Specialty stores like Lids carry with . A. wide product lines; shallow assortments B. narrow product lines; shallow assortments C. only convenience products; shallow assortments D. narrow product lines; deep assortments E. wide product lines; deep assortments

narrow product lines; deep assortments

Explanation:

product line is group of same type of product selling under a same brand name.

narrow and wide product line is defined on the basis of number of type of product being sold by a retailer.

Narrow product line is a retailing strategy which means that few type of products which is being sold by a retailer.

Example: Pizza hut which sells only limited number of eatables thus they have narrow product lines

Wide product line means very high number of different type of product is being sold by the retailer.

Example:wall mart which sells wide number of products

Assortment is strategy in retail which defines number of different brands of same type of product which is being sold by a retails.

It is of two types

shallow assortments: It means very few brands of same type of product is offered by a retailer.

deep assortment: It means large of number of different brand of same type of product is being sold by a retailer.

Specialty stores are store which sell only limited type of product but they offer wide variety of choices of brand for the products which they sell. In retail marketing term they keep narrow product line but deep assortments as mentioned in the definitions above

Since Lids is a specialty store the correct option would be narrow product line, deep assortments.

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