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When someone sees a new food product for sale in the supermarket, the decision whether or not to buy it depends on various factors. Among the most important of these, of course, are(51) ____ and packaging. It is obvious that a highly-priced product will not sell well. If a consumer is(52)____ with two different brands(牌子)of baked beans, one of which is(53) ____ as expensive as the other, he will probably choose that(54)____ is cheaper. Nowadays, economic recession(不景气)has made people even more reluctant(不愿意)to buy(55)____ might be thought of as luxury items. Interestingly, however there is strong evidence(证据)to suggest that if the price of a product is too(56)____ , the effect on sales will be the same. It simply(57)____ whether the product is top quality or not. The public will not buy something it considers to be too cheap. Inevitably(不可避免地), this comes as a sur-prise to most people, but market research has(58)____ it to be true. It goes without saying that the colour and the quality of the packaging also(59)____ a very important role in the success or failure of a new product. For example, people tend to choose brands of frozen vegetables in GREen or blue packets(60)____ those packaged in red or yellow. The implications(含意)of all this are obvious:it is essential that manu-facturers and advertisers research the market carefully before they launch a new product.
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