Metropolis-area drycleaners have had a steady increase in business over the past year, and in order to take advantage of this and expand its market share, Neuman's Drycleaning is planning to expand its facilities to enable it to handle a higher volume of garments. Neuman's will maintain the same prices and weekly specials that it has employed for the past several years.
The potential success of Neuman's plan to increase its market share is most called into question by which of the following, if true?
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A
Neuman's share of the local drycleaning market has declined over the past year, but their drycleaning facilities are always at maximum capacity.
B
The average turnaround time to get a garment drycleaned at Neuman's is slightly longer now than it was a year ago.
C
Most customers are not aware that Mr. Neuman sold his drycleaning company to a franchise five years ago, and no longer runs the facility himself.
D
Neuman's is one of the two most popular drycleaners in Metropolis.
E
Despite a recent increase in advertising, business has been slightly less busy at Neuman's over the past six months than it had been previously.
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The point is that increasing production (or expanding your business) won't help you increase market share unless you can increase sales. So E is the right answer; even with more advertising, the company hasn't managed to increase sales, so there's no reason to think an expanded business will have greater sales than a non-expanded one.
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