2. A university town has many clothing retailers. Some of the stores sell sweatshirts and T-shirts to college students, and other stores sell suits, sport coats, and business casual wear to college professors. How are these retail stores differentiating the products that they sell?
Answer : 2) Here all store are clothing retail stores. But some stores sells cloths for college students and some stores sell cloths for college professors. This means that here clothing retail stores differentiates their products by origin. The retail stores who are selling clothes for college students, can differentiate their products by quality. The retail stores who are selling casual clothes for college professors can differentiate their products by design and quality both.
2. A university town has many clothing retailers. Some of the stores sell sweatshirts and T-shirts...
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