One of the reasons given for the failure of the hypermarket concept in North America is an inability to locate the stores at the most visible and accessible sites. All the best locations were already occupied by Walmart, category killers, and other retail outlets. In terms of the retailing mix, hypermarkets had a problem with their:
A)store location
B)price
C)discounts and allowances
D)communications

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The passage explicitly states that one reason for the failure of hypermarkets in North America is an inability to locate the stores at the most visible and accessible sites. This indicates that store location was a problem for hypermarkets. The other choices - price, discounts and allowances, and communications - are not mentioned as factors contributing to the failure of hypermarkets in the passage.

One of the Reasons Given for the Failure of the Hypermarket