Sales of telephones have increaseddramatically over the last year. In order to take advantage of this increase,Mammoth Industries plans to expand production of its own model of telephone,while continuing its already very extensive advertising of this product.
Which of the following, if true,provides most support for the view that Mammoth Industries cannot increase itssales of telephones by adopting the plan outlined above?
(A) Although it sells all of thetelephones that it produces, Mammoth Industries' share of all telephone saleshas declined over the last year.
(B) Mammoth Industries' averageinventory of telephones awaiting shipment to retailers has declined slightlyover the last year.
(C) Advertising has made the brandname of Mammoth Industries' telephones widely known, but few consumers knowthat Mammoth Industries owns this brand.
(D) Mammoth Industries' telephoneis one of three brands of telephone that have together accounted for the bulkof the last year's increase in sales.
(E) Despite a slight decline in theretail price, sales of Mammoth Industries' telephones have fallen in the lastyear. |