[Case 03]

AI-Powered Returns

Make the unhappy path feel fair

UX Lead

End-to-end

2024

Visons to launch

378K

Fewer contacts/year

65.5%

Lifecycle coverage

Making returns feel fair, fast, and clear

Redesigned returns to cut 378K support contacts/year, lift lifecycle coverage 61% → 65.5%, clarify ~85% vague reasons, and identify 28.8% of fashion returns as normal trialing.

My Scope

Returns framework + policy strategy

End-to-end journey design · Policy-aware UX

Returns framework + policy strategy

End-to-end journey design · Policy-aware UX

Returns framework + policy strategy

End-to-end journey design · Policy-aware UX

AI clarification + guided flows

Generative AI UX · Interaction design

AI clarification + guided flows

Generative AI UX · Interaction design

AI clarification + guided flows

Generative AI UX · Interaction design

Metrics + experimentation plan

Experimentation · Data-informed decisions

Metrics + experimentation plan

Experimentation · Data-informed decisions

Metrics + experimentation plan

Experimentation · Data-informed decisions

The Problem

Refund status is unclear

Customers can’t confidently answer “where is my refund?”

“Did my refund go through?”

Low-signal return reasons

Vague reasons don’t help products or policies improve

“I don’t like it… what do I choose?”

Normal behavior treated as risk

Trialing and high-return cohorts handled the same

“Why am I being penalized?”

Too many one-off return flows

Inconsistent rules and screens across categories

“Why does returns work differently every time?”

Context

The Bet

Make returns feel fair

Make returns feel fair

Make returns feel fair

Guide customers to the right path with clarity, transparency, and minimal friction.

What I Build

AI Reason Clarification

Vague text → 1–2 questions → structured intent

Reusable Modular System

Proof capture + multiple choice

Outcome

378K

Fewer CS contacts / year

378K

Fewer CS contacts / year

378K

Fewer CS contacts / year

61% → 65.5%

Lifecycle support coverage

61% → 65.5%

Lifecycle support coverage

61% → 65.5%

Lifecycle support coverage

85%

Vague comments → structured intent

85%

Vague comments → structured intent

85%

Vague comments → structured intent

Design