'lost merchandise' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to items that have been misplaced, stolen, or otherwise gone missing during the process of transportation or handling. Example: The company faced major losses due to a recent shipment of lost merchandise.
Their mainframes sputtered as orders poured in, leading to delays and lost merchandise.
MelroseMac referred all questions regarding the robbery to the Burbank Police Department and there is no estimate on the value of all the lost merchandise.
It's Sunday, the lost and found is not open until Monday, and I found out from a bus driver that lost merchandise often takes a couple of days to get to where it should, in order for someone to claim it.
Conducted by the National Retail Federation, the study found that retail theft by employees is on the rise, as costs for "lost" merchandise increased from $33.5 billion in 2009 to over $37 billion in 2010.
In fact, online sellers are 1O to 18 times as likely as bricks and mortar merchants to lose merchandise to people using stolen credit cards, according to a survey by the Gartner Group, a market research company.
Eagles of Death Metal returned home safe to the US but lost their merchandise seller Nick Alexander in the shootings.
After the goods are received by confederates in the United States or shipped abroad, they "end up on a boat dock in Russia, where the stuff is sold for pennies on the dollar," Mr. Van Dyke said, and adding, "Then, when the merchant finds out about the fraud, not only will the credit card companies charge them back for that amount, but they've already lost the merchandise".
The sprawling Staples Center featured hundreds of yoga vendors, and the competition got lost in the merchandise.
That cost to the band is then swollen by the lost revenue from merchandise sales.
Under the Code it is assumed the buyer will attempt to "cover" the merchandise lost by seller's nondelivery at the seller's shipping point.
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