BURLINGTON, MA and DELRAY BEACH, FL, June 18, 2026 – Returnalyze, a leader in AI-powered returns decision intelligence for retail returns prevention, and PeakActivity, a digital acceleration and innovation consultancy, today announced a strategic partnership designed to help retailers unlock measurable bottom‑line impact through prescriptive insights, automation, and operational transformation.
The partnership brings together PeakActivity’s deep expertise in AI/ML, agentic workflows, and enterprise digital transformation with Returnalyze’s industry‑leading AI platform for identifying and preventing the root causes of product returns. Together, the companies will help retailers reduce preventable returns, improve product confidence, and strengthen margins at a time when consumer return rates continue to rise across the industry.
“Retailers are under immense pressure to protect profitability while delivering a better customer experience,” said Rick Cramer, CEO of Returnalyze. “PeakActivity’s innovation engine, combined with Returnalyze’s SKU‑level returns intelligence, gives brands a clear, actionable path to reducing avoidable returns and improving the quality of every sale. This partnership accelerates how quickly retailers can adopt AI in ways that drive real financial impact.”
PeakActivity’s Chief Executive Officer, Manish Hirapara, added: “Our retail clients are asking for practical, high‑ROI applications of AI. Returnalyze is a platform that delivers immediate visibility into what’s driving returns and prescriptive actions to address it. Together, we’re helping retailers move from reactive reporting to proactive, AI‑powered decision‑making.”
The partnership will kick off with a series of joint AI transformation workshops for retail executives, focused on identifying high‑value use cases across merchandising, product development, digital experience, and operations. Returnalyze will be featured as a core component of these workshops, demonstrating how returns intelligence can materially improve margin and customer satisfaction.
This collaboration builds on both companies’ momentum with leading retailers across apparel, footwear, and specialty categories. By combining PeakActivity’s innovation strategy with Returnalyze’s proven returns decision-intelligence platform, the partnership aims to help retailers adopt AI faster, more confidently, and achieve measurable financial outcomes.
Returnalyze is the industry's only AI platform purpose‑built to prevent retail returns. Created by retail experts, Returnalyze empowers merchandising, eCommerce, product, and supply‑chain leaders to identify and take immediate action on the issues that drive preventable returns. The world’s leading retailers, including Abercrombie & Fitch, J.Crew, Brooks Running, and Wolverine Worldwide, rely on Returnalyze to improve profit margins, strengthen product performance, and create frictionless customer experiences.
PeakActivity is a management consultancy that builds and installs the systems behind modern commerce, AI, and operations. It works with companies, turning technological change into an operating advantage. Combining proven techniques, experienced teams, and the right tools, PeakActivity closes the gap between the experience a company's customers have and the vision its leadership sets.