Critics Claim That the Urban Poor Often Have to Shop

question 87

Multiple Choice

Critics claim that the urban poor often have to shop in smaller stores that carry inferior goods and charge higher prices because the large, national chain stores refuse to establish stores. This is known as the discriminatory practice of ________.

• A) perceived obsolescence
• B) reverse redlining
• C) redlining
• D) puffery
• E) planned obsolescence

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