FoodMart Inc

FoodMart Inc.is a grocery supermarket chain with 65 stores in various locations across the country.For the past year,total revenues have been steadily declining,and the management wants to make some changes to try and improve earnings.According to the CEO of the company,shutting down the 10 lowest performing stores should remedy the situation.Which of the following is the strongest counterargument for the above?

A) Eighty percentage of the workforce in the stores is constituted of contracted laborers.
B) Most of the retail stores that the company has are located in high rental demand areas.
C) A recent analysis by the operations department suggests that implementing a vendor managed inventory system would significantly reduce the operating costs.
D) A recent study reveals that inventory and transportation costs contribute up to 70 percent of the total operating costs.