Jennifer Howe is nonetheless holding onto gifts from Christmas she doesn’t want. Slippers that are as well huge, a designer fragrance she’ll never dress in, and candles. “They look wonderful, but I’ve by no means been a candle individual,” she mentioned. “I’m contemplating about donating some of the stuff I got, or possibly re-gifting, because returning is a pain.” She’s not completely wrong. Stores now are generating returns additional demanding, far more perplexing, and probably additional high priced. What a variance a couple of a long time make. During the pandemic, merchants bent around backwards to make returns very simple — and seamless — for homebound Us citizens. Following all,…