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• secret shopper — UK US noun [C] ► MARKETING, COMMERCE MYSTERY SHOPPER(Cf. ↑mystery shopper) …   Financial and business terms

• Secret shopper — can refer to:* A store detective hired by stores to pretend they are shopping but really watch for shoplifters * A mystery shopper sent to a store to evaluate its employees, customer service, and the like …   Wikipedia

• secret shopper — (SEE.crit SHOP.ur) n. A person hired by a retailer to evaluate and monitor the store s employees or operations by posing as a shopper. secret shopping n. Example Citation: Doug Gould, director of mystery shopping for Taco Bell, credits the… …   New words

• Shopper — may refer to: *Personal shopper *Computer Shopper *Window Shopper *Secret shopper *Euro Shopper *Happy Shopper *A newspaper that contains only or mainly advertising …   Wikipedia

• shopper's block — n. The inability to think of a suitable present for a particular person. Also: shoppers block. Example Citations: With luck and a fake case of chicken pox, the desperate writer can finesse a deadline extension. For anyone struggling to overcome… …   New words

• shopper — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ average ▪ what the average shopper spends her money on ▪ frequent (AmE), regular (esp. BrE) ▪ local ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• secret — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that must not be known by others ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great ▪ little ▪ closely guarded, well kept ▪ a charming museum that is one of the city s best kept …   Collocations dictionary

• stealth shopper — n. A person who shops secretly to avoid flaunting wealth or to hide expenses from a spouse; a person who purchases expensive items that do not look expensive. stealth shopping pp. Example Citations: But such obvious excess is seriously frowned… …   New words

• mystery shopper — ➔ shopper * * * mystery shopper UK US noun [C] (also secret shopper) COMMERCE ► someone employed by a company to check how its products or services are being sold by pretending to be a normal customer: »Most supermarkets want mystery shoppers to… …   Financial and business terms

• personal shopper — n. A person hired to shop for clothes, electronics, and other goods and services. Example Citation: Susan Arce of Venice got a call from her first customer Monday morning. Not bad considering she just started advertising Suzzi s Buying Service on …   New words