{"id":220166,"date":"2022-11-21T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=220166"},"modified":"2022-11-21T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:18:12","slug":"69-of-uk-men-cant-be-bothered-to-return-clothes-that-dont-fit-or-they-dont-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/69-of-uk-men-cant-be-bothered-to-return-clothes-that-dont-fit-or-they-dont-want\/","title":{"rendered":"69% of UK men \u2018can\u2019t be bothered\u2019 to return clothes that don\u2019t fit or they don\u2019t want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Over two-thirds (69%) of men don\u2019t return ill-fitting items of clothing - or items they don\u2019t want - that they\u2019ve bought online, because they \u2018can\u2019t be bothered\u2019, according to a new survey commissioned by custom-fit menswear brand, <a href=\"https:\/\/spoke-london.com\/\">Spoke<\/a>.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>International market research agency OnePoll asked 2,000 UK men from a range of different ages, regions and occupations who regularly shop online to dive deeper into their shopping habits, especially when it comes to returning \u2013 or in this case, not returning \u2013 items they have purchased online.<\/p>\n<p>Key findings included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men are spending, on average, \u00a3290 per year on clothing they never wear.<\/li>\n<li>Men would only consider returning clothing items if they were priced at over \u00a3300, though 40% agreed that price wouldn\u2019t play a part in returning an item.<\/li>\n<li>Men in Northern Ireland tend to spend the most on clothes that never get worn, with an average of \u00a3475 a year compared to East Midlands men, who spend only an average of \u00a3138.<\/li>\n<li>Trousers and jeans are the most commonly returned Item, making up 15% of returns, with poor fit being the main reason for returning them.<\/li>\n<li>20% of men kept ill-fitting clothes with the hopes they\u2019ll fit them one day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spoke Founder, Ben Farren, said: \u201cThese survey results are remarkable. It\u2019s staggering to think that 69% of men \u2018can\u2019t be bothered\u2019 to return clothes that don\u2019t fit or they don\u2019t want to keep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bad outcome for everyone. It fills wardrobes with clothes men don\u2019t wear. It leaves them feeling worse about the brand they\u2019ve bought from. And it\u2019s bad for the environment - it\u2019s just a shocking waste of resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrousers and jeans are returned more than any other category, with poor fit being the biggest reason. Retailers are clearly missing the mark. Most brands only sell even numbered waists and just two or three leg lengths - so 75% of men have to adjust their trousers - or they\u2019re wearing strides that simply don\u2019t fit well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer isn\u2019t rocket science - you need more sizes. That\u2019s what Spoke offers, with our custom-finished solution and over 400 size combinations, so every man can find his perfect fit. Those are the trousers you\u2019ll reach for every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further findings from the survey revealed that, even with the options of a parcel drop-off or included return labels to make it as easy and hassle-free as possible, 16% of men still said they wouldn\u2019t return the clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the regions, West Midlands men are more likely to return ill-fitting clothes (60%). However, 81% of men living in the East Midlands admitted to never returning online clothes purchases.<\/p>\n<p>In London, 20% of men said that they would rather gift clothes to friends or family members that didn't fit rather than return them. And, of all the occupations, community and social service workers were the most giving, with 25% donating their ill-fitting clothes to loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":220167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,9763,6,10494],"tags":[9879,9861,15034],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>69% of UK men \u2018can\u2019t be bothered\u2019 to return clothes that don\u2019t fit or they don\u2019t want - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over two-thirds (69%) of men don\u2019t return ill-fitting items of clothing - or items they don\u2019t want - 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