It wasn't fully announce that Sears is going out of business but rather, they are just going to close 150 of its branches this year 2017. This is according to Business insider. <span>Most of the stores will start liquidation sales on Jan. 5 and will go </span>out of business<span> in March and April. Hope this helps.</span>
Answer: Option (a) is correct.
Explanation:
Correct Option: Breaking down a large, heterogeneous market into sub markets that are more homogeneous.
Market segmentation is a process or procedure for dividing a large consumer market into sub markets or sub groups and this segmentation is on the basis of consumer's characteristics such as needs, location, interests.
It creates an advantage for the marketer because these market segments makes the job of marketers easier. It also reduce the risk of unsuccessful and unwanted marketer campaigns.
Yes china has a pure market economy