At the maturity of the product life cycle, competition is generic and the job of the marketing manager is to convince potential customers that the new product satisfies their needs better than an existing substitute

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The sales managers and director of sales need to evaluate sales production levels. The company's policy has been to compare each sales representative's sales to their sales the previous year

Which of the following is the strongest argument for changing this method of evaluation? A) Sales representatives do not always sell the same amount each year. B) Sales representatives should not be evaluated by the amount that they sell. C) Changes in products or prices can change sales amounts, so yearly figures are not comparable. D) Because of the product life cycle, amounts should be compared quarter to quarter, not year to year. E) Comparisons should be made to the group as a whole, not to individuals themselves.