Retail Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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third shift n. It’s true that unscrupulous outsourcing can do strange and awful things to just about every aspect of your brand. Look at what Asia-based investigators humorously refer to as the “third shift”: deliberate production overruns in outsourced garment manufacturing that are then offloaded as cheap counterfeits. [English Retail] [full cite] (Apr. 11, 2007)

tripper n. He is a “tripper”—carrier in lay man’s parlance—who visits Bangkok and Hong Kong to get jeans, shoes, ladies’ tops, T-shirts, memory cards and iPods, which find their way to the retail racks in Five Star Market in Kidderpore, Metro Plaza and Vardaan Market. “Making trips to these cities, purchasing merchandise and supplying them to markets in Calcutta has been my occupation for the past eight months,” says Sajan, in a white T-shirt and blue anti-fit denims. [English Retail] [full cite] (Mar. 7, 2007)

V-tail n. Electronic commerce, for all of its ease and convenience, still doesn’t offer the same feeling of browsing a physical store. That’s all about to change, however. The gap is narrowing as retailers enter the Second Life virtual world. Get ready for V-tail. [English Online Retail New or Nonce] [full cite] (Aug. 27, 2007)

Whole Paycheck n. What Whole Foods isn’t known for is offering bargain prices. Some critics have been known to refer to the chain as “Whole Paycheck.” [English United States Retail Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2004)

zapper n. Thanks to a software program called a zapper, even technologically illiterate restaurant and store owners can siphon cash from computer cash registers and cheat tax officials. [English Retail Technology Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 2, 2008)

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