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Updated on: 04 Jun 2025, 02:31
Originally posted by EMPOWERgmatVerbal on 16 Dec 2020, 16:08.
Last edited by Bunuel on 04 Jun 2025, 02:31, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 04 Jun 2025, 02:31, edited 2 times in total.
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The manager of a furnishings store has noticed a dip in the number of customers who come into the store. Therefore, the manager decides to have a big promotion announcing that everything in the store will be discounted every first Wednesday of the month.
Which of the following, if true, identifies a potentially serious drawback to the store manager’s plan?
(A) The number of people who come to the store will not change, though when they come in will change.
(B) The discounts on Wednesday will be relatively modest, ranging from 5% to 20%.
(C) The reason for the dip in the number of customers can be attributed to another furnishing store that has opened nearby.
(D) Wednesday has traditionally not been the day on which the store has done the most business.
(E) The promotion will be announced in the local newspapers and on the store’s website, but not on television
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Which of the following, if true, identifies a potentially serious drawback to the store manager’s plan?
(A) The number of people who come to the store will not change, though when they come in will change.
(B) The discounts on Wednesday will be relatively modest, ranging from 5% to 20%.
(C) The reason for the dip in the number of customers can be attributed to another furnishing store that has opened nearby.
(D) Wednesday has traditionally not been the day on which the store has done the most business.
(E) The promotion will be announced in the local newspapers and on the store’s website, but not on television
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IMO, c should be the answer, below is my explanation
(A) The number of people who come to the store will not change, though when they come in will change. - Does not matter, what time they come the goal is to attract customers, so the incorrect option
(B) The discounts on Wednesday will be relatively modest, ranging from 5% to 20%. - Does not matter as far as it attracts people, incorrect answer
(C) The reason for the dip in the number of customers can be attributed to another furnishing store that has opened nearby. - This explains the potential reason for why no of people coming into the store reduces, so even if the store start giving discounts, people might still not come in because the new store maybe offer better services, better deals, better customer experience, etc.
(D) Wednesday has traditionally not been the day on which the store has done the most business. - This could be because there were no discounts on Wednesday earlier, but now people might start coming in, again incorrect answer
(E) The promotion will be announced in the local newspapers and on the store’s website, but not on television - If it does anything it strengthens the conclusion
(A) The number of people who come to the store will not change, though when they come in will change. - Does not matter, what time they come the goal is to attract customers, so the incorrect option
(B) The discounts on Wednesday will be relatively modest, ranging from 5% to 20%. - Does not matter as far as it attracts people, incorrect answer
(C) The reason for the dip in the number of customers can be attributed to another furnishing store that has opened nearby. - This explains the potential reason for why no of people coming into the store reduces, so even if the store start giving discounts, people might still not come in because the new store maybe offer better services, better deals, better customer experience, etc.
(D) Wednesday has traditionally not been the day on which the store has done the most business. - This could be because there were no discounts on Wednesday earlier, but now people might start coming in, again incorrect answer
(E) The promotion will be announced in the local newspapers and on the store’s website, but not on television - If it does anything it strengthens the conclusion
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The manager's plan to fix the problem of dipping in the number of visiting customers is to have a big promotion announcing that everything in the store will be discounted every first Wednesday of the month.
Prethink -
The success of a plan lies on the fact that the plan:
- Gets executed successfully.
- The executed plan must give the expected outcome without any negative effect.
To weaken the success of the plan, we must look for a choice that hits the purpose negatively.
(A) The number of people who come to the store will not change, though when they come in will change.
The plan is to increase/keep in tact the number of visiting customers. If the overall number of the visiting people does not change (but the duration they visit only changes), the plan will not work.Looks correct.
(B) The discounts on Wednesday will be relatively modest, ranging from 5% to 20%.
The extent of the discount can't mitigate the plan alone until we know what percentage takes the customers to attract/ignore the offer.
(C) The reason for the dip in the number of customers can be attributed to another furnishing store that has opened nearby.
Despite the reason could be anything, our focus has to be the success of the plan. The plan can still work. What if the offer attracts back the customers from another stores or brings customers from neighbouring regions?
(D) Wednesday has traditionally not been the day on which the store has done the most business.
Two problems here -
The offer is only on the first Wednesday and not on all Wednesdays of the month.
It's not required to have done the most business on the day offer is given. It can work fine even if it's a normal business day traditionally. It's expected from the plan that it will help in improving the numbers of customers.
(E) The promotion will be announced in the local newspapers and on the store’s website, but not on television.
The source of the announcement does not matter as long as we don't know the viewers and readers count for each of the sources.
IMO A
Prethink -
The success of a plan lies on the fact that the plan:
- Gets executed successfully.
- The executed plan must give the expected outcome without any negative effect.
To weaken the success of the plan, we must look for a choice that hits the purpose negatively.
(A) The number of people who come to the store will not change, though when they come in will change.
The plan is to increase/keep in tact the number of visiting customers. If the overall number of the visiting people does not change (but the duration they visit only changes), the plan will not work.Looks correct.
(B) The discounts on Wednesday will be relatively modest, ranging from 5% to 20%.
The extent of the discount can't mitigate the plan alone until we know what percentage takes the customers to attract/ignore the offer.
(C) The reason for the dip in the number of customers can be attributed to another furnishing store that has opened nearby.
Despite the reason could be anything, our focus has to be the success of the plan. The plan can still work. What if the offer attracts back the customers from another stores or brings customers from neighbouring regions?
(D) Wednesday has traditionally not been the day on which the store has done the most business.
Two problems here -
The offer is only on the first Wednesday and not on all Wednesdays of the month.
It's not required to have done the most business on the day offer is given. It can work fine even if it's a normal business day traditionally. It's expected from the plan that it will help in improving the numbers of customers.
(E) The promotion will be announced in the local newspapers and on the store’s website, but not on television.
The source of the announcement does not matter as long as we don't know the viewers and readers count for each of the sources.
IMO A
