’t always free anymore: lots of retailers now deduct mail-in return fees, so your best move is in-store returns Fraud detection is getting smarter: retailers are using AI + image ...

DANBURY — A Danbury woman is facing identity theft, forgery, larceny and risk of injury to child charges after she was caught committing return fraud at a chain of department stores on Newtown Road, ...

A U.S. company is using AI to help in the growing fight against return fraud, with retailers estimating that one in nine ...