In a suburban community outside a city in Alabama, a retail store opened that specialized in dance-wear for children and adults. It was moderately successful for five years until the local newspaper published an exposé that scanty lingerie stocked in the back of the store's showroom was selling briskly to a certain clientele. Afterward, the store lost most of its customers and nearly closed. Which segment of the environment did the store owners fail to take into account when they began selling the lingerie?
a. the sociocultural segment
b. the economic segment
c. the demographic segment
d. the political/legal segment
Answer: the sociocultural segment