You are an internal analyst for It's About Time, a high quality watch manufacturer. Your COO, Tasha, has asked you to look into competitive responses to the influx of new watch manufacturers. Currently, your company sources many of the inputs and only manufactures the internal components. Tasha thinks it may be time to vertically integrate and is asking for your help.

What can we do to grow $?($Choose one$)$

$-$Forward integrate into building our own components.

$-$Forward integrate into retail stores. $-$Backward integrate into building our own components.

$-$Backward integrate into retail stores $.$