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an employee of a retail store hired to visit competing stores in order to gather information regarding styles, quality, prices, etc., of merchandise offered by competitors.

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How to use comparison shopper in a sentence

The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I enjoyed it, but thought it paled in comparison to their debut.
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For comparison, inmates at high-security federal prisons cost about $34,000 per year on average, as of 2012.
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I was quite specifically talking about the comparison between playing Heimdall on one day, and playing Mandela on the next.
Idris Elba on Eric Garner, ‘Mi Mandela,’ and Selling Weed to Dave Chappelle|Marlow Stern|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But in recent days, I've found Sarah Palin an even more apt comparison.
The IRS Email Double Standard|Matt Lewis|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In comparison with the engines now in use, these Americans were very small ones.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
This pipe has been proved by comparison to be probably quite late in the reign of Elizabeth.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Let the student continue this comparison till he attains very nearly the brevity and discrimination displayed by Mr. Killick.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)