NRF Rev Roundtables are intimate, expert-led discussions designed for returns and reverse logistics professionals. These sessions give you dedicated time to connect with peers, share challenges and crowdsource solutions in real time.
Bring your toughest returns issues to the table — and tap into the collective experience of fellow attendees who are rethinking the post-sale lifecycle.

Carbon footprint reduction through reverse logistics
Circular packaging innovation impact on returns
Circular/Sustainability: Lessons from Europe
Circularity metrics and tracking
Designing products for circularity: challenges and opportunities
Equity investments in the Secondary Market and Reverse Logistics
Examining how Social Responsibility and RL can do good and Impact your Bottom Line
Finding ESG Opportunities in RL
How to scale reuse and refurbishment in retail
Impacts of tariffs on Circularity
Incentivizing consumers to participate in circular programs
Intersection of circularity and regulatory compliance
Investor Corner: Investing in Circularity
Lifecycle thinking in supply chain design
Measuring circular business model ROI
Product Design - Designing for Circularity
Product Design - Using Recovered Materials
Role of reverse logistics in achieving ESG goals

Auctions
Automotive returns/end of life/recycling
Bin Stores -- Promise or Peril
Centralized vs. decentralized returns processing
Cost implications of returns/End to End cost Returns
Designing supply chain networks for reverse logistics
Exporting
Handling hazardous or regulated returned goods
IT Asset Destruction Best Practices
Inhouse or Outsource?
International exports: Rules & regs
Inventory visibility in reverse channels
Managing reverse flows in a just-in-time environment
Managing spare parts and warranty returns
Off Price Retail
Product donations: When and why?
Product liquidation: Deep Dive
Recycling markets best practices
Reducing Freight Costs
Remanufacturing or Recycling Lithium Ion Batteries
Repackaging
Repair or recycle: Calculating the ROI
Returns transportation optimization
Reverse logistics KPIs and benchmarking
Reverse logistics in B2B vs. B2C contexts
Reverse logistics: Outsourcing pros and cons
Selecting a third-party logistics partner
Sorting and Grading Textile Returns and Donations
Understanding a vendor agreement to make the right decisions for or organization
Warehousing
WhatNot and Social Media Sales-- Future of Resale?
Academic insights: Returns, Remanufacturing and Resale w/Zac Rogers
Bin stores seeing growth at retail and why
Communicating the environmental impact of returns
Customer feedback loops from returned products
DIY - Helping Consumers Extend Product Life
Educating consumers on sustainable return practices
Gamification and rewards for circular behaviors
Generational differences in return expectations
Global Dynamics in Mobile Returns - Where has your phone been?
Products returns & consumer mindset
Psychology of returns: how policy affects behavior
Reducing returns through personalization
Refurbished products: Building trust for resale
Transparency in returns and refurbishment processes

Apparel: Intentional returns best practices
Challenges in liquidating returns out of the country
Cross-border returns: logistics and legal challenges
Customer Education Initiatives / how to reduce returns
Facilitating hyper-local returns
Finance exec deep dive: What to measure
Free returns: Sustainability and margin impact
Future of try-before-you-buy models
Handling seasonal spikes in returns
Improving the Customer Returns Experience
Influencing consumer behavior to reduce returns
Managing Bulky Item Returns
Managing returns in omnichannel retail
Reducing return rates through better product information
Return fraud: Detection and prevention strategies
Return policy optimization: Profits and customer satisfaction
Returnless refunds: When and why?
Returns and building brand loyalty
Returns forecasting
Returns fraud reduction strategy
Returns management: Retail-manufacturer collaboration
Returns reduction: Strategies for retailers
Returns: A CX differentiator
Secondary market: Addressing critical returns challenges
Social Media – Impact to Returns

Automotive parts: returns and remanufacturing
Electronics and e-waste recovery strategies
Food and beverage: Reverse logistics strategies
Furniture and bulky items: Returns strategies
Furniture and bulky items: Returns strategies
Pharmaceuticals and medical devices: Returns strategies
Reverse logistics strategies: Fashion and apparel

Compliance challenges in product take-back programs
Customs and duties in international returns
Data privacy in returns and refurbishment
Government incentives for circular economy initiatives
Labeling and documentation requirements for returns
Legal risks in secondary market sales
Navigating global e-waste regulations
Product recalls: Logistics and comms strategies
Regulations - What to Know
Return cross-bordering and trade/tax implications.
Right-to-repair: Regulatory landscape
Sustainability reporting and reverse logistics
What Consumers & Regulators Should Know about Returns
Deep Dive into Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR):
Batteries
Laws
Mattresses
Packaging
Paint
Tires
AI in reverse logistics
Allure of auction sites using social media (Buying on What Not for example)
Augmented reality for reducing returns in e-commerce
Automation in reverse logistics
Automation vs. human touch in returns handling
B2B resale and recommerce practices w/Robert Iaria, Bstock
Blockchain for tracking returns and warranties
Closing the loop with post-consumer tracking
Digital passport: Deep dive
Digital twins: Reverse supply chain optimization
Integrating reverse logistics into ERP and WMS systems
IoT-enabled product tracking for end-of-life recovery
Predictive analytics for returns forecasting
Resale platforms: Selection and implementation
Reverse vending machines: Beverage containers
Reverse vending machines: Electronics
Robotics in returns processing
Smart labeling in reverse logistics
Supply Chain Traceability
Unlocking supply chain traceability with tech
Using AI/ML in reverse logistics

10:00am - 10:45am
12:00pm - 12:45pm
3:30pm - 4:15pm
10:00am - 10:45am
12:00pm - 12:45pm
3:30pm - 4:15pm