Retailers Are Always Interested in Determining Why a Customer Selected $43 \%$

question 70

Multiple Choice

Retailers are always interested in determining why a customer selected their store to make a purchase. A sporting goods retailer conducted a customer survey to determine why its customers shopped at the store. The results are shown below. What percentage of the customers responded that the merchandise was the reason they shopped at the store?

• A) \(43 \%\)
• B) \(30 \%\)
• C) \(50 \%\)
• D) \(29 \%\)

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