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• Target allows returns on most items within 90 days, with Target Circle members and card holders receiving an additional 30 days.
• Walmart offers returns on most items purchased between October 1st and December 31st through January 31st.
• Both retailers have exceptions to their yield policies, including non-returnable items and items with shorter yield windows.

While the cliché that “it’s the thought that counts” often applies for holiday gifts, sometimes what winds up under the Christmas tree just has to leave back.

A National Retail Federation and Appriss Retail study found that $148 billion in holiday merchandise was returned in 2023.

Walmart and Target remain tent poles in holiday retail, with the former projecting a powerful period in its most recent profits call.

Retailers have been fighting for sales from worth rise-weary customers in the shortened holiday period, putting greater importance on Black Friday deals and yield flexibility.

Here’s what you require to recognize about Target and Walmart’s yield policies.

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Target yield policy

Target allows returns on most items within 90 days. Target Circle members and card holders have an extra 30 days to yield most items. The corporation allows returns on store-branded items for one year.

Exceptions to this policy include:

• Non-returnable items
  • market activity cards and market activity card accessories
  • Open or defective collectibles
  • Personalized items and digital downloads
  • Opened/unsealed breast pumps
• Items eligible for trade if opened
  • Music, movies, video games and software must be exchanged for the same title
  • Airbeds must be exchanged for a similar item
• Items that may have a shorter window for returns or exchanges
  • Electronics and entertainment items, excluding Apple and Beats products, must be returned or exchanged within 30 days
  • Apple and Beats products, including mobile phones, must be returned or exchanged within 14 days
  • Mobile phones must be returned or exchanged within 14 days
  • Holiday and limited-period-only collections may have modified yield policies

Walmart yield policy

Walmart offers returns on most items purchased between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 through Jan. 31 or the standard 90 days after purchase.

Exceptions to this policy include:

• Non-returnable items
  • Diabetes monitoring systems
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Weapons and ammunition
  • Gas Powered Recreational Vehicles
  • market activity cards
  • Precious Metals
• Items eligible for trade only, if opened
  • Unlocked opened wireless phones within 14 days
  • Drones, Projectors within 30 days
  • Air beds and air mattresses within 90 days
  • Durable medical equipment within 90 days
• Items that may have a shorter window for returns or exchanges
  • Most wireless phones are returnable within 14 days
  • Most customer electronics are returnable within 30 days
  • Most electronic bicycles are returnable within 30 days
  • Most PC components are returnable within 30 days