Mystery Shopping, Merchandising etc Companies

Becles

List of companies below. Please note I haven't personally checked out every single company on the list or am aware of what work they offer. The offer all or some of the following:

Mystery shopping - following a set brief and reporting on service recieved in shops, eating places, leisure services and telephone helplines.

Merchandising - going into a store on behalf of a manufacturer with the aim of promotion their product. You might have to increase shelf space, set up secondary displays, add point of sale material or set up promotional stands.

Auditing - going into a store on behalf of the manufacturer and reporting what is there. Typical things to find out are stock levels, number of facings for each product, shelf measurements and/or floor space.

Market Research - speaking with members of the public and asking their opinions on various things. Sometimes it's standing in the street, or it could be knocking on doors.

Demonstrating - we've all seen them! People who give away free samples in shops or show you how products work.

You may get regular merchandising, but usually work is allocated on an ad-hoc basis. Don't rely on ongoing employment, but if you are registered with enough companies, you can usually get enough to keep you busy.

Companies allocate by various different methods and like results in different ways too. Give different companies try, and you'll soon find out which ones you like working for.

Lastly don't ask me questions like "who mystery shops Top Shop?", "how much do Retail Eyes pay?", etc. I'm bound by confidentiality and companies take a very dim view of you mentioning their clients or fees in public.

Becles

ABa Quality Monitoring Ltd

http://www.aba.co.uk/apply.php



ABA: Research Counter Intelligence

http://www.counterintelligenceaba.co.uk/arcadia/



Ace Field Work

http://www.acefieldwork.co.uk/



AF Stocktakings

http://www.afstocktaking.com/



Amber Arch Tel: 0191 492 2020



Assosia Ltd

http://www.assosia.com



Blue Apple

http://www.theblueapple.co.uk/51400/index.html



Blue Star

http://bluestargroup.co.uk/



BPRI

http://www.bpri.co.uk/frameset.html



Brand Driver

http://www.branddriver.co.uk/



Business Blueprints Ltd Tel: 01273 670700



Carousel Marketing

http://www.carousel-marketing.com/



Centre for Customer Awareness (CCA)

