Work/E-commerce · D2C

E-commerce · D2C · 2025

5 days to 35 minutes.
Fraud catch up 3.4×.

A D2C apparel brand was losing $4.2M a year to fraudulent returns and bleeding NPS to a 5-day refund cycle. We built an agent that classifies return reasons, scores fraud risk, and routes to disposition.

Client
D2C apparel brand
Engagement
Project · 4 months
Team
1 PM · 1 designer · 3 engineers
Status
Live + retainer
Stack
claude · shopify · loop · narvar
05 · The results

Numbers their team verified.

35min
Median refund cycle

Down from 5 days. Includes receipt-and-inspect time.

3.4×
More fraud caught

Vs. their previous rule-based workflow. $1.5M/yr saved.

+0.4pts
CSAT change

CSAT held flat-positive despite the fraud crackdown.

The agent catches fraud patterns I would never have written rules for. It also approves real refunds in minutes.

COO
D2C apparel brand
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