A Publisher of Photography Books Finds That It Is Cost-Effective

question 107

Multiple Choice

A publisher of photography books finds that it is cost-effective to print 10,000 or more at a time.But a bookstore orders only a few copies of each book,since its customers want to select from a wide variety.This example shows

• A)why discrepancies of quantity occur.
• B)why both discrepancies of quantity and discrepancies of assortment occur.
• C)neither discrepancies of assortment nor discrepancies of quantity.
• D)why discrepancies of assortment occur.
• E)multichannel distribution.

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