This statistic shows the results of a survey regarding the average time consumers in the United States took to return a purchase after the holidays as of 2018. According to the survey, 42 percent of the respondents returned an item within the month after the holidays.
When you returned gifts after the holidays last year, when did you return the gifts?
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
This statistic is not included in your account.
Starter Account
The ideal entry-level account for individual users
- Instant access to 1m statistics
- Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
- Detailed references
$199 USD / Month *
Professional Account
Full access
Business Solutions including all features.
* Prices do not include sales tax.
Other statistics that may interest you Statistics on
About the industry
10
- Basic Statistic Most returned online purchases by consumers in the United States 2021
- Premium Statistic Returned packages on National Returns Day in the U.S. 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Most convenient return policy characteristics for online purchases in the U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Return deliveries - costs by region 2015-2019
- Premium Statistic Methods used for returning goods by consumers in U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Number of items returned by consumers in the U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Most returned items by online shoppers 2016
- Premium Statistic Return deliveries - U.S. versus global costs 2015
- Premium Statistic Return deliveries in U.S. January 2016-2017
- Premium Statistic Return deliveries - reason for returning and shopping channel 2015
About the region
10
- Premium Statistic Preferred return methods for online shoppers in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Retailer adoption rate of try-before-you-buy in the U.S. and U.K. 2018
- Premium Statistic Retailer adoption rate of try-before-you-buy in the U.S.& U.K. 2019
- Basic Statistic Consumers who buy multiple items with intentions of returning them U.S.& U.K. 2018
- Basic Statistic Reverse logistics - package returns in the U.S. by company FY 2015
- Basic Statistic Reverse logistics - USPS package returns by type FY 2017
- Premium Statistic Return policies discouraging online purchases in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Online vs. in-store: ease of returns in the U.S. 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Reasons that consumers in the U.S. would buy again from a retailer 2017
- Premium Statistic Methods used by consumers in the U.S. to return an online purchase by location 2017
Selected statistics
2
Other regions
10
- Premium Statistic Global reverse logistics market size forecast 2022-2029
- Basic Statistic Online purchasing penetration in Great Britain 2008-2020
- Basic Statistic Amazon UK services: number of employees in the UK 2009-2022
- Basic Statistic Digital buyer penetration in Panama 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Online spending growth New Zealand 2018, by sector
- Premium Statistic Share of domestic and international online retail spend Australia 2017 by category
- Premium Statistic Peru: online fast food shoppers in Lima & Callao 2019, by age
- Basic Statistic Online shopping trend due to coronavirus in the Netherlands 2020
- Premium Statistic Share of consumers who prefer Finnish online shops after the COVID-19 outbreak 2020
- Premium Statistic Share of major companies having mobile presence in Sweden 2020
Related statistics
10
- Premium Statistic In-store purchases - return policy characteristics 2016
- Basic Statistic Amazon quarterly net income 2009-2024
- Basic Statistic Annual net sales of Amazon 2004-2023
- Premium Statistic E-commerce user penetration in Belgium 2010-2023, by age
- Premium Statistic Amazon Prime users in the U.S. 2022, by age group
- Premium Statistic U.S. Amazon Prime Day shopper experiences 2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon Prime Day sales by SMBs worldwide 2018-2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon Prime Day sales worldwide 2015-2023
- Premium Statistic Amazon Prime Day marketplace sales share worldwide 2015-2022
- Basic Statistic Amazon Prime Day duration 2015-2023
Further related statistics
10
- Consumer electronics: Online purchasing in Great Britain 2020, by demographic
- Leading online retailers in Southeast Asia 2020, by monthly visits
- Unique visitors to most popular online retailers in India 2014
- India: leading e-commerce categories 2013, by sales
- Travel arrangements: Online purchasing in Great Britain 2019, by demographic
- Use of smartphones by shoppers in retail stores in Italy in 2015
- Computer software: Online purchasing in Great Britain 2020, by age group
- Purchasing food or beverages online in Great Britain from 2011 to 2019
- Purchasing medicine and supplements online in Great Britain 2011-2020
- Where consumers shop for clothing and footwear in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013
Further Content: You might find this interesting as well
Statistics
- Consumer electronics: Online purchasing in Great Britain 2020, by demographic
- Leading online retailers in Southeast Asia 2020, by monthly visits
- Unique visitors to most popular online retailers in India 2014
- India: leading e-commerce categories 2013, by sales
- Travel arrangements: Online purchasing in Great Britain 2019, by demographic
- Use of smartphones by shoppers in retail stores in Italy in 2015
- Computer software: Online purchasing in Great Britain 2020, by age group
- Purchasing food or beverages online in Great Britain from 2011 to 2019
- Purchasing medicine and supplements online in Great Britain 2011-2020
- Where consumers shop for clothing and footwear in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013
Optoro. (November 13, 2018). When you returned gifts after the holidays last year, when did you return the gifts? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/813969/average-time-for-returning-an-online-purchase-united-states/
Optoro. "When you returned gifts after the holidays last year, when did you return the gifts?." Chart. November 13, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/813969/average-time-for-returning-an-online-purchase-united-states/
Optoro. (2018). When you returned gifts after the holidays last year, when did you return the gifts?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/813969/average-time-for-returning-an-online-purchase-united-states/
Optoro. "When You Returned Gifts after The Holidays Last Year, When Did You Return The Gifts?." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/813969/average-time-for-returning-an-online-purchase-united-states/
Optoro, When you returned gifts after the holidays last year, when did you return the gifts? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/813969/average-time-for-returning-an-online-purchase-united-states/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
When you returned gifts after the holidays last year, when did you return the gifts? [Graph], Optoro, November 13, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/813969/average-time-for-returning-an-online-purchase-united-states/