Within many developed economies, garments are designed by small firms and sold at retail by large firms. What is the most likely reason for this pattern?
- Adesign firms need to be flexible to cope with frequent fashion changes; retail firms need to exploit marketing economies of scale
- Bdesign firms need to employ highly specialised and skilled workers; retail firms need to operate at a low minimum efficient scale
- Cdesign firms need to operate at a high minimum efficient scale; retail firms need to offer a wide range of products to survive
- Ddesign firms need to overcome high barriers to entry into the industry; retail firms need to take advantage of technical economies of scale