The gap has recently produced a new line of athletic wear that closely competes with a designer label in its quality, utility, and appearance. however, it is about half the cost of the designer brand. product managers for the gap line plan to use price sensitivity, brand loyalty, and end use as variables to segment their target market. these are all variables for market segmentation.

Of the four types of discharge, firing a. results from an employee's poor performance⎯that is, from his or her failure to fulfill expectations.b. is for-cause dismissal⎯the result of employee theft, gross insubordination, release of proprietary information, and so on.c. usually refers to the temporary unemployment experienced by hourly employees and implies that they are "subject to recall."d. designates the permanent elimination of a job as a result of workforce reduction, plant closing, or departmental consolidation.