Davidson-Uphoff & Company sells ironware accessories for home and garden to retailers.The salespeople for this company are trained to ask probing questions such as "What are the decorating trends in this region?" and "What are you doing to take advantage of this trend?" This company trains its salespeople to develop a sales presentation style that emphasizes the needs and wants of its retailers.Once key needs have been uncovered, the salesperson is taught to tailor his or her sales presentation so that the retailer can see why he or she should carry Davidson-Uphoff products.Davidson-Uphoff's salespeople are learning the __________ selling format.

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The description of Davidson-Uphoff & Company's sales training emphasizes the company's emphasis on identifying the needs and wants of retailers and tailoring sales presentations to address those needs, indicating a need-satisfaction selling format. The other options (stimulus-response, problem resolution, creative, and formula) are less applicable to this scenario.

Davidson-Uphoff & Company Sells Ironware Accessories for Home and Garden