Regarding the Five Stages in Marketing Evolution

question 63

Multiple Choice

Regarding the five stages in marketing evolution:

• A) Many firms have graduated to the marketing company era.
• B) For most firms, the sales era continued until at least 1950.
• C) In the marketing department era, firms began to do short-run planning.
• D) The simple trade era was the first era to evolve.
• E) All of the above are true.

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