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Company type | Private |
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Industry |
Product return Logistics E-commerce Shopping |
Founded | 2015 |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. |
Area served | United States |
Key people | David Sobie, CEO Mark Geller, COO Andrew Pease, CFO |
Website |
www |
Happy Returns is a software and reverse logistics company that works with online merchants to handle product returns. Purchased items can be returned in person without boxes or labels at third-party locations known as "Return Bars" including Staples Inc., Cost Plus World Market, and Petco stores, [1] with specific locations searchable on Happy Returns’ website. Consumers can receive their refunds without packaging items, printing and affixing labels, or waiting for mailed packages to reach their destination. [2]
The company facilitates returns for many brands, including Levi's, Revolve, Everlane, Lands' End, Gymshark. [3] Amazon later developed a similar program in conjunction with Kohl’s stores to accommodate its shoppers. [2]
Happy Returns aggregates and ships returns from its return locations to warehouse hubs, where returns are sorted, processed, and dispositioned, and then bulk shipped back to merchant warehouses.[ citation needed] Waste is reduced because shoppers do not need to use a new box to ship out returns. [4] [5]
David Sobie and Mark Geller co-founded Happy Returns in July 2015. The two met at NordstromRack.com/HauteLook, where they created and launched a similar program enabling shoppers to return online purchases to physical stores. Happy Returns opened its first Return Bar location in April 2016. [6]
In June 2021, Happy Returns was acquired by PayPal. [7]
In October 2023, it was announced Happy Returns had been acquired by UPS from PayPal [8] for $455 million. [9]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry |
Product return Logistics E-commerce Shopping |
Founded | 2015 |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. |
Area served | United States |
Key people | David Sobie, CEO Mark Geller, COO Andrew Pease, CFO |
Website |
www |
Happy Returns is a software and reverse logistics company that works with online merchants to handle product returns. Purchased items can be returned in person without boxes or labels at third-party locations known as "Return Bars" including Staples Inc., Cost Plus World Market, and Petco stores, [1] with specific locations searchable on Happy Returns’ website. Consumers can receive their refunds without packaging items, printing and affixing labels, or waiting for mailed packages to reach their destination. [2]
The company facilitates returns for many brands, including Levi's, Revolve, Everlane, Lands' End, Gymshark. [3] Amazon later developed a similar program in conjunction with Kohl’s stores to accommodate its shoppers. [2]
Happy Returns aggregates and ships returns from its return locations to warehouse hubs, where returns are sorted, processed, and dispositioned, and then bulk shipped back to merchant warehouses.[ citation needed] Waste is reduced because shoppers do not need to use a new box to ship out returns. [4] [5]
David Sobie and Mark Geller co-founded Happy Returns in July 2015. The two met at NordstromRack.com/HauteLook, where they created and launched a similar program enabling shoppers to return online purchases to physical stores. Happy Returns opened its first Return Bar location in April 2016. [6]
In June 2021, Happy Returns was acquired by PayPal. [7]
In October 2023, it was announced Happy Returns had been acquired by UPS from PayPal [8] for $455 million. [9]