As the Only Store to Design and Sell Curtains in the Suburb

Multiple Choice

As the only store to design and sell curtains in the suburb of Oakland, the merchandise sold by Décor and More tends to be overpriced. Noticing this, The Curtain Corner set up a showroom in the same suburb, reasoning that with lower prices, it would be able to attract more customers. The Curtain Corner is Décor and More's Décor and More tends to be overpriced because it is the only store to design and sell curtains in the suburb of Oakland. The owners of Curtain Corner set up a showroom in the same suburb reasoning that with lower prices it would be able to attract more customers. Curtain Corner is Décor and More's

A) partner.
B) distributor.
C) competitor.
D) processor.
E) franchiser.