K Winter Clothing Is a Medium-Size Specialty Men's and Women's

K. Winter Clothing is a medium-size specialty men's and women's clothing store in a market with many other specialty stores, department stores, and discounters. It has established a reputation for offering high-quality, fashionable merchandise with quality service. K. Winter's competitive environment would best be characterized as

A) a monopoly.
B) an oligopoly.
C) monopolistic competition.
D) pure competition.
E) faceted competition.