单词 | mystery shopper |
释义 | > as lemmasmystery shopper mystery shopper n. a person employed to visit a shop or restaurant incognito: (a) U.S. one who gives a prize to the first shopper who correctly guesses his or her identity (now rare); (b) one employed to pose as a customer in order to evaluate a business based on the quality or range of goods, customer service, staff performance, etc. ΚΠ 1931 Evening Times (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 15 Sept. 1/6 Miss High Heels will appear in the various stores at 7:30 p.m... To the first woman who addresses her with these words: ‘You are Miss High Heels, the Mystery Shopper of The Evening Times’,..Miss High Heels will give a certificate good for $25. 1937 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 3 Mar. 9/7 To encourage retail clerks to push the 300 ‘gold’ items included in the sale, thirty ‘mystery shoppers’ were employed to circulate among the stores. Whenever a clerk suggested five or more ‘gold’ items he was immediately handed 50 cents. 1944 Minute Man 15 Dec. 3/2 In Phoenix, Arizona, and elsewhere, ‘to keep the troops on their toes’, a Mystery Shopper, set out to buy a $1,000 Bond from the first retail clerk asking him to purchase an extra Bond. 1968 Fort Madison (Iowa) Democrat 21 Dec. 10/5 (advt.) Frances Judy, our ‘Mystery Shopper’, was spotted..by Gloria Mendez... Congratulations Gloria on winning a $3.00 gift and $2.00 in cash. 1973 Billboard 13 Oct. 40/1 A special promotion squad will be calling on dealers to explain the company's product. This will be shortly followed by a visit from a mystery shopper with queries about Pye product. 1989 Caterer & Hotelkeeper 14 Dec. 29/2 Other initiatives are being brought from the US..including..a ‘mystery shoppers’ system whereby a team of people will visit pubs and restaurants incognito to check on standards. 1994 Times 4 Aug. 24 Retailers and hotel and restaurant chains have for some time used mystery shoppers, where specially trained evaluators assess how outlets and staff perform. < as lemmas |
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