The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the business manager
of a department store.
"Local clothing stores reported that their profits decreased, on average, for
 the three-month period between August 1 and October 31.Stores that sell
products for the home reported that , on average, their profits increased
during this same period. Clearly, comsumers are choosing to buy products for
their homes instead of clothing.To take advantage of tis trend, we should
reduce the size of our clothing departments and enlarge our home furnishings
and household products departments."

以下文字摘自一家百貨商店商務部經理的建議：
“據當地的一些服裝店報告說，平均而言，他們從8月1號至10月31日這三個月的利潤下降
了，而在此期間，經營家用商品的商店卻報告說平均而言他們的利潤增加了。顯然，如今
的消費者願意購買家用商品，而不願意購買衣物。為了充分利用這一趨勢，我們應當縮小
服裝部的規模而擴大家庭裝潢和家用商品部的規模。”