In a suburban community outside a city in Alabama, a retail store opened that specialized in dancewear for children and adults. It was moderately successful for five years until the local newspaper published an exposé that scanty lingerie stocked in the back of the store's showroom was selling briskly to a certain clientele. Afterward, the store lost most of its customers and nearly closed. Which segment of the environment did the store owners fail to take into account when they began selling the lingerie?

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The store owners failed to take into account the sociocultural segment of the environment, which includes the values, beliefs, and lifestyles of the community. The community's negative response to the sale of scanty lingerie shows that the values and beliefs of the community were not aligned with the store's decision to stock such items.

In a Suburban Community Outside a City in Alabama, a Retail