Looking for insight on any companies that have more retail merchandising jobs versus traditional mystery shops. I know Customer Impact does but can you guys let me know of any others you can think of? Thank you!

You might look for Merchandising job listings on Indeed.com. That is where most of these are listed. The jobs there are usually as an employee - so much better pay than CI, pay more often than once a month, etc.

I did look on Indeed and the merchandising jobs paid the same or less than the ones offered on CI. They are also all listed as employee instead of contractor so they would have to be paying much more for me to net the same amount :-(

@sdennis72 wrote:

I did look on Indeed and the merchandising jobs paid the same or less than the ones offered on CI. They are also all listed as employee instead of contractor so they would have to be paying much more for me to net the same amount :-(

Some that employ you will offer add'l benefits though, like health insurance, so if someone is looking for full time work becoming an employee might be the better option.

Crossmark, SRS, Spar are all merchandising companies. I am sure there are more out there, but those are a few that I know off the top of my head.

i work for premium which is owned by acosta and i think crossmark also merged into us as well. its walmart vendor as well. no sams club since 2020.

I have kept the job for 5 years and its flexible. I might be at the stores 3 days a week for 2 stores. Yes its had its ups and downs and I have found the happy "middle" ground with this job. The work varies between walmarts which are not equal in size as well. But we have basic jobs, worst i do is pack out trading cards, magazines, and DVDs. Balloons are another pain as well. But thats the extreme bad parts of it. it comes and goes work and again contracts go in circles.

But right now, I am in the middle ground with them. I work other jobs and keep premium as longtime income. I do get a 401k and no not believe there is health insurance with this company, i do not use it if its offered.

With this job it will depend on work available in your area. it changes weekly and there is no real management interaction except few emails and no coworkers to talk to. I might have met 4 people personally since ive joined who were long time employees.

you get one store unless you get an extra one and that is a interesting mess as it changes weekly. so it depending on your schedule and needs and wants. My advice is not to show these people you can do something then they expect you do to it weekly until they tell you to. I learned this the hard-way. I also went 3 years of having to deal with second tier in mileage wise stores closest to me due to the trainer for the company being local to me. But you will learn as well what works for you.

Its not all been bad, but im just keeping the low profile and working and doing what they ask. Then when its time i move on for bigger pastures.

@spetey13 wrote:

i work for premium which is owned by acosta and i think crossmark also merged into us as well. its walmart vendor as well. no sams club since 2020.

WOW! Premium is now owned by Acosta??? I worked for Premium from 2005 through 2013. I enjoyed the work. Lots of work in Walmarts. Lots of work in the now-gone TRU retail store. Those were the days! But wow! I'm surprised to learn that Premium isn't really just Premium anymore!