Why Is It Important for Stores to Be Designed with Flexibility

question 43

Multiple Choice

Why is it important for stores to be designed with flexibility in mind?

• A) It is less expensive for retailers to build several different types of flexible fixtures than to build one inflexible fixture
• B) Customers find it hard to locate merchandise if fixtures are rigid
• C) Department managers never know what to expect from the planners' allocations and require the ability to display more merchandise at a moment's notice
• D) Stores with newer designs can respond to seasonal changes without large-scale renovations
• E) All of these

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