When Sales Are Made in a Local Walmart, the Sales

question 22

Multiple Choice

When sales are made in a local Walmart, the sales data is sent to Walmart headquarters where the data are used to build a picture of the buying habits of people who shop at individual Walmarts across the nation. The use of ________ makes this possible.

• A) a POS system
• B) proximity marketing
• C) e-fencing
• D) digital wallets
• E) a beacon

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Definitions:

Racial Stereotyping

Using the concept of race or ethnicity to attach a generalized concept that all members of a group have a particular characteristic or ability.

Characteristics

Features or qualities that help to identify, describe, or distinguish a person, object, or phenomenon.

Skull Measurements

A historical anthropological practice of measuring the dimensions of human skulls to draw conclusions about racial differences, intelligence, and other characteristics, now largely discredited.

Samuel Morton

A 19th-century American physician known for his controversial studies on race and skull size.