You Have Several Umbrellas in Your Closet at Home, but When

question 178

Multiple Choice

You have several umbrellas in your closet at home, but when it's raining hard and you're stranded on Market Street in San Francisco you need a new umbrella fast. What type of consumer product is your new umbrella?

• A) Emergency product.
• B) New unsought product.
• C) Staple.
• D) Specialty product.
• E) Shopping product.

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