Catchword: sweethearting

Filed Under: English, Business, Crime & Prisons, Retail

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: One of the primary methods used by employees is “sweethearting,” theft carried out by collusion between an employee and a customer. It is so named because it most often occurs between a cashier and his family members or friends. With sweethearting, a cashier may fail to charge the customer for some items or may ring up only one item of a multiple purchase.

Article or Document Title:
“Minding the Store”

Author:
Jeff Morris

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Multichannel Merchant

Date of Publication:
June 1, 2005

Page Number:
44

Volume: 22

Number or Issue: 6

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