Question $1$

In Table $4\mathrm{.}2,$ which of the following is not an example of a potential external threat to a company's future profitability?

The company's lack of a well$-$known brand name

More intense competitive pressures from industry rivals and$/$or sellers of substitute products

The entry $($or likely entry$)$ of new competitors into the company's market stronghold $($especially lower$-$cost foreign competitors$)$

A shift in buyer needs and tastes away from the industry's product

Slowing or declining market demand for the industry's product