Yes I feel overproduction is the biggest issue with all of this. I would have hoped a worldwide pandemic might slow the overproduction down but it would seem perhaps not? I also realise that some of the poorest people in the world actually have some income thanks to it as well- wasn’t it workers in Bangladesh who suffered with Western companies cancelling orders early on? So it would have to be slowed kind of slowly itself?
I have no answers at all, just doing my best to be responsible. It’s too big a problem for me!

Jenni, it was even worse than cancelling orders! They refused to accept/pay for orders that had already been produced! Really terrible behavior on the part of those companies, and I'm glad there was a public campaign to shame them into paying up.

I returned a bunch of shoes this summer, and at least 1 pair of pants and a coat. Most of my shopping has been local though lately, consignment and boutique. TBH some of the things don't fit well RN since being back at the office derailed my good habits
I think things have been a lot more opened up here than CA though.

Firecracker, I’m curious what the NAS price of the boots was. Right now they are marked down from 400€ to 160.

Re Amazon no package returns: they were things that would be okay in a big box or bin, such as books. I think that’s what they do - put everything in a big box, and it gets picked up daily. I bought some insulated gloves last year that were too small, and the returns were no packaging.

Firecracker, I can see being torn about an item like that. Sometimes, something that doesn't quite fit in can be the catalyst for a needed style change, but other times, they're just not right for you. It can be hard to tell the difference.

suntiger, more or less everything's been open here since June 15, so that's not an issue. I haven't been doing much shopping just for fun, though, for lots of reasons not just limited to COVID.