Saddler inc. makes high quality leather seats for racing bicycles and sells them to many of the top bicycle manufacturers. there are eight available sources of the type of leather that saddler uses, and all of them are located in the republic of anaerobia. saddler has always dealt with only one company in the republic of anaerobia primarily due to its reasonable cost. zappit inc. has a contract with saddler for 10,000 seats. zappit has just received a letter from saddler explaining that due to political turmoil in anaerobia its supplier cannot export the product. therefore, saddler cannot complete the contract. which of the following is most likely to be true in this scenario? a. saddler can be excused for nonperformance based on impossibility of performance. b. zappit can rightfully file a lawsuit, and saddler will be liable to pay zappit damages for nonperformance. c. saddler can be excused for nonperformance based on substantial performance. d. zappit can sue for specific performance if the seats are typical of all bicycle seats and not special or unique in any way. e. zappit can sue for material breach, and saddler cannot be excused for nonperformance.

Northern lights electronics just completed plans to distribute its new tablet. the product has several unique features that differentiate it from competitor products. the marketing team plans to begin a roll-out with to only one traditional retailer for the first two months. this strategy will give consumers the perception of the product’s stand-out personality and increase demand. marketing will proceed with for the next four months, where it plans to distribute to three other retailers, as well. for the last six months of the year, it will initiate distribution agreements with discount retailers and online retailers, and any other electronics store that wants to carry it. the marketing team is confident that the tablet will cycle through the first three stages of its product life cycle quickly. as the tablet reaches maturity during the second half of its first year in the market, it is good strategy to proceed with as described above. intensive distribution; selective distribution; exclusive distribution exclusive distribution; selective distribution; intensive distribution tertiary level distribution; secondary level distribution; mono-level distribution mono-level distribution; secondary level distribution; tertiary level distribution