The forces of the marketing environment primarily affect marketers in three ways: They influence customers by affecting their lifestyles and preferences for products; they determine whether or how a marketing manager can perform certain marketing activities; and they
A) affect a marketing manager's decisions and actions by influencing buyers' reactions to the firm's marketing mix.
B) dictate that changes be made to the existing marketing mix despite any negative reactions from customers.
C) make most new products obsolete very quickly so that research and development must continually develop new products.
D) cause most advertising to be ineffective at communicating product benefits due to rapidly changing environmental forces.
E) change a customer's decisions about the appropriate marketing mix for the company and its various products.

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The marketing environment forces can influence a marketing manager's decisions and actions by affecting the way customers react to the firm's marketing mix, ultimately impacting the success or failure of the marketing efforts. Thus, option A is the most appropriate choice. Option B is not correct because marketing managers cannot dictate changes to marketing mix without considering the customer's needs and demands. Option C and D are not relevant as they are not directly related to the impact of marketing environment forces on marketers. Option E is incorrect as the marketing environment forces do not change the customer's decisions, but they can influence them.

The Forces of the Marketing Environment Primarily Affect Marketers in Three