reshop

v. to replace returned or misplaced merchandise onto retail store shelves. Subjects: English, Business, Retail, Jargon

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Citations: 1987 Michele Ingrassia Newsday (Long Island, New York) (Dec. 18) “Invasion Of The Toy Busters”: Sixteen-year-old Tom Mitchell, toting a wooden hand cart, is trying to negotiate the aisles, hoping to restock shelves with fresh toys. Nearby, 16-year-old Mike Handwerker is on “reshop” detail—returning forsaken toys to their rightful places. 1995 Pete Borders Usenet: rec.radio.amateur.misc (Apr. 5) “Re: Restocking Fee”: All these department stores and computer shops and other large stores that take returns don’t just throw out the returned items, they “reshop” them, which is a sellers term for returning them to the shelves. 1997 Mary Radigan Grand Rapids Press (Michigan) (Dec. 15) “Tidy stores have short shelf life Workers scramble to pick up after shoppers” p. A1: Back at Target, manager Bonnie Meeker said she picks up two shopping-cart loads of items every time she walks past the checkout lanes, the consequence of what Meeker calls “re-shop.” “Re-shopping is our biggest frustration because people just drop stuff they decide they don’t want, especially at the checkout lanes.” 2004 State of Illinois Department of Human Rights (Aug.) “CHARGE NO: 2003CF2013; EEOC NO: 21BA30984”: Respondent contends that Complainant was assigned to “reshop” (reshop means that items not purchased by a customer are placed back on the shelf by an employee) some merchandise that was not purchased by a customer and to take a break. 2004 Brenda Wade Schmidt Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) (Dec. 18) “Shopping Wrapped In A Toy Story” p. 1: Then, just when my feet are about to fall off, she does a trip through the store, up and down each aisle, pulling misplaced items off the shelves and stacking them into a cart that will be driven through the store one more time to put the toys back in the right spots. It’s called reshop. 2006 [Tiffin] LaGoat bites (Grand Rapids, Michigan) (June 2) “The Troll Baby”: Quite disgusted I turned my attention back to loading my cart with product that was to be returned to the shelves (or reshop).

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I sometimes do reshop at the commissary. On 3/6/2009, I found Splenda and peanut butter in the baby food aisle. On 2/23/2009, I found peanut butter in the paper towel aisle, and cocoa in the Kleenex aisle. On 2/13/2009, I found salad dressing in the dog food aisle. On 2/2/2009, I found cereal in the laundry detergent aisle, and an empty box of Icy Hot in the baby food aisle. I have also found items that need to be refrigerated or frozen on the checkstand and non-refrigerated shelves.

by Thomas Bailey 09 Mar 09, 0707 GMT