Before Opening a New Consignment Shop in a Neighborhood with a Large

Multiple Choice

Before opening a new consignment shop in a neighborhood with a large ethnic population, the retailer could ask people living in the area if they have merchandise they would like to sell at the store and how many plan to shop there. The retailer would be using________to forecast store sales.

A) correlation analysis
B) a survey of buyer intentions
C) the direct-derivation method
D) linear programming
E) the Delphi method