Unconventional Mystery Shopping

Most mystery shopping can be broken into two categories: on-site and over-the-phone. In both cases, mystery shoppers interact with your employees to assess customer service, salesmanship, and other aspects of the experience, such as cleanliness, merchandising, wait times, the complexity of the automated phone-tree, and more. These are tried and…
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How to Leverage Your Online Presence

“If you’re not online, you don’t exist.” This may be the most important truism regarding visibility in today’s marketplace. Indeed, there are whole businesses dedicated to search-engine optimization, online reputation management, and more. There are even now previously unheard-of careers like digital influencers and brand ambassadors. If you want to…
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The P&L Report of Mystery Shopping

The Brandt Group offers many detailed reports with which our clients can interpret the mystery shopping data we generate. They can identify big-picture trends or focus on the minutiae, covering your entire company, a regional division, an individual store, a specific department, or even one employee. Each report has its…
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Where Quantity and Quality Meet

Common questions we’re asked by our new clients is, “How often should I mystery shop?” and “How many feedback surveys do I need?” To gain an understanding of our philosophy, let’s take a dive into the notions of quantity versus quality. Both Are Valuable You’ve undoubtedly heard adages about them,…
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