Fido, Inc. is a producer of dog food and is getting ready to introduce a new brand. The firm's marketing research department learns that a competitor is planning to launch another brand about two weeks after Fido's launch. Fido's marketing department quickly mails a set of dated coupons to several thousand consumers in a purchased database of dog owners, encouraging them to ask for the new Fido brand in their favorite store and to stock up on the new brand using the coupons. This is an example of:
a. pulling.
b. noise.
c. pushing.
d. encoding.
e. decoding.
Answer: a. pulling.