A Cell Phone Store Manager Needs to Forecast Sales for the Upcoming

question 98

Multiple Choice

A cell phone store manager needs to forecast sales for the upcoming Black Friday sales weekend.Which information would be MOST helpful?

• A) the store with the least sales of all store locations for the past five years
• B) the store with the highest sales of all store locations for the past five years
• C) the cell phone model which earned the most revenue in all store locations for the past five years
• D) the total amount spent per customer in each cell phone store for all locations for the past five years
• E) the number of customers who entered the cell phone store for all locations

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