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A dummy purchaser is an agent who buys property on behalf of another, usually to conceal the true purpose of the acquisition. For instance, a shopping mall developer may hire a dummy buyer to purchase the needed vacant lots. Disclosing the principal's identity might prompt the landowners to hold out for a higher price; hence the need for secrecy.
Mystery shopping organizations advise that their research should only be used for employee incentive programs and that punishment or firing is an inappropriate use of mystery-shopper data. However, stories of employees being fired as a direct result of negative mystery shopper feedback are not uncommon.
A dummy corporation, dummy company, or false company is an entity created to serve as a front or cover for one or more companies. It can have the appearance of being real ( logo , website , and sometimes employing actual staff), but lacks the capacity to function independently.
Shoplifting is the act of knowingly taking goods from an establishment in which they are displayed for sale, without paying for them. Shoplifting usually involves concealing items on the person or an accomplice, and leaving the store without paying.
Market environment and business environment are marketing terms that refer to factors and forces that affect a firm's ability to build and maintain successful customer relationships. The business environment has been defined as "the totality of physical and social factors that are taken directly into consideration in the decision-making ...
'Shopper marketing' is "a discipline that focuses on the customer experience and the customer journey." [1] It focuses on the consumer's path to purchasing a product, from first being aware of the product, to consideration and through to the purchase of it.
Secret shopper may 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
In common usage, dummy can offensively refer to someone who is silent or unintelligent, as in a mannequin or puppet. [15] In econometrics, dummy generally refers to a binary variable that indicates whether a certain quality is present or absent. So, for example, a "male dummy" would refer to a variable indicating that someone is male, rather ...