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Manufacturers sometimes discountthe price of a product to retailers for a promotion period when the product isadvertised to consumers. Such promotionsoften result in a dramatic increase in amount of product sold by themanufacturers to retailers. Nevertheless, the manufacturers could often make more profit by notholding the promotions.
Which of the following, if true,most strongly supports the claim above about the manufacturers' profit?
(A) The amount of discountgenerally offered by manufacturers to retailers is carefully calculated torepresent the minimum needed to draw consumers' attention to the product.
(B) For many consumer products theperiod of advertising discounted prices to consumers is about a week, notsufficiently long for consumers to become used to the sale price.
我的错误答案(C) For products that arenot newly introduced, the purpose of such promotions is to keep the products inthe minds of consumers and to attract consumers who are currently usingcompeting products.
正确答案(D) During such apromotion retailers tend to accumulate in their warehouses inventory bought atdiscount; they then sell much of it later at their regular price.
(E) If a manufacturer fails tooffer such promotions but its competitor offers them, that competitor will tendto attract consumers away from the manufacturer's product.
请问各位:D中retailer的那种行为只能说明retailer在“非promotion”期间赚钱啊,但不能说明manufacturers在“promotion"期间不赚钱啊。D答案和结论有关???? |