An Approach to Managing the Assortment of Merchandise in Which

question 10

Multiple Choice

An approach to managing the assortment of merchandise in which a manager is assigned the responsibility for selecting all products that consumers in a market segment might view as substitutes for each other, with the objective of maximizing sales and profits in the category, is referred to as

• A) category capacity.
• B) product management.
• C) retail inventory category.
• D) category management.
• E) automated inventory control.

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