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There is no information in the question that statement that makes me that the "profit margins" of the Duetto market will improve, Once there is a competition in the market Duetto will in fact find it difficult to grow significantly if not exponentially, competition puts the burden on the competitors to maintain previous levels and achieve new ones.

Explanation of the last line:
The final line tells us that sth is expected after a result of an action is seen in the market.
Action- other supermarkets will embrace the new concept
Result- it will attract a variety of customers
what can be expected from this?
option C seems to be the most correct as well as least wrong answer choice available.
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There is no information in the question that statement that makes me that the "profit margins" of the Duetto market will improve, Once there is a competition in the market Duetto will in fact find it difficult to grow significantly if not exponentially, competition puts the burden on the competitors to maintain previous levels and achieve new ones.

Explanation of the last line:
The final line tells us that sth is expected after a result of an action is seen in the market.
Action- other supermarkets will embrace the new concept
Result- it will attract a variety of customers
what can be expected from this?
option C seems to be the most correct as well as least wrong answer choice available.

I am not sure whether I understood your logic correctly, but eliminating option C is pretty starightforward. Take the following situation:

Suppose, today there are 2 shops and 100 customers. So today number of customers per shop = 50. This parameter is an excellent measurement of crowding.
Suppose, after a few months 10 new shops are opened.

What do you think will then happen to the above parameter, customers per shop? Will it increase or decrease?

Since the last sentence of the passage starts with the dependent clause "As more ...follow the blended options...", the correct option must state something that is a result of the fact stated in this clause. I am unable to understand your reasoning that the Supermarkets with café will get more crowded because more of them are there.
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I think this is a poor-quality question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate. Multiple answers, the answer needs to be revised.
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I think this is a poor-quality question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate. Multiple answers, the answer needs to be revised.

It is not clear, what you mean by "multiple answers". Please elaborate.
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I think this is a poor-quality question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate. Multiple answers, the answer needs to be revised.

It is not clear, what you mean by "multiple answers". Please elaborate.

The OA was incorrectly marked by me for this one. Fixed now. My bad, sorry for that.
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I think this is a high-quality question and I agree with explanation. Found this a bit tricky. The whole crowded angle caught me in a trap :P
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I think Option C cannot be the answer because - Supermarkets will cafe will get more crowded is already kind of mentioned in the final sentence by - " attracting more cutomers"...

Please correct me If I am wrong.
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I understand why D is a contender, but by the same reasoning, I believe E too is a contender. Isn't it? Owners of specialty market with café are creating a demand for "expensive specialty food", "consolidate costs" and are "attracting a variety of customers". This implies both D and E, that the revenue of rival businesses will go down and the revenue of specialty markets will go up. However, D is a bit extreme, saying that other businesses will struggle to maintain their business. The information in the argument does not necessarily support the struggling part, isn't it? That's why I went with E and got the wrong answer. :-(
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KarishmaB - how would you rate the quality of the above question? I am unable to understand how we comment that option D is correct?

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Answer D does not seem accurate to me, since the passage does not stand that the only way to be successful is to follow Duetto Market's business model.
It may be that delis-café will attract new clients, but that does not mean that the other supermarkets will struggle, as they may be able to adapt in different ways. The passage gives very little information about other supermarkets, which is why none of the options that mention what will happen to them seemed accurate to me.
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I think this is a poor-quality question and I don't agree with the explanation. It is not clear that other businesses will struggle. What if they come up with a new strategy? We don't know that yet.
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This question seems to have been modified from its original form.
I deactivated it and removed from the test DB.
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