When shopping for a smartphone, a consumer first compares prices to see which brand offers the lowest price. after also inspecting the product features of the various phones, however, she decides that the lowest-priced brand is not her choice. instead, she selects the brand with the best features. this outcome is the result of the chosen brand’s unique value claim that is known as:

In canada, the reference base period for the cpi is 2002. by 2012, prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period. the inflation rate in canada in 2013 was 1.1 percent. calculate the cpi in canada in 2013. hint: use the information that “prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period” to find the cpi in 2012. use the inflation rate formula (inflation is the growth rate of the cpi) to find cpi in 2013, knowing the cpi in 2012 and the inflation rate. the cpi in canada in 2013 is round up your answer to the first decimal. 122.9 130.7 119.6 110.5