Clarissa is comparing job offers from several firms in different industries. The salary the firms are offering her are very similar, and she has decided to use the generosity of the benefits as the deciding factor. Which of the following firms is likely to have the most generous benefits package?

A) a textile manufacturing firm in South Carolina that has intense competition with low-cost Asian manufacturers
B) a small toy manufacturer with 18 employees
C) a newly-formed, rapidly-growing service firm that has tripled in size in the last two years
D) a large manufacturing company which makes top-selling luxury women's cosmetics
E) the information in the options above is insufficient to answer this question.

The social shopping tool of deal directories is associated most with which of the following tactics of influence?

A) Social proof.
B) Authority.
C) Scarcity.
D) Affinity.
E) Consistency.