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A retail chain noticed that its stores in towns with populations under 10,000 had higher profit margins than its stores in larger cities. The CEO concluded that small-town consumers are more loyal to established brands than city-dwellers are.
The CEO's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
- overlooks that lower operating costs in small towns could by themselves account for the higher profit margins
- presumes that consumers in larger cities are not loyal to any brand at all
- takes for granted that brand loyalty is the single most important driver of a store's success
- ignores that some stores in large cities are nonetheless highly profitable
- assumes that profit margin is the only valid measure of a store's performance
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