Why does Sport Obermeyer place two production orders with their suppliers, each comprising $50\%$ of their total season needs? Choose the best single answer.

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This lowers their carbon footprint.

This increases their odds of not suffering from quota restrictions.

This allows them to take advantage of the positive correlation between early orders from retailers and total demand.

This allows them to defer production of their lowest$-$value and easiest$-$to$-$forecast items until after the Las Vegas trade show.

This gives them more time to refine their product designs.

They would be better off ordering just once because then they would face a news vendor problem for which the optimal solution is known.