Inscorp, a manufacturer, wishes to make its information booth at an industry convention more productive in terms of boosting sales. The booth offers information introducing the company’s new products and services. To achieve the desired result, Inscorp’s marketing department will attempt to attract more people to the booth. The marketing director’s first measure was to instruct each salesperson to call five ex-customers and personally invite them to visit the booth.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly calls into question the effectiveness of the marketing director’s first measure as a step toward the goal of boosting sales?
A. In past years, the information booth was not well attended.
B. The ex-customers most likely to act on Inscorp’s invitation are ones who hope to use the booth to resolve long-standing complaints on which Inscorp is unlikely to give them satisfaction.
C. Many of Inscorp’s competitors believe that by making their information booths more distinctive they can increase the number of potential customers who will visit their booths at the convention.
D. Inscorp’s best customers regularly receive special discounts on large orders placed with Inscorp.
E. Inscorp has more new products and services available this year than it had in previous years.