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Because tires have become longer lasting and cheaper, tire retailers are being forced to find new sources of revenue. Some stores are selling more services, such as tire rotations and oil changes, and others are selling a broader range of products, such as seat covers, air fresheners, and other amenities. Neither strategy will work, however, because people who are shopping for tires don’t buy anything other than tires.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion about the strategies that tire retailers are using?
A. Because consumers associate tire retailers primarily with tires, most consumers seeking other products offered by tire retailers are likely to shop for those products elsewhere.
B. Because tires are sold at a high margin, no other services or products can ever replace the revenue made from tires.
C. Tire retailers have thrived even though tires have steadily become more durable and less expensive for the past 50 years.
D. Consumers often buy only two tires at a time, as tires wear out at different rates depending upon which wheel they’re on.
E. Consumers who patronize a retailer for one product tend to recall the retailer’s other offerings and return when they are shopping for those things.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion about the strategies that tire retailers are using?
A. Because consumers associate tire retailers primarily with tires, most consumers seeking other products offered by tire retailers are likely to shop for those products elsewhere.
B. Because tires are sold at a high margin, no other services or products can ever replace the revenue made from tires.
C. Tire retailers have thrived even though tires have steadily become more durable and less expensive for the past 50 years.
D. Consumers often buy only two tires at a time, as tires wear out at different rates depending upon which wheel they’re on.
E. Consumers who patronize a retailer for one product tend to recall the retailer’s other offerings and return when they are shopping for those things.
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Can someone please give a reasoning for A as well. I was confused between A and E
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21 Jul 2020, 06:29
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Hi sparshgs97 , Happy to help
The argument basically says - since tier are becoming long lasting and cheaper, tire retailers have started other things along with tires at their shop to keep the revenue coming.
author says this is not gonna work cause people who shop tires aren't gonna buy anything else than tire.
Now we have to weaken the claim marked above in blue.
A says- because customers associate tire retailer only with tires, they are gonna buy those extra products( those which the retailers were planning to sell in their shop along with the tire)somewhere else. This is nothing but the strengthening the author's claim. Hence A can be eliminated.
E however- customer who patronize the retailer for one product(e.g. tire)often remembers other offerings form the retailer and they buy them when they come back next time. BINGO...now the retailer's strategy gonna work and hence E is perfectly weakening author's claim.
Hope this helps
