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Extensive research has shown that the effects of short-term price promotions on sales are themselves short-term. Companies’ hopes that promotions might have a positive aftereffect have not been borne out for reasons that researchers have been able to identify. A price promotion entices only a brand’s long-term or “loyal” customers; people seldom buy an unfamiliar brand merely because the price is reduced. They simply avoid paying more than they have to when one of their customary brands is temporarily available at a reduced price. A price promotion does not increase the number of long-term customers of a brand, as it attracts virtually no new customers in the first place. Nor do price promotions have lingering aftereffects for a brand, even negative ones such as damage to a brand’s reputation or erosion of customer loyalty, as is often feared. So why do companies spend so much on price promotions? Clearly price promotions are generally run at a loss, otherwise there would be more of them. And the bigger the increase in sales at promotion prices, the bigger the loss. While short-term price promotions can have legitimate uses, such as reducing excess inventory, it is the recognizable increase in sales that is their main attraction to management, which is therefore reluctant to abandon this strategy despite its effect on the bottom line.
答案是B， 但我觉得C更好，但是C选项定位于第一段，B的信息在第二有所体现，是不是根据就近原则选B呢？
Q5: The passage suggests that evidence for price promotions’ “effect on the bottom line” (line 40) is provided by A. the lack of lingering aftereffects from price promotions B. the frequency with which price promotions occur C. price promotions’ inability to attract new customers D. price promotions’ recognizable effect on sales E. the legitimate uses to which management can put price promotions 文章最后一句话没懂，请牛人帮忙看看，谢谢
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