A retailer needs all of the materials with a celebrity endorser removed from its stores nationwide to avoid a contract violation.

That same celebrity needs to be sure that their likeness is removed from all retail locations to protect their interests.

A national chain must make certain that promotional signage and point-of-purchase displays are being posted properly. Or even that the customer restrooms are being cleaned!

A manufacturer who has paid a retailer hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in “shelving” fees to place end-cap displays of its product in their stores needs to be sure those displays actually made it onto the floor – in good condition, on-time – or millions more in product and inventory will be lost.

A consumer goods manufacturer wants to determine if the associates in retail stores where its products are sold have good product knowledge and whether their products (or a competitor’s) are recommended to the stores’ customers.

Many mystery shopping providers have tens (even hundreds) of thousands of reliable people waiting for the call to perform otherwise overwhelming tasks that you may have found too cumbersome or bureaucratic when working with a temp agency.

What could you do with an army of willing and able bodies as your eyes and ears from coast to coast?

Contact your mystery shopping provider for more details.