# Optoro

> Optoro provides cloud-based returns management software for retailers, brands and third-party logistics providers. Its platform connects shopper returns and exchanges with receiving, inspection, inventory routing, restocking and recommerce, using its SmartDisposition decision engine to improve recovery. Blue Yonder acquired the Washington, D.C. company on August 19, 2025.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Tobin Moore (Co-founder; former CEO), Adam Vitarello (Co-founder; former president)
- **Products:** Returns Management System (RMS), SmartDisposition, Returns Portal & Exchanges, Returns Processing, Stores & Lockers
- **Notable:** Company reported more than 200 million cumulative returns processed by September 2024., AEO case study reports clearance of a backlog exceeding 600,000 returned units within weeks., Tuckernuck case study reports 94% CSAT, 98% restock to active inventory upon receipt and 78% of returns resold within 30 days.

## Products & services

- **Returns Management System (RMS)** — Modular cloud software connecting return initiation, exchanges, receiving, grading, routing, restocking and recommerce. The company repositioned its platform as RMS in 2023.
- **SmartDisposition** — Proprietary data and AI decision engine for selecting the next destination of returned goods, including restock, resale, donation or recycling.
- **Returns Portal & Exchanges** — Branded self-service initiation, exchanges, gift-card refund options and policy personalization.
- **Returns Processing** — Configurable receiving, test-and-grade, dispositioning and directed sorting workflows with operational reporting.
- **Stores & Lockers** — In-store processing and locker drop-offs, including a relationship with Parcel Pending by Quadient.
- **Express Returns / Home Pick-ups** — Return methods including consolidated drop-offs and package-free home collection; home pick-ups announced in July 2023.
- **Recommerce integrations and workflows** — Routing and connectors to secondary resale destinations and vendors for recoverable inventory.
- **Professional services** — Discovery, integration and implementation support for commerce and supply-chain systems.

## Achievements

- Company reported more than 200 million cumulative returns processed by September 2024.
- AEO case study reports clearance of a backlog exceeding 600,000 returned units within weeks.
- Tuckernuck case study reports 94% CSAT, 98% restock to active inventory upon receipt and 78% of returns resold within 30 days.
- Named in Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024, as listed in Optoro’s press archive.
- Acquired by Blue Yonder in August 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Blue Yonder announced and closed its acquisition of Optoro on August 19, 2025.
- **2025-06** — Announced a delivery and returns data partnership with Fenix Commerce on June 3.
- **2025-02** — Expanded fraud-protection relationship with Appriss Retail on February 6.
- **2024-09** — Launched Stores & Lockers and reported over 200 million cumulative returns processed.

## Links

- Website: https://www.optoro.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/optoro/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/optoroinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLsPkvQb4P82sm6YIVqtrg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/optoro/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/optoroinc

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Last updated: 2026-10-02