Customers can leave return request online through the Walmart app or website

Walmart customers can now return items without leaving home. Source: pexels.com

Walmart announced that shoppers can return items purchased online, shipped, and sold through Walmart.com from their homes.

Customers can schedule a return through this service, dubbed Carrier Pickup by FedEx. The new return option is free of charge and it will be available after the holiday season too.

To create a return request, customers can select ‘Drop off at FedEx’ as their return method, then receive a return code or QR code, and deliver the packaged return with QR code to any FedEx Office location. Once FedEx employee scans the QR code, print and attaches a free return label to the box, and it will be sent back to Walmart.

Besides, Walmart revealed that there is no difference, where shoppers bought items – in-store, online, or from a third-party vendor. Customers can start returning online through the Walmart app or at Walmart.com.

In case if customers don’t own a Walmart account, they can also enter the returning page to save time in line and quickly return to the store. Also, many stores will open in-store alternate locations to ensure returns and social distancing guidelines. If a shopper purchased an item in a store using a debit or credit card, Walmart can view the purchase at the checkout.

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