In the Market Growth Stage of the Product Life Cycle

question 84

Multiple Choice

In the market growth stage of the product life cycle:

• A) competing products become almost the same in the minds of potential consumers.
• B) distribution moves from intensive to selective.
• C) many competitors drop out of the market.
• D) total industry sales increase very slowly.
• E) total industry profits reach their peak and begin to decline.

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