▶ Your Answer :
According to the above statement, the
author maintain that they have plan to sale alpaca overcoat which is
remanufactured, and inclination that price of most clothes is augmented and it
will satiate the customer's demand thus Satorian company's profit will
increase.
While supporting the argument, the author
makes several assumptions that cannot be taken for granted thus the argument is
severely damaged without further evidence verifying unjustified assumptions.
To begin with, the author unfairly assumes
that their sales will increase because their major competitive are not
manufacturing the alpaca coat.
The author overlooks other possibility such
as new competitor might emerge. Five year might not be sufficient time to
determine their ascendancy in the specific market.
Even if they take major share in market of
alpaca coat, it is possible that major customer might replace alpaca coat with
other warming suit like sheep coat and no more have willing to purchase the
product. Further evidence is needed to support the argument since a lack
thereof makes the author's claim unpersuasive.
On top of that, the author assumes that
price of most type of clothes increase in each of the past five years so that
consumer will pay for their clothes too. However, this may not be the case.
It is possible for the price to decrease in
next year. Even if the increasing trend would be maintained, rather, consumer
might have wanted to lower-priced product to the company.
Also, the major customer's financial condition
might be worsen relative to five years ago
As such, more detailed evidence needs to be
considered whether the assumption is indeed warranted since the argument is
largely based on it.
Finally, even if the above assumptions can
be taken for granted, the assumption that the company will make profit cannot
be conclusively proven.
If cost to supply the material to the
company is higher than revenue from sales of the product, though sales would
increase, their business might fail.
Since the argument significantly rests on
it, further evidence pertaining to () is necessary to ascertain the prediction.
In sum, the author's argument is not well
supported in its current form. Further evidence relevant to above assumptions
is necessary to determine the validity of the claim. |