Clearwater Hampers Is a Small British Company That Sells Luxury

Clearwater Hampers is a small British company that sells luxury food and drink in various combinations in picnic hampers. Food and wine are seen as classic, fail-safe gifts in a market where present-buying is increasingly tricky. Corporate customers, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, are important to the business. Clearwater has had several orders for more than a quarter of a million dollars. According to the company's leading salesperson, Peter Austin, "We have lots of repeat corporate customers as a result of the importance we place on getting the hampers out on time and filled with the right products." Corporations in the ________ stage of the buying process would have a strong belief that no other company provides better gifts than Clearwater Hampers.

A) interest
B) closing
C) conviction
D) benefit
E) attention