Paradise Kitchens Proposes Entering 17 New Metropolitan Markets in the Next

question 58

Multiple Choice

Paradise Kitchens proposes entering 17 new metropolitan markets in the next five years. For this reason, the financial plan cannot use simple trend extrapolation. Instead, the forecasting method used was

• A) curvilinear trend extrapolation.
• B) the lost horse technique.
• C) a survey of buyers' intentions.
• D) a salesforce survey.
• E) direct forecasting.

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