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Question
When sales are made in a local Walmart, the sales data is sent to Walmart headquarters where the data are used to build a picture of the buying habits of people who shop at individual Walmarts across the nation. The use of ________ makes this possible.A) POS systems
B) social shopping
C) e-commerce
D) e-menus
E) direct selling
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