Fleet Feet, an online travel company, buys blocks of rooms from Grande Hotel, a hotel in Hyper City, at a wholesale rate.Fleet Feet resells the rooms to consumers at a retail rate.One recent effort by cities to collect taxes from e-commerce has focused on

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The passage mentions Fleet Feet as an example of an online travel company that resells hotel rooms at a retail rate, indicating that the focus of the effort to collect taxes from e-commerce is on online travel companies. Option A is incorrect because buying hotel rooms at a wholesale rate is a common practice for many businesses, not just hotels, and is therefore unlikely to be the focus of taxation. Option B is incorrect because it is too specific and does not address the broader issue of taxing e-commerce. Option D is also incorrect because the passage does not mention the recession as a reason for cities to collect taxes from e-commerce.

Fleet Feet, an Online Travel Company, Buys Blocks of Rooms