Det återkommande problemet : En kvalitativ studie om konsumenters returbeteende

Sammanfattning: E-commerce has increased gradually and continues to increase in both the global and Swedish markets. Shopping online has never been easier, where time savings along with a lower price makes it tempting to order products online. But the ever-increasing orders should not only be delivered to the consumer, in many cases they will also be returned. These returns create both financial difficulties for companies and ecological difficulties for the environment. To reduce this, the consumers who make these returns must be analyzed in depth, which is why the purpose of this study will be to understand the consumer's return behavior in relation to their attitude. To do this, eight qualitative interviews were conducted with consumers of different ages, which had made returns from e-commerce orders. A common way of analyzing consumer behavior is through classical attitude theory where the attitude is divided into three components which are, cognition, affect, and behavior. When the consumers' responses then are analyzed with the attitude theory, their return behavior differs, while the attitude is primarily still negative towards returns. This seems to be based a lot on the various factors that consumers bring from the cognitive component of the attitude. Finally, it leads to suggestions that future research should focus more on change in the actual consumer.