http://www.ccauk.co.uk/



Cinecheck

http://www.cinecheck.com/signmeup/signupUK.asp



Contact Field Marketing

http://www.contactfieldmarketing.com/Staff_application_form.htm



Corporate Research International

http://www.mysteryshops.com/



CPM UK

http://www.uk.cpm-int.com/default.asp?wci=main



Direct Excellence

http://www.directexcellence.co.uk/



Douglas Stafford 02392 830011



DQM Group/Data2

http://www.dqmgroup.com/



eMysteryShopper

http://www.edigitalresearch.com/eMysteryShopper/becomeanemysteryshopper.htm



ESA

http://www.esa.co.uk/recruiting.interviewers.php



Field Facts Worldwide

http://www.fieldfacts.com/About/employment.html



FDS UK

http://www.fds-uk.com/personnel.htm



FS Marketing UK

http://www.fsmarketing.uk.com/



GAPbuster

http://www.gapbuster.com/index.htm



Grass Roots Group

https://www.grgresearch.com/default.htm



Headcount

http://www.headcount.co.uk/



Infinite Field Marketing

http://www.infinitefms.co.uk



Insight Market Research

http://www.insightmarketresearch.co.uk/home.html



Insight Retail Consulting Ltd

http://www.insightretail.com/



Intelligent Marketing Solutions (IMS) Ltd

http://www.ukims.co.uk/



International Service Check

http://www.internationalservicecheck.com/site/english/formular1.htm



JRA Research

http://www.jraresearch.com/flash.htm



Lorien Research

http://www.lorienresearch.co.uk/



Lodge Service/React Surveys 01285 644144 15



Logobrand

http://www.logobrand.com/jobs.shtml




Maritz Virtual Customers 01628 495756



Marketing Sciences

http://www.marketing-sciences.com/main.html



MBA Field Marketing

http://www.mbafieldmarketing.co.uk/



Mintel Services

http://survey.mintel.com/shoppers_survey/shopper.htm



MSF UK

http://www.msf-ltd.co.uk



MSS Research

http://www.mssresearch.co.uk/index.html



Mystery Shoppers Ltd

http://www.mystery-shoppers.co.uk/page_5/page5.htm

Becles

Navigator Customer Management

http://www.navigatorcm.com/



Network UK

http://www.thenetwork-uk.com/



NOP Research Group

http://www.cybershoppers.nop.co.uk/



On-Site Research

http://www.on-siteresearch.co.uk/



Optimum Contact

http://www.optimumcontact.com/homepage.aspx



ORC

http://www.orc.co.uk/



PCP

http://www.pcpmarketresearch.com/



Performance in People

http://www.performanceinpeople.co.uk/



Pheonix

http://www.phoenixmarketresearch.co.uk/



Power Information Gathering (PIGS)

http://www.pigservices.co.uk/



PMI FM

http://www.pmifm.co.uk/welcome



Precision Research

http://precisionresearch.freeservers.com/



Quaestor

http://www.quaestor.co.uk/frameworks/generic/public_users/welcome/home.htm



Quality Audit Sevices 01582 406200



Quest Field Marketing

01628 774818



Red Agency

http://www.theredagency.co.uk/registration_form.pdf



REL Field Marketing

http://www.relfm.com/rel_recruitment/rel_application_form.htm



Retail Eyes

http://www.retaileyes.co.uk/home/retaileyes_aboutus.php



Retail Maxim

http://www.retail-maxim.co.uk/



Retail Rapport Ltd

http://www.mysteryshopagency.com/



RQA

http://www.rqa-inc.com/jobs.html



Segreto

http://www.segreto.co.uk/



Service Scan 0115 958 4727



Service Science

http://www.servsci.co.uk/mystery-customers.php



Storecheckers 0161 904 8164



Stratagem MarketChecker

http://www.marketchecker.co.uk/shopper1.htm



Sure Field Marketing

http://www.surefm.co.uk/ucm/home/section1.asp



Sutton Research Ltd 020 8642 3336



Survey Solutions

http://www.surveysolutions.co.uk/



Synovate

http://www.synovate.com/en/index.php



Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)

http://online.tns-global.com/wi/p56523701/ctl.asp



Tern Consultancy

http://www.ternconsultancy.co.uk/



UK Field Marketing

http://www.ukfm.co.uk/



Zoo People

http://www.zoopeople.co.uk/



Edited to add:

Customer Perspectives Ltd,
Suite 9, Golf House, Horsham Road, Pease Pottage, West Sussex, RH11 9SG
Web: www.customerperspectives.co.uk
New Mystery Shopper Registrations: www.MysteryShopUK.co.uk

Maxybaby_2

thanks ever so :T i thought they would all be in the London area and i'm in Newcastle. i'll be signing up with all of them and i love travelling :j

Minnie_Minx_2

Yes, thanks so much Becles! Like Maxybaby I thought that this only went on in London so never gave it much thought. I am moving down to Co. Durham next month and will be looking for a career change and this sounds perfect. I wonder if you can make a full-time wage out of it?? Better start registering methinks! :dance:

Becles

It's possible to make a full time wage, but you do need to put a lot of work into it and register with many companies. You need to be good at time management so you can book work in the same town on the same day from different companies.

The job is insecure - some weeks I earn a lot so save some and that compensates for the weeks when I earn barely enough to live on. You need to be able to budget too.

I live in the area, and manage to find enough to keep a roof over our heads. It suits me as I can't do a regular job due to a health problem, so the flexibility is great.

Chas

Hey Becles - thanks for your post.

I agree with your comments about mystery shopping. It is hard work but it's great for pin money.

catwoman150

Thanks Becles what a great list of companies

dmg24

Thanks becles, and thanks catwoman150 for resurrecting a really helpful thread!

This would make a good sticky ... x

Strapped

Are we allowed to say which ones are totally pants? (The ones who rarely have an a opportunity in my area, and which has always gone even if you ring up immediately you receive the email notifcation).

dmg24

Strapped wrote: »

Are we allowed to say which ones are totally pants? (The ones who rarely have an a opportunity in my area, and which has always gone even if you ring up immediately you receive the email notifcation).

Suppose it depends on if you still work for them ... x