Environmental forces refer to Question 6 options: The internal strengths of a company enable that firm to remain competitive regardless of outside factors. These strengths include financial backing, management experience, quality of workforce, relationship with vendors, and customer loyalty External factors such as weather, topography, or natural disasters, that can enhance or restrain a company's growth. The unpredictable or uncontrollable availability of natural resources that can enhance or restrain a company's growth The uncontrollable forces in a marketing decision involving social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory forces The controllable forces in a marketing decision involving social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory forces.

True or false: a smart store layout moves customers in and out as fast as possible. a) true b) false

(05.04 mc) a 2012 report from the u.s. surgeon general stated: "another common practice is strategically locating tobacco-related marketing materials where young children will be exposed to them. tobacco industry executives acknowledge that products and advertising should be placed at eye level (pollay 2007), but in california, 48% of stores had at least one cigarette marketing item at or below 3 feet from the floor (feighery et al. 2001)." it was also noted that 25% of cigarette displays were next to candy. in addition, a national study found that about one-third of the stores had tobacco ads at low heights. after california banned counter displays, some stores place cigarettes in transparent displays so product brands could still be seen. why did some stores use transparent units to display the cigarettes? (3 points) to comply with the new rules while still encouraging cigarette purchases via visual exposure to ensure children and minors are not exposed to cigarettes and their eye-catching packaging to minimize exposure to humidity, extending the shelf life of the cigarettes' tobacco to reduce the occurrence of shoplifting, since cigarettes are high-revenue items

Asap describe three different expenses associated with restaurants. choose one of these expenses, and discuss how a manager could handle this expense.