Our memberships in ethnic, racial, and religious subcultures often guide our consumption choices. african americans, hispanic americans, and are the three most important ethnic/racial subcultures in the united states.

Asian Americans.

Explanation:

African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans are the  three most important ethnic/racial subcultures. This is taken into account by marketing due to the fact that they orientate their marketing to fit, depending the product or service, to one or more of this subcultures.

vertical merger is the term used for the joining of two or more firms involved in different stages of producing the same good or services.

explanation:

the answer is b: a lockout