These are the major retailers that will be charging customers for returns this holiday season

TJ Maxx charges customers $10.99 for return shipping and handling fees

Source: TJ Maxx

Abercrombie & Fitch charges customers $7 if they return items by mail, though it says exchanges are offered for free.

Source: Abercrombie & Fitch

Urban Outfitters provides shoppers with prepaid labels to return items by mail, but adds a $5 restocking fee "for most mailed returns."

Source: Urban Outfitters

J. Crew members pay $7.50 flat fee to return items via mail.

Source: J. Crew

Levi's charges customers a $7.50 "return processing fee" for mailed returns. If you sign up to Red Tab, its free member program, you don't have to pay.

Source: Levi's

Kohl's customers have to pay for return shopping costs themselves. Customers who order larger items via freight must also pay a 15% restocking fee, unless the item is damaged.

Source: Kohl's

Customers must pay $8 to UPS for any return of JCPenney merchandise by mail. "This has been significantly discounted and will cover your entire return from a single order," the retailer says.

Source: JCPenney

Best Buy customers who return items may need to pay a restocking charge depending on what item they are returning. This applies to both in store and mail returns.

Source: Best Buy

Anthropologie charges a $5.95 fee "for most mailed returns."

Source: Anthropologie

Uniqlo charges $7 for return shipping

Source: Uniqlo

At American Eagle, some orders qualify for free returns – but others don't, and instead incur a $5 shipping charge.

Source: American Eagle

Neiman Marcus charges customers a $9.95 return fee for clearance items, items returned more than 15 days after they were delivered, and items marked with "Return Fees Apply."

Source: Neiman Marcus

Coach Outlet says customers can either mail their own returns by paying a service like UPS, USPS, or FedEx, or they can use a pre-paid shipping label, which incurs a $7 charge.

Source: Coach Outlet

Saks Fifth Avenue informed Insider that customers have 30 days to return their items via mail. If returned within 14 days of shipping they don't have pay, but if it's longer than that they'll have to pay a $9.95 return charge.

Source: Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Off 5th charges $9.95 for return shipping.

Source: Saks Off 5th

Shoe retailer DSW charges customers $8.50 to return items using its pre-paid return labels, though members of the company's higher-tier VIP rewards programs, which require an annual spend of at least $200, get free returns.

Source: DSW

Fabletics provides prepaid shipping labels for most US returns, but in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico this incurs a $9 fee.

Source: Fabletics

Zara customers returning items via third-party drop off points have to pay $3.95

Source: Zara

Yandy charges customers $4.95 for returning items if they use FedEx returns labels provided by Yandy. Customers must also pay $10 extra if they want to return shoes that have been damaged or missing from their order.

Source: J. Crew

Many other companies don't charge fees for items returned by mail, but don't offer free refunds, either. Customers must pay the shipper they choose, such as UPS, FedEx, USPS or USPS to return the items. These companies include Hobby Lobby, Bloomingdales, Barnes and Noble, Wayfair, and Bath & Body Works.

Sources: Hobby Lobby, Bloomingdales, Barnes and Noble