(Answered) : 1.A) Identify ONE product category that you believe requires a reasonably intensive pre-purchase search by a typical consumer.

1.A) Identify ONE product category that you believe requires a reasonably intensive pre-purchase search by a typical consumer. Then, using Table 14.1 [p. 342] as a guide, identify the specific characteristics of this product category that makes an intensive pre-purchase search likely.

B-1) For the ONE product category that you chose in part A, identify the perceived risk(s) that a typical consumer is likely to experience before choosing to make a purchase of a specific new brand (just introduced) within that product category. Provide your reasoning.

B-2) Discuss how a marketer of such a new brand as this