Together, Posti and the circular economy startup Renow offer a new model for handling returns. We make circularity profitable and provide additional sales without complex processes.
Article summary:
Renow is an AI-driven recommerce company developing innovative ways to process returned products.
Our collaboration enables returns to be inspected and resold within hours instead of weeks.
By combining Posti’s logistics expertise with Renow’s technology, we help e-commerce businesses boost sales, reduce costs and improve customer experience.
Returns are part of everyday life in e-commerce, but handling them is often slow, expensive and resource-intensive. Traditionally, returned items may sit in warehouses for weeks or even months before being resold. This results in lost revenue and weaker customer satisfaction.
Our partnership changes that. Thanks to Posti’s logistics capabilities and Renow’s AI-based inspection system, returned products can be processed and prepared for resale in just hours.
“Our solution enables products to be back on sale within days. Previously, this could take months.”
Renow’s founder and CPO Antti Ijäs.
Working hand in hand
Posti provides a flexible and scalable logistics partnership while Renow contributes an AI-powered inspection system that makes return handling fast and cost-efficient. The collaboration is continuously developed together with the goal of building models that better serve online retailers. In our warehouses, Renow’s technology supports staff during inspections and we ensure smooth processes and seasonal scalability.
Ijäs summarizes the benefits. “Products are back on sale the same day, inspection costs go down and circular items generate clean additional revenue for the retailer.”
Looking ahead
According to Ijäs, the importance of recommerce is growing globally and the future looks bright. Consumers still want to buy but with a clearer conscience, making circular solutions increasingly attractive. Technology and partnerships enable more efficient models.
“Our future goal is to allow some products to be sold directly to the next consumer without intermediaries. That saves costs and makes the process even more sustainable,” says Ijäs.
Renow currently focuses on consumer electronics and open box items but is expanding into new markets and product categories. In the future, online retailers can offer a broader selection of sustainable circular products quickly, cost-effectively and profitably.
Benefits for e-commerce
For business customers, the collaboration offers clear advantages:
Speed: Products can be inspected and resold within hours, preserving market value
Cost savings: AI significantly reduces inspection costs
Scalability: Warehouse operations and capacity can be adjusted based on seasonal demand
Easy onboarding: Retailers simply redirect their return address to our warehouse where Renow’s system is ready, ideally to the same Posti facility already handling their products
This allows retailers to focus on their core business while gaining additional sales without heavy investments or new processes
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