[Elton] Elton's family has owned Rocket Man Hardware Store just outside their neighborhood for the past 12 years. Last week, the city approved the building of a Home Cheapo store in the city center. Home Cheapo may not carry a wide assortment of products since they only focus on hardware products, but they typically have many brands in each hardware category that they carry. Their volume of business allows them to price below typical hardware stores and still offer reasonable service. Elton fears that Home Cheapo's high value offered will force his family's store out of business. Rocket Man Hardware is being driven out by which type of merchandiser? O department store O off-price retailer O discount store O specialty power retailer

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[Elton] Elton's family has owned Rocket Man Hardware Store just outside their neighborhood for
the past 12 years. Last week, the city approved the building of a Home Cheapo store in the city
center. Home Cheapo may not carry a wide assortment of products since they only focus on
hardware products, but they typically have many brands in each hardware category that they carry.
Their volume of business allows them to price below typical hardware stores and still offer
reasonable service. Elton fears that Home Cheapo's high value offered will force his family's store
out of business. Rocket Man Hardware is being driven out by which type of merchandiser?
O department store
O off-price retailer
O discount store
O specialty
power retailer
Transcribed Image Text:[Elton] Elton's family has owned Rocket Man Hardware Store just outside their neighborhood for the past 12 years. Last week, the city approved the building of a Home Cheapo store in the city center. Home Cheapo may not carry a wide assortment of products since they only focus on hardware products, but they typically have many brands in each hardware category that they carry. Their volume of business allows them to price below typical hardware stores and still offer reasonable service. Elton fears that Home Cheapo's high value offered will force his family's store out of business. Rocket Man Hardware is being driven out by which type of merchandiser? O department store O off-price retailer O discount store O specialty power retailer
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