It Is Fair to Say That Many Retailers Have Become

question 30

Multiple Choice

It is fair to say that many retailers have become ___________ about the profitability of the barrage of new products offered to them.

• A) delighted
• B) thrilled
• C) angry
• D) hyperskeptical, even cynical
• E) happy and enthusiastic

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Definitions:

Taboo

Social or cultural prohibitions against certain practices, topics, or words deemed unacceptable or offensive by a community or society.

Folkway

Socially accepted norms or patterns of behavior that, while not moral imperatives or laws, guide everyday interactions and practices within a culture.

Sanction

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule, or an official approval or endorsement of an action.

Informal Norm

Unwritten and unofficial rules and behaviors that are understood and followed by members of a society without formal instruction